Satan Takes A Holiday

Tommy Dorsey

by Larry Clinton



Stop, look, and listen to me,

Last night at a quarter past three



The Devil started dancin'

He was entrancin'

hen he did the "Jangle: his own way

His bones were rattlin' loudly,

As he began to shuffle proudly,

That's the way that Satan takes a holiday



The music wasn't good,

But it was plenty spooky,

That 's the way he likes it night and day

Teh gentleman prefers to listen

To aggravatin' rhythm

That's the way Satan takes a holiday.



Watch out, He's comin' out,

And then you'll shout unless you're good, knock wood.

He's really rather goofy tryin' to be spooky,

But he has to do it day by day

His job is not allurin' never-the-less quite endurin'

Maybe that's why Satan takes a holiday