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Well, I used to smile when I was a pup,

 sailing down the Nile in a china cup

 with the recipe for a lovely day,

 sticking out of my back pocket.

 But it wasn’t always such a pretty sight,

 we used to fight like cats and dogs

 till we made it up in the ballroom.

 Ballroom dancing made a man of me.

One, two, three, four, I just plain adore you.

 Ballroom dancing, seen it on T.V.

I got what I got from ballroom dancing big B.D.

Well, I used to fly when I was a kid

and I didn’t cry if it hurt a bit.

On a carpet ride to foreign land

at the time of Davy Crokett.

But it wasn’t always such a pretty sight,

‘cause we used to fight like cats and dogs

till we made it up in the ballroom.

Ballroom dancing made a man of me.

One, two, three, four, I just plain adore you.

Ballroom dancing, seen it on T.V.

I got quite a lot from ballroom dancing big B.D.

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Well, the kids have flown to a better life.

Now the boy’s a man and the girl’s his wife.

And the summertime never seems to last

when you’re riding on a rocket.

But it wasn’t always such a pretty sight,

we used to fight like cats and dogs

till we made it up in the ballroom.

Ballroom dancing made a man of me.

One and a two and a three and four, I just plain adore you.

Ballroom dancing, seen it on T.V.

I got quite a lot from ballroom dancing big B.D.

Oh, oh.