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1.    There?s a new sensation, a fabulous creation,
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    a danceable solution to teenage revolution.
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    Do the Strand, love ,when you feel love,
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    it?s the new way, that?s why we say, do the Strand.
 
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2.    Do it on the tables, Quaglino?s place or Mabel?s,
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    Slow and gentle,  sentimental.
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    All styles served here, Louis Seize we prefer,
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    laissez-faire Le Strand.
 
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3.    Tired of the tango, fed up with fandango,
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    dance on moonbeams, slide on rainbows,
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    in furs or blue jeans, you know what I mean,
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    do the Strand.

Solo;
E5 D5 (about 9 times)
 
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4.    Had your fill of quadrilles, the madison and cheap thrills,
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    bored with the beguine, the samba isn?t your scene.
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    They?re playing our tune,  by the pale moon.
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    We?re incognito down the Lido,
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    and we like the Strand.
 
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5.    Arabs at oasis,  Eskimos and Chinese,
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     if you feel blue,  look through Who?s Who.
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    See La Goulue,  and Nijinsky,
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    do the Strandsky.
 
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6. Weary of the waltz,  and mashed potato schmaltz.
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    Rhododendron is a nice flower,
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    evergreen it lasts forever , but it can?t beat Strand power.
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    The Sphinx and Mona Lisa,  Lolita and Guernica,
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    did the          Strand.
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