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Ruth Etting Ten Cents A Dance Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 9.67/10 [6 votes]Album: The Ultimate Collection / Original Release Date: 2011-03-01Genre: PopSong Duration: 3 min 15 sec
RUTH ETTING
- Ten Cents A Dance Lyrics / with translationsI work at the Palace Ballroom,
but, gee that Palace is cheap;
when I get back to my chilly hall room
I'm much to tired to sleep.
I'm one of those lady teachers,
a beautiful hostess, you know,
the kind the Palace features
for only a dime a throw.
Ten cents a dance
that's what they pay me,
gosh, how they weigh me down!
Ten cents a dance
pansies and rough guys
tough guys who tear my gown!
Seven to midnight I hear drums.
Loudly the saxophone blows.
Trumpets are tearing my eardrums.
Customers crush my toes.
Sometime I think
I've found my hero,
but it's a queer romance.
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
can pay for their ticket and rent me!
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
are sweethearts my good luck has send me.
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaux ,
stockings are porous with hole at the toes.
I'm here till closing time.
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime.
Sometime I think
I've found my hero,
but it's a queer romance.
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.
but, gee that Palace is cheap;
when I get back to my chilly hall room
I'm much to tired to sleep.
I'm one of those lady teachers,
a beautiful hostess, you know,
the kind the Palace features
for only a dime a throw.
Ten cents a dance
that's what they pay me,
gosh, how they weigh me down!
Ten cents a dance
pansies and rough guys
tough guys who tear my gown!
Seven to midnight I hear drums.
Loudly the saxophone blows.
Trumpets are tearing my eardrums.
Customers crush my toes.
Sometime I think
I've found my hero,
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
can pay for their ticket and rent me!
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
are sweethearts my good luck has send me.
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaux ,
stockings are porous with hole at the toes.
I'm here till closing time.
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime.
Sometime I think
I've found my hero,
but it's a queer romance.
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.
Facts about Ten Cents A Dance
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Ten Cents A Dance is written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart.
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It is first released on March 01, 2011 as part of Ruth Etting's album "The Ultimate Collection" which includes 50 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the song 'Ten Cents a Dance' by Ruth Etting portrays the struggles and emotional toll of a woman working as a dance hostess in a cheap ballroom where she interacts with a variety of customers who include fighters and sailors. The lyrics show her genuine need for affection and close ties with others because she must perform fake social contacts which she receives only ten cents for each dance. The song Ten cents a dance uses its lyrics to express six different themes which include happiness and social commentary and romantic love and anxiety and festive merriment. The song The Working Man Who Died For His Love Song shows how tough work leads to success and how love between people requires effort and how people experience their nightlife activities. The lyrics contain themes of adult work and relationships which may not be suitable for younger children. The content includes dancer struggles through the dance performance together with different customer types but it lacks any profanity or explicit sexual material.
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Ten Cents A Dance falls under the genre Pop.
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Ten Cents A Dance song length is 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
Who wrote Ten Cents A Dance lyrics?
Ten Cents A Dance is written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart.
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When was Ten Cents A Dance released?
It is first released on March 01, 2011 as part of Ruth Etting's album "The Ultimate Collection" which includes 50 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Ten Cents A Dance lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the song 'Ten Cents a Dance' by Ruth Etting portrays the struggles and emotional toll of a woman working as a dance hostess in a cheap ballroom where she interacts with a variety of customers who include fighters and sailors. The lyrics show her genuine need for affection and close ties with others because she must perform fake social contacts which she receives only ten cents for each dance. The song Ten cents a dance uses its lyrics to express six different themes which include happiness and social commentary and romantic love and anxiety and festive merriment. The song The Working Man Who Died For His Love Song shows how tough work leads to success and how love between people requires effort and how people experience their nightlife activities. The lyrics contain themes of adult work and relationships which may not be suitable for younger children. The content includes dancer struggles through the dance performance together with different customer types but it lacks any profanity or explicit sexual material.
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Which genre is Ten Cents A Dance?
Ten Cents A Dance falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song Ten Cents A Dance?
Ten Cents A Dance song length is 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
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Record Label(s): 2011 Master Classics Records
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