My youth was spent in the Orient    where they never taught me to waltz    You'd be surprised when I exercised    it was never done to a waltz!    It was "done" like this . . .    but never to a waltz!       In ancient Siam, women like I am    indoors or on the street . . .    No woman . . . dances with her feet!    Egyptian, Persian, only one version    no other stands a chance,    feet are for walking,    not for dance!       To an oriental fiddle,    you can see them shake their middle,    the feet don't mean a thing    middles are all they swing!       Even an Egyptian "mummy"    wiggles her tummy    wiggles it so an' so    that is the only dance ! know!       < instrumental break >       You don't need an Arthur Murray    just a fringe that's on the surrey    will satisfy your needs    dancing between the beads!       Everybody shake your torso    sexy but more-so,    shake it, come on, let's go . . .    Let's do the only dance I know!       Words and Music by Irving Berlin