The waltzes of middle Europa
They charm you and warm you within
While each day discloses
What Broadway composes
Is emptiness pounding on tin
How can I be civil when hearing this drivel
It's only for nightclubbing souses
Give me the free and easy waltz
That is Viennese
And go tell the band
If they want a hand
The waltz must be Strauss'
Strauss'!
Ja ja ja
Give us oom-pah-pah
When I want
A melody lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss!
It laughs, it sings
The world is in rhyme
Swinging to three-quarter time
Let the Danube
Flow along
And the Fledermaus
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss!
By Jove, by Jing
By Strauss is the thing!
So I say to
Ha-cha-cha heraus!
Raus！
Just give me a oom-pah-pah
By Strauss!
When I want
A melody lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss!
It laughs
Ha ha ha ha
It sings
La la la la la la la
Let the Danube
Flow along
And the Fledermaus
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss!
By Jove, by Jing
By Strauss is the thing!