Used in “ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND,” 1938 film. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Copyright ©22 Sep 1933.
Sheet Music
Lyrics
A heat wave was riding through town last week
She came from the Island of Martinique
The can-can she dances will make you cry
The can-can is really the reason why
Chorus
We’re having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The temperature’s rising
It isn’t surprising
She certainly can can-can
She started a heat wave
By letting her seat wave
And in such a way that
The customers say that
She certainly can can-can
Gee, her anatomy
Makes the mercury
Jump to ninety-three, yes sir!
We’re having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The way that she moves that
Thermometer proves that
She certainly can can-can
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