I work at the Palace ballroom, but gee that palace is cheapWhen I get back to my chilly hall room, I'm much too tired to sleepI'm one of those lady teachers, a beautiful hostess you knowOne that the palace features, at exactly a dime a throw.Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay meGosh 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 ear-drums, customers crush my toes.Sometimes I think, I've found my heroBut it's a queer romanceAll that you need is a ticket,Come on big boy, ten cents a dance.Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailorsCan pay for their tickets & rent meButchers and barbers and rats from the harborAre sweethearts my good luck has sent meThought I've a chorus of elderly bowsStockings are porous with holes at the toesI'm here till closing timeDance and be merry it's only a dimeSometimes I think, I've found my heroBut it's a queer romanceAll that you need is a ticket.Come on, come on big boy, ten cents a dance.
Lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald
'S Wonderful (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (I Was) Born to Be Blue (Love Is) The Tender Trap (Oh! Oh!) What Do You Know About Love? (The End Of) A Beautiful Friendship 720 in the Books A Felicidade A Foggy Day [#][*] A House Is Not a Home A Sunday Kind of Love A-tisket, A-tasket A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Intro) A-Tisket, A-Tasket [*] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [#] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Excerpt] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Excerpt] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Live] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Opening Theme] A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Theme] A-Tisket, A-Tisket Again Air Mail Special [Closing] Air Mail Special [Live] All I Need Is You All My Life/F.D.R. Jones All of Me [*] All or Nothing at All All the Live Long Day Alright, Okay, You Win Always Be in Love With You Amazing Love Anything Goes [From Anything Goes] Ask a Woman Who Knows At Long Last Love Away in a Manger Baby Doll Baby, What Else Can I Do? Back in Your Own Backyard Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar Bei Mir Bist du Schön Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Birdland Lullabye Blue and Sentimental Blue Skies (Budella) Blue Skies [Budella] Blues in the Night [#] Body and Soul [DVD] Bonita Born to Lose Brighten the Corner Where You Are But Not for Me [45 RPM Take][*] But Not for Me [Mono Mix][*] Buzzard Song C Jam Blues C Jam Blues [Live] Cabin in the Sky Call Me Darling Call Me Darling [*] Call Me Darling [*][Take] Caravan [#] Careless Chelsea Bridge Chelsea Bridge [Alternate Take] Cherry Red Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum) Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum) Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum) Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie Close Your Eyes Come On-A My House Como Duele Cotton Tail [#] Cotton Tail [#] Cotton Tail [Live] Cottontail Cow-Cow Boogie Crazy Rhythm Cry You Out of My Heart Crying My Heart Out for You Dancing in the Dark Day by Day Day Dream [*] Day In - Day Out [#] Days of Wine and Roses Deep in the Heart of the South Diga Diga Doo Dindi Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead [*] Dites-Moi Do I Love You Down in the Depths Down in the Depths [#] Downhearted Blues East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Easy Living Fascinating Rhythm [Mono Mix][*] Fine and Mellow Flying Home [Take B][#] Flying Home [Vocal Version] For Once in My Life For You, For Me, For Evermore Frosty the Snowman [Alternate Take][#][*] Georgia on My Mind [#] Get Ready Girl Talk Goodnight My Love [From Stowaway] Goody, Goody [DVD] Got to Get You into My Life Gotta Be This or That Gotta Pebble in My Shoe Gypsy in My Soul Hallelujah Hallelujah [Live] Hallelujah! Happy Talk Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hawaiian War Chant Hawaiian War Chant [*] He Loves and She Loves [Mono Mix][*] Heart and Soul [#] Heart of Mine Hello, Young Lovers Hey Jude Holiday in Harlem Honeysuckle Rose How Deep Is the Ocean? How High the Moon [1st Take][#] How High the Moon [3rd Take][#] How Insensitive (Insensatez) How Long Has This Been Going On How Long Has This Been Going On Hurry Home I Cover the Waterfront I Found My Yellow Basket I Got a Guy [#][*] I Heard It Through the Grapevine I Love Being Here With You [#] I Love Being Here With You [#] I Loves You, Porgy I Loves You, Porgy [#] I Must Have That Man I Must Have That Man I Must Have That Man! I Shall Not Be Moved I Should Care I Want a Little Girl I Want the Waiter (With the Water) [Live] I Was Doing All Right [Mono Mix][*] I Was Doing Alright If Anything Happened to You If Dreams Come True If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [#][*] If You Can’t Swing It (Mr. Paganini) If You Ever Change Your Mind In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) In the Evening When the Sun Comes Down In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down In the Garden In the Still of the Night Indian Summer Into Each Life It Came Upon a Midnight Clear It Came Upon a Midnight Clear It Came Upon a Midnight Clear It Might as Well Be Spring [Live] It Was Written in the Stars Jailhouse Blues Jim Jingle Bells Johnny One Note Joy to the World Just a Simple Melody Just Another Rhumba Just in Time Just One of Those Things [*] Just One of Those Things [#] Just You, Just Me Just You, Just Me [DVD] Keep Cool, Fool Knock Me a Kiss Knock on Wood L.O.V.E. Lady Sings the Blues Laura Laura [From Laura] Lazy Lazy Day Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [*] Let Yourself Go Like Someone in Love Like Young Limehouse Blues Little Girl Blue Little White Lies Lorelei [Alternate Take][*] Lorelei [Remake] Lost in a Fog Lost in a Fog [*] Lost in Meditation Love Love for Sale [*] Love Is Here to Stay [*] Love Is Here to Stay [Partial Alternate Take][Alte... Love Me or Leave Me Love Walked In Love You Madly Lover [Monaural Take][Version] Lover [Stereo Take][Version] Lullaby of Birdland [#] Lullaby of Broadway Mack the Knife [#] Mack the Knife [Aka Moritat] Mack the Knife [Live] Make Love to Me Make Me Rainbows Mas Que Nada Midnight Sun [#] Miss Otis Regrets Mood Indigo [#] Moonlight Becomes You Moonlight Serenade More Than You Know My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Live] My Kinda Love My Man My Old Flame My Reverie My Romance My Ship My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly) Nice Work If You Can Get It [Mono Mix][*] Night And Day No Other Love O Come All Ye Faithful O Holy Night O Little Town of Bethlehem Of Thee I Sing (Baby) Oh Johnny Oh, Lady Be Good Oh, Lady Be Good [Alternate Take][*] Oh, Lady Be Good [Alternate Take][*] Oh, Lady Be Good [Alternate Take][*] Oh, Lady Be Good [Alternate Take][#] Oh, Lady Be Good [Live] Oh, Lady Be Good [Scat Version] Oh, Lady Be Good [Scat Version] Oh, Lady Be Good [Scat Version][Live] Oh, Lady Be Good [Slow Version] Oh, What a Night for Love Oh, What a Night for Love [Long Version] Oh, What a Night for Love [Single Version] Oh! Lady Be Good [DVD] Old Devil Moon Old MacDonald Had a Farm On Green Dolphin Street On Green Dolphin Street/How Am I to Know/Just Frie... Once Too Often [From Pin-Up Girl] One Note Samba One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só) One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só) [#] One Note Samba [Samba de uma Nota Só] Only Forever Ooo Baby Baby Oops! Open Your Window Papa Loves Mambo Passion Flower People People [#] Petootie Pie Pick Yourself Up Pick Yourself Up Please Be Kind Polka Dots and Moonbeams Put a Little Love in Your Heart Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) Rain Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Reach for Tomorrow Rhythm and Romance Robbins Nest Rock It for Me [Live] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) [*] Sam And Delilah Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Satin Doll [#] Satin Doll [#] Satin Doll [#] Saving Myself for You School Days See See Rider Sentimental Journey Shine Shiny Stockings Ship Without a Sail Signing Off Silent Night Since I Fell for You Sing Me a Sweet Song (And Let Me Dance) Sing Me a Swing Song Sing Me a Swing Song (And Met Me Dance) Sing My Heart Sing My Heart [*] Sing My Heart [Alternate Take][#] Sleep, My Little Jesus Sleigh Ride Smack Dab in the Middle Smooth Sailing [Live] So Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) So Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) [#] So Danco Samba So Near and Yet So Far So Rare So Rare [*] Some of These Days Somebody from Somewhere Somebody Loves Me [*] Somebody Nobody Loves Someone to Watch over Me [#] Something to Live For Something to Live For [#] Somewhere in the Night Soon Sophisticated Lady [#][*] Speak Low Spinning Wheel Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most Spring Is Here Squatty Roo Squeeze Me St. Louis Blues [#] St. Louis Blues [Live] St. Louis Blues [Live] Stardust [Bossa Nova] Starlight Hour Steam Heat Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming) Stone Cold Death in the Market (He Had It Coming) Street of Dreams Strickly from Dixie Strictly from Dixie Strike Up The Band Sugar Blues [Live] Summertime [#] Sunny Sunshine of Your Love Supper Time Sweet and Lovely Sweet Georgia Brown [#] Sweet Sue, Just You Take Another Guess Taking a Chance on Love Taking a Chance on Love [#][*] Tea For Two Teach Me Tonight Teardrops from My Eyes Tennessee Waltz Thanks for the Memory That Old Black Magic [*] That Old Black Magic [#] That Old Devil Called Love The Best Is Yet to Come The Blue Room The Boy from Ipanema The Buzzard Song The Christmas Song The Christmas Song [Alternate Take][#][*] The Church in the Wildwood The Dipsy Doodle The First Noel The Gentleman Is a Dope The Girl from Ipanema The Half of It, Dearie, Blues The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game The Impatient Years The Lady Is a Tramp The Lady Is a Tramp [#][*] The Lamp Is Low The Man I Love [Mono Mix][*] The Nearness of You [*] The Old Rugged Cross The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) [#][*] The Preludes: Prelude 1/Prelude 2/Prelude 3 [Instr... The Preludes: Prelude I/Prelude II/Prelude III [*]... The Real American Folk Song The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag) The Secret of Christmas The Song Is Ended The Starlit Hour The Sun Forgot to Shine This Morning The Thrill Is Gone [Medley] The Very Thought of You Them There Eyes Them There Eyes [#] These Foolish Things These Foolish Things [#] They All Laughed [Mono Mix][*] This Could Be the Start of Something Big [#][*] This Could Be the Start of Something of Big This Love of Mine Thou Swell Thou Swell [#] Thou Swell [Incomplete Take][#] Three Little Words Throw Out the Lifeline To Keep My Love Alive Too Close for Comfort Too Close for Comfort [#] Too Close for Comfort [Alternate Version][Alternat... Too Close for Comfort [DVD] Too Marvelous For Words Too Young for the Blues Too Young for the Blues [#] Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails Treat Me Rough Triste Turn the World Around Tuxedo Junction Unforgettable Until the Real Thing Comes Along Vagabond Dreams Wake up and Live Walk Right In Walking in the Sunshine Watch What Happens Water to Drink (Agua de Beber) We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) We Three Kings What a Friend We Have in Jesus What Will I Tell My Heart? What You Want Wid Bess? When a Woman Loves a Man When Lights Are Low/A-Tisket, A-Tasket [#] When My Sugar Walks Down the Street When the Sun Comes Out When Your Lover Has Gone White Christmas White Christmas [Alternate Take][#][*] Who Cares? Who Walks in When I Walk Out Who Walks in When I Walk Out? Why Was I Born? Willow Weep for Me Willow, Weep for Me Witchcraft With a Song in My Heart Wives and Lovers Wives and Lovers [#] Wives and Lovers [#] Would You Like to Take a Walk Would You Like to Take a Walk? Yellow Man Yesterdays You Are the Sunshine of My Life You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me You Can Depend on Me You Can Have Him You Do Something to Me You Hit the Spot You Leave Me Breathless You Make Me Feel So Young You Showed Me the Way You Took Advantage of Me You'll Have To Swing It
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