Testi Mexican Hat Dance (They Start Doing Horas and Taps) - Allan Sherman

Mexican Hat Dance (They Start Doing Horas and Taps)

Oh Americans dance on a dance floor.\nAnd the Spaniards, they dance on a table.\nAnd the Russians, they dance on a saber.\nBut the Mexicans dance on their hats.\nOh they dance on hot coals in Calcutta.\nIn Wisconsin they dance on fresh butta,\nWhich they squeeze from one cow or anutta.\nYes, the Mexicans dance on their hats.\n(Ole!)\nThere are Mexicans dancing on derbies.\nThere are Mexicans dancing on caps.\nThey just throw their fedoras\nWherever the floor is,\nAnd start doing horas and taps.\nThey won’t quit! They go on!\nIt’s a Mexicn custom,\nTo take hats and bust 'em,\nBy doing a dance thereupon.\nOh the reason they shot Pancho Villa\nWas he danced on his mother’s mantilla.\nAnd the message did not reach Garcia.\nHe was out somewhere dancing on hats.\n(Ole!)\nThere’s a fellow in West Acapulco,\nThe most elegant man you could meet.\nHe does sambas on hombergs\nTo tunes of Sig Romberg’s,\nAnd sometimes the Nutcracker Suite.\nSo take care! So beware!\nOr they’ll put castanets on\nAnd ruin your Stetson,\n'Cause they all think they’re Fred Astaire!\nIf you’re ever in Mexico proper,\nAnd you’re wearing a straw hat or topper,\nWhen the band starts to play, call a copper,\n'Cause by now you should know\nThat they’ll grab your chapeau,\nAnd they’ll stomp till it’s flat,\nAnd that’s that!\nThat’s what Mexicans do on your hat.\n(Ole!)