Ira Gershwin - By Strauss lyrics

(Verse) Away with the music of Broadway! Be off with your Irving Berlin Oh, I'd give no quarter To Kern or Cole Porter And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin How can one be civil When hearing such drivel? It's all just for nightclubbing souses Oh, give me the free and easy Waltz that is Viennese-y And Go tell the band If they want a hand The waltz must be Strauss' Ja, ja, ja Give me oom-pah-pah (Chorus) When I want a melody Lilting through the house Then I want a melody By Strauss It laughs! It sings! The world is in rhyme Swinging in three-quarter time Let the Danube flow along And Die Fledermaus Keep the wine and give me song By Strauss By jo, by jing! By Strauss is the thing! So I say to ha-cha-cha Heraus! Just give me an oom-pah-pah By Strauss!