Sweet and Low-Down

Lyrics

[AL, spoken] Ah, come on, come on! Where will we go? [DENISE, spoken] I know—the blues café! [BINNIE, spoken] Oh boy! You should hear that low-down music! [BINNIE] There's a cabaret in this city [DENISE] I have heard about it, too [BINNIE] Peps you up like electricity When the band is blowing blue [DENISE] They play nothing classic, oh no, down there [BINNIE] They crave nothing else but the low down there [BINNIE & DENISE] If you need a tonic And the need is chronic If you're in a crisis My advice is: [BINNIE] Grab a cab and go down To where the band is playing Where milk and honey flow down Where everyone is saying "Blow that sweet and low-down" [AL] Tu tu [DENISE] Busy as a beaver You'll dance until you totter You're sure to get the fever For nothing could be hotter Oh [AL & DENISE] That sweet and low-down [BINNIE & DENISE] Philosopher or deacon You simply have to weaken [BINNIE] Hear those shuffling feet [DENISE] You can't keep your seat [BINNIE & DENISE] Professor! [PROFESSOR] Yeah? [BINNIE & DENISE] Start your beat! Come along, get in it You'll love the syncopation The minute they begin it You're shouting to the nation "Blow that" [AL, BINNIE & DENISE] "Sweet and low-down" [AL] Grab a cab and go down To where the band is playing Where milk and honey flow down Where everyone is saying "Blow that sweet and low-down" [BINNIE & DENISE] Tu tu [AL] Busy as a beaver You'll dance until you totter You're sure to get the fever For nothing could be hotter Oh [AL, BINNIE & DENISE] That sweet and low-down Philosopher or deacon You simply have to weaken Hear those shuffling feet You can't keep your seat [AL] Professor! [PROFESSOR] Yeah? [AL, BINNIE & DENISE] Start your beat! Come along, get in it You'll love the syncopation The minute they begin it You're shouting to the nation "Blow that sweet and low-down" [Dance break.] [AL, BINNIE, DENISE & ENSEMBLE] Grab a cab and go down To where the band is playing Where milk and honey flow down Where everyone is saying "Blow that sweet and low-down" Tu tu Busy as a beaver You'll dance until you totter You're sure to get the fever For nothing could be hotter Oh, that sweet and low-down Philosopher or deacon You simply have to weaken Hear those shuffling feet You can't keep your seat Professor! [PROFESSOR] Yeah? [AL, BINNIE, DENISE & ENSEMBLE] Start your beat! Come along, get in it You'll love the syncopation The minute they begin it You're shouting to the nation "Blow that sweet and low-down" Low-down, low-down Low-down, low-down!