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Old Folks
Dexter Gordon

A country dance was being held in a garden

I felt a bump and heard an Oh, beg your pardon

Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams

All around a pug-nosed dream


The music started and was I the perplexed one

I held my breath and said May I have the next one?

In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams

Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream


There were questions in the eyes of other dancers

As we floated over the floor


There were questions but my heart knew all the answers

And perhaps a few things more


Now in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter

I know the meaning of the words Ever after

And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams

When I kiss the pug-nosed dream


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