Historic Sheet Music Collection
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Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_bennie-kruegers-orchestra-zez-confrey_gbia0009529a
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_billy-murray-zez-confrey_gbia0003348a
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_bonnie-campbell-zez-confrey-helen-horn-bill-lee_gbia0003287b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_confrey-pete-handy_gbia0000723a
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_frank-froeba-zez-confrey_gbia0022959a
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_herb-kern--lloyd-sloop-bill-markas-zez-confrey_gbia0006184b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_paul-whiteman-and-his-orchestra-zez-confrey_gbia0001146a
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_ray-bloch-and-his-orchestra-confrey_gbia0025391b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_the-three-suns-zez-confrey_gbia0006423b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_the-tree-suns-zez-confrey_gbia0003836b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_yank-lawsons-jazz-band-confrey-yank-lawson-bill-stegmeyer-lou-mcgarity-d_gbia0007985b
https://archive.org/details/78_stumbling_yank-lawsons-jazz-band-confrey-yank-lawson-bill-stegmeyer-lou-mcgarity-d_gbia0009635b
Publication Date
1922
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
‘Tention folks, speak of jokes,
This is one on me,
Took my gal to a dance
At the Armory Music played, dancers swayed,
Then we joined the crowd;
I can’t dance, took a chance,
And right then we started:
[Chorus]
Stumbling all around,
Stumbling all around,
Stumbling all around so funny,
Stumbling here and there,
Stumbling ev’rywhere
And I must declare,
I stepped right on her toes,
And when she bumped my nose,
I fell and when I rose,
I felt ashamed
And told her
That’s the latest step, that’s the latest step, that’s the latest step,
My honey,
Notice all the pop, notice all the pep, notice all the pop;
She said, “Stop mumbling, tho’ you are stumbling,
I like it just a little bit, a little bit, quite a little bit.”
[Verse 2]
Young and small short and tall,
Folks most ev’rywhere
Take a chance do this dance,
They think it’s a bear,
People rave and they crave
Just to do this step,
Off they go, nice and slow,
When the band starts playing:
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Confrey, "Zez", "Stumbling" (1922). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1297.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1297
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
New York: Leo Feist, Inc. (1922)
Some of these resources may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the library or the institution.