Lay down your money
and shine up your shoes
There's a dime a dance romance
waiting for you
Down at the fairgrounds
on a hot summer night
There's a big jamboree
neat for the golden moonlight
A fiddler's playing, the boys form a line
To dance with the ladies, one at a time
The ladies look finer than blossoms in May
For each tune they dance to,
the boys have to pay
Pick out a beauty and the music will start
Each one's a -hopin' that
he'll win her heart
It's a dime -a -dance romance,
a gentleman's choice
Take a chance on the ladies,
all you handsome young boys
Lay down your money
and shine up your shoes
There's a dime -a -dance romance
waiting for you
Well, Amy's just 19
and the plainest of all
She's waitin' and a -wishin'
that she'll get the call
Off in the crowd,
there's a boy who looks shy
She stands on her toes
till she catches his
As soon as he sees her, steps into line
He digs through his pockets
and he pulls out a dime
But she smiles so sweetly
when it's his turn to pay
He lays down a dollar
and they go dancin' away
It's a dime a dance romance,
a gentleman's choice.
Take a chance on the ladies,
all you handsome young boys.
Lay down your money
and shine up your shoes.
There's a dime a dance romance
waiting for you.
A dime a dance romance
waiting for you.