Song lyrics to Tea for Two – created for the Broadway musical No, No, Nanette. It’s since been used in the musical Tea for Two, and places ranging from the Looney Tunes to Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show.
I feel like the Emperor Nero when Rome was a very hot town
Father Knickerbocker, forgive me, I play while your city burns down
Through all its night life I fiddle away
It’s not the right life, but think of the pay
Someday I will bid it goodbye, I’ll put my fiddle away and I’ll say
The Charleston is a jazz composition that was written to accompany the Charleston dance. It was composed in 1923, with lyrics by Cecil Mack and music by James P. Johnson. Performed in Tea for Two among many others films.
