Dancing Song Songtext
von Mr. Fox

I learned to dance when I was a boy
And dancing was my only joy
I′ll still be dancing when you grow old
When the seas dry up and the world turns cold
My father taught me how to dance
He said it was my only chance
To show the people how to be free
An ordinary boy like me
When the day came to go to school
The teacher took me for the fool
You should have heard the pupils roar
As I danced through the classroom door
But I didn't cry, I didn′t fret
I told them stilted alphabets
I packed my bags the very same night
And I danced off in the morning light
I heard a cockerel blow his horn
I saw a new day being born
The wind began to stir the wheat
The grass sprang up beneath my feet


I knew that dance would help to show
The trees and flowers how to grow
So knowing I must never tire
I gave a yell and leapt up higher
One day I took it in me mind
The time had come for me to bind
So in me true love fell in while
I heel and toe'd he about the aisle
The people cheered, the thrushes sang
For miles around the church bells rang
The book was closed and we were wed
So waltzed off to our marriage bed
In time came children, one, two, three
They all danced like their mother and me
Through the hall and up the stairs
And up to bed to say their prayers
But they soon lost the prize I'd earned
They soon forgot the steps they′d learned
My wife grew old, I knew the day
Had come for me to dance away
Over the mountains, over the sea
Nothing on earth could hold back me
But let me give you a word of warning
If you walk out on a new spring morning
And round the corner of the next street
You hear the sound of my dancing feet
Keep away, try not to hear
Whatever you do, don′t come too near
The dance may take you as it took me
From lovers and friends and family