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Ruth Etting

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Song Name: Ten Cents a Dance
Artist Name: Ruth Etting
Songwriter(s): Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Release Date: September 9, 1930
Label: ASV

Ten Cents a Dance Lyrics

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

Sometimes I think I've found my hero
But it's a q**** romance
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance

  
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