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Subject: dance song from the 50's

Written By: useybird on 11/16/02 at 01:30 a.m.

I heard this song on the radio today and I couldn't figure out the name.  This is the kind of song you hear alot at weddings, barmitzvahs, etc. with a dance beat.  Some of the lyrics go " ... ooooh? its really confusing i couldn't hear the words real clear because my speaker aren't the best.  Could anyone please help?

Subject: Re: dance song from the 50's

Written By: Janet on 11/16/02 at 07:56 a.m.

Sounds like the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There."

Subject: Re: dance song from the 50's

Written By: Barbara Ann on 12/04/02 at 01:36 p.m.

It sounds maybe like "Let The Little Girl Dance" by Bobby Bland (1960).  It was a great up-tempo party song, well-suited to the twist or mashed-potato.  I did a cut-and-paste for you, I always thought the lyric went "never had the nerve to take a stand":


lyrics in (parentheses) sung by backup group only)

(Little wallflower on the shelf, standing by herself)
(Never had the nerve to take a chance, so let the little girl dance)

Let the little girl dance, let the little girl dance
She never danced before so let her on the floor (so let her on the floor)
Let the little girl dance, let the little girl dance
She wants to give it a try, so let the little girl by (so let the little girl by)


She’s been a little wallflower on the shelf, standing by herself
Now she got the nerve to take a chance, so let the little girl dance


Let the little girl through, she wants to pass by you
Buddy, can’t you see she wants to dance with me (she wants to dance with me)

<long sax interlude>

She’s been a little wallflower on the shelf, standing by herself
Now she got the nerve to take a chance, so let the little girl dance
Let the little girl through, she wants to pass by you
Buddy, can’t you see she wants to dance with me (she wants to dance with me)

(Little wallflower on the shelf, standing by herself)
(Never had the nerve to take a chance)
Let the little girl dance (let the little girl dance)