Everybody, chic or shoddy,
everybody loves to dance.
Since that big dance, infradig dance,
Called the can -can, captivated France
Why does it kill every can?
Why is it done everywhere?
Takes no art to do a can -can
It is so simple to do
When you start to do a can -can
It will be so easy for you
If a lady in Iran can
If a shady African can,
if a maid in Japan with a fan can,
baby, you can, can, can too.
If a lass in Michigan can,
if an ass in Astra can, can,
if an Afghan in Afghanistan can,
baby, you can, can, can too.
There is no trick to a can -can,
it is so simple to do.
When you once kick to a can -can,
it will be so easy for you.
If the ballet in Milan can,
if a kilted Scottish clan can,
If in Wagner a Valkyrie Anne can,
Baby, you can, can, can, too.
If an ape gargantuan can,
If a clumsy pel ican can,
If a coy little toy black and tan can,
Baby, you can, can, can, too.
If in Deauville every swell can,
it is so simple to do.
If Debussy and Ravel can,
it will be so easy for you.
If the Louvre custodian can,
if the God -Republican can,
If Van Gogh and Degas
an d Cézanne can,
Baby, can, can, can, too.
If the chief in the Sudan can,
If the sacred Aga can, can,
If the camels in his caravan can,
Baby, you can, can, can, too.