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SABRE DANCE
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Woody Herman
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My heart begins to tingle when the bells begin to jingle
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Zig-idee, zing, zing, zing, zig-I-dee zing zing
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Zig-I-dee zing zing, zig-I-dee zing zing,
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Ev'ry time they play the sabre dance,
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My heart beats try to capture all the rhythm and the rapture;
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Zig-idee, zing, zing, zing, zig-I-dee zing zing
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Zig-I-dee zing zing, zig-I-dee zing zing,
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Ev'ry time they play the sabre dance.
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Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom
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I love the spell I'm under when the drums begin to thunder,
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Boom-I-dee boom boom, boom-I-dee boom boom,
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Boom-I-dee boom boom, boom-I-dee boom boom,
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Like the tempo of a tropic rain,
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When I hear trumpets blaring I can feel adventure flaring;
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Ra-ta-ta tat tat, ra-ta-ta tat tat
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Ra-ta-ta tat tat, ra-ta-ta tat tat
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I am in a mood I can't explain,
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I drift to an isle of perfume where summer roses eternally bloom,
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There is a golden gleam waits my one wonderful dream;
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Soon in a garden for two,
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Lips cling to mine in the shadowy blue;
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Arms filled with sweet delight hold me tight all thru the night.
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Music take me don't forsake me,
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Let me be a ship lost at sea that the winds rock and roll;
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Whirling, swirling, twirling, out of control,
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That music drives me crazy,
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Ev'rything becomes so hazy;
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Drums are booming, cellos zooming,
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Cymbals crashing, sabres flashing in a willy nilly sort of way,
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I seem to hear it night and day;
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Blending in romantic fashion, melody, moonlight and passion,
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Riding high on heaven's highway,
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Purple stars are guiding my way;
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I am like a comet whizzing by,
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Just when I get the feeling that the universe
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Is reeling, suddenly the song is ending;
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And I find that I'm descending like a star
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That's falling from the sky,
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Toppling! Twisting! Tumbling!
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And down and down and down and down and
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Roun' and roun' and roun' and roun' and
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Down and down and down and down,
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And I begin to spin into a trance
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Ev'ry time they play that sabre dance
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Sabre Dance
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Woody Herman |