(You Can Tango, You Can Trot, Dear)
But Be Sure And Hesitate
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
Words by Andrew B. Sterling
Published 1914 by Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.

[Verse 1]
Now a sweet young girl by the name of Earl who was very fond of dancing,
She met a youth entrancing Whose eyes with love were glancing,
They would slide and slip to the Boston Dip
Till the lights were turned down low,

His onestep quickly won her heart she told he Mamma so,
Mamma just winked her eye,And this was her reply.

[Chorus]
You can tango, you can trot dear,
But be sure and hesitate,
If a slight squeeze is allowed dear,
Let it be where there's a crowd dear,

Take a chance with him, You can dance with him,
Just a moment dear, please wait,
If he says I'll take you out to Sea,
In the yacht my dad just built for me,
You can tango,You can trot dear,
But be sure and hesitate.


[Verse 2]
In a big machine She was often seen But she had to take her mother,
Or else her little brother First one and then the other,
If he'd say, I pine for a place to dine All alone, just you and me,

She'd ask her ma and she'd reply In strict propriety,
"Of course dear you can dine,But if he orders wine.

[Chorus 2]
You can tango, you can trot dear,
But be sure and hesitate,
If by chance he should grow bolder,
Just give him the icy shoulder,

Take a chance with him, You can dance with him,
Just a moment dear, please wit,
When the wine is in the wits are out,
So be careful dear what you're about,
You can tango,You can trot dear,
But be sure and hesitate.