Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

Miss Dooley's Dancing School - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Miss Dooley's Dancing School. Copyright, 1892, by Morris Muetzler. Words and Music by J. N. Butterly. 
Evangeline Dooley she opened a school Where waltzers and twisters could spin; The terms for the dance, it was cash in advance, And "further partic'lars within." The chippie and chappie, each one was made happy, They followed the novel foot-rule; By "Yours very truly, Evangeline Dooley," Of Dooley's dancing school. 
Chorus. The first was a tickler, "Stand perpendicular. Now, be particular, all; One step to the side and a very long slide, And glide across the hall." You ought to see Lannigan dance with Miss Flannigan, 'Mind you of Brannigan's mule; We all had a chance for St. Vitus's dance At Dooley's dancing school. 
We stood in a row till Miss Dooley said "Go!" Then we galloped out on the wax floor; We sliddered and glid and we gliddered and slid 'Till the corns on our feet were sore. The devil's in McKenna, to learn the Vienna, Gave up a good job like a fool; His wife brought a cop, put a stop to his hop At Dooley's dancing school.-Chorus. 
There were dudes and dudelets, there were clerks and soubrettes. With living-out girls by the score; Now Mister McNally had charge of the ballet, He waltzed on a knot in the floor. She had a quadrille that she called the stand-still, You could sashay And keep yourself cool; That's the plan that she ran for a wooden-leg man At Dooley's dancing school.- Chorus. 
On Saturday night, oh, there was the sight, She conducted the regular hop; And envied by all of the girls in the hall, She danced with a seven-foot "cop." She made money, you see, and she wed an M. D., A doctor named Clarence O'Toole; Now she dances the lanciers- he lances the dancers At Dooley's dancing school.- Chorus.