In Three-Quarter Time

Lyrics

[GOLO] When Frederick the Great was at Potsdam The French introduced the gavotte But Fred warned his henchmen 'Twas all right for Frenchmen For Germans, oh, certainly not! "With waltzes we've built up the Empire For waltzes," said Freddy, "I fight!" So poet and peasant From then to the present Have waltzed from the morning 'til night When a Musiker doesn't bring Strauss mit him He is no Musiker—'raus mit him! We laugh and we sing oom-pah-pah And we dance in three-quarter time When having our fling, oom-pah-pah We romance in three-quarter time It makes us sentimental It makes the night sublime Our dogs, they have rabies Our women have babies In three-quarter time So, me for three-four time [ENSEMBLE] We laugh and we sing oom-pah-pah And we dance in three-quarter time When having our fling, oom-pah-pah We romance in three-quarter time [GOLO] Way back in German history When man began to climb I'm certain that Adam Made love to his madam [GOLO & ENSEMBLE] In three-quarter time So, me for three-four time [MAN, spoken] Commissioner Bauer, the coast is clear [BAUER, spoken] Who the hell cares about the weather in California? [BAUER] I'm after the crooks [POLICE] Oom-pah-pah [BAUER] They'll get theirs [POLICE] In three-quarter time [BAUER] It's down on the books [POLICE] Oom-pah-pah [BAUER] 'Lectric chairs [POLICE, variously] In three-quarter time (Three-quarter time) We'll make those villains suffer (Suffer) They'll pay for every crime (Every crime) [BAUER] The Dresden polices Will tear them to pieces [BAUER & POLICE] In three-quarter time So, me for three-four time [BAUER, spoken] Now when I give the signal, you men surround the place [POLICE, spoken] Right! [BAUER, spoken] Quietly [POLICE, spoken] Right [ENSEMBLE] La la la la Da da la La la la la la From Düsseldorf to Frankfurt From Lentz to Schnabelheim The petticoat gender Will always surrender To three-quarter time So, me for three-four You for two-four Me for three-four— [BAUER, spoken] *Police whistle* You're all arrested Come out with your hands up [ENSEMBLE] Time!