Show ONCE OVER OVER- Chattanooga Coochie By H. H I. I Phillips ILL ALL MEN who had their WILL sweethearts stolen at Tennessee Tennes Tennes- see waltzes kindly raise their right hands And all women too Come come there must be SOMEBODY Any person man woman or child who lost a partner while dancing in Tennessee up with your hands please This thing cries out for careful checking A song Tennessee Tennes see Waltz in which the singer deplores deplores deplores de de- de- de the purloining and misappropriating misappropriating misappropriating of his gal during the dance has swept the nation It deluges deluges deluges de de- de- de the country from jukebox radio video movie house tavern saloon night club phonograph and songfest From the feeling put into it by the singers and the deep reaction reaction reaction tion manifested by audiences it would seem that in every American mind is the heart heartbreaking memory of ot a stolen waltz partner 0 Tears sniffles and sobs are to tobe tobe tobo be bo heard in countless homes as thousands of singers wail waD sentimentally sentimentally senti sent mentally of the Girl of The Year Year Year-T T h e Stolen Tennessee Waltz Partner If even a small percentage of the people who seem to understand such an experience have really come through it three things seem apparent 1 There There is hardly a man or woman in an American home who hasn't danced In Tennessee under conditions of at great uncertainty 2 Those 2 Those who went to such a dance with a partner and never saw saw him or her again agnin are legion 3 The The Stolen Tennessee Woman Situation may be partly responsible ble for the jittery quarrelsome ir- ir and at times screwball mood o of the American populace Our efforts to explain the mood of nostalgia which comes over people listening to the song have not been too fruitful Approaching one gent who seemed visibly moved by it we eve asked When did you last dance in Tennessee He replied With me it was West Virginia and it was during the Pennsylvania Polka I Bug out will ya We tackled a man in whose eyes were tears as he swayed with the mournful melody Patting him himon himon himon on the back we asked Where did you lose her Chattanooga or Caruthersville Caruthersville Caru- Caru It was either Passaic or Beaver Lake New Jersey he sobbed Ive never felt like penetrating the deep south since that unlucky night How did it happen we asked I 1 let her dance with a big handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some guy who seemed dependable he cried And he stole her we ob ob- served Hell no nol he snapped He brought her back and left let her on my hands I married her and have had to live with her ever since What do you think Im I'm weeping about |