% B, x7 Q, x. c$ ~7 Q$ UThe sound of a polka drifted from my neighbor's ' Y0 ?/ M, X) Z+ b* Aand set my feet a-tapping oh! $ j+ m" ] }1 e# wIeva's mother had her eye on her daughter but z) _# p+ T- z; n
Ieva she managed to fool her, you know. 3 z* }: p' Y0 x'Cause who's going to listen to mother saying no ( K" Z7 _! \0 \2 y8 `$ ^when we're all busy dancing to and fro! . D) B& c# s; o9 B: M
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Ieva was smiling, the fiddle it was wailing $ \& ^% p+ Z2 z+ H: o! `. |
as people crowded round to wish her luck. & ?6 G# u4 N: o, ^1 x& iEveryone was hot but it didn't seem to bother # @+ w9 v4 J; C) E; B
the handsome young man, the dashing buck. & ~3 n4 A8 ~; t) Y. t7 V'Cause who's going to mind a drop of sweat % W8 F. c$ |5 J7 O7 i+ v7 |when he's all busy dancing to and fro! 7 e. ~1 |9 M( m& c/ W4 a6 B
" A0 \" d" ?! Y2 YIeva's mother she shut herself away ( @$ V& M. _7 n( ?: d, ^2 M
in her own quiet room to hum a hymn. - o( O# O! P9 _1 u' g8 ALeaving our hero to have a spot of fun 4 _& j) z. J! G. s/ _ _% t; I# _in a neighbor's house when the lights are dim. 8 R- N( h8 r9 E
'Cause what does it matter what the old folks say Z0 l- y8 H$ X" j$ P, I4 twhen you're all busy dancing to and fro! $ |. E) c- _8 f8 O% }4 E; S; x9 Q. T* q- f+ S
When the music stopped then the real fun began / Y( M- g! V0 l" R7 x
and that's when the laddie fooled around. - h3 j H7 z; `$ r+ g
When he took her home, when the dancing was over ( o- y- R. `/ o: M K$ Oher mother angrily waiting they found. S2 T `* ^. A% D/ [But I said to her, Ieva, now don't you weep & W; Q9 ` R6 X: z/ y+ _6 Zand we'll soon be dancing to and fro! + A& f7 J- S3 N# T
( I+ V! C# _( ?! R2 YI said to her mother now stop that noise $ Z1 i9 L4 G3 X1 w' z1 w: w) J' M7 m
or I won't be responsible for what I do. 7 ?! \1 j ~9 y: m8 @5 hIf you go quietly and stay in your room ! [, ?2 F- ]$ u. m5 i+ }
you won't get hurt while your daughter I woo. : N# {& z0 w( ?8 n) J U: M" T'Cause this fine laddie is a wild sort of guy 4 ~! D# H7 o& f) Ewhen he's all busy dancing to and fro! 6 U$ w$ Q+ `. f* o& ?: N ~) }7 m 2 Z& G- y+ {) D7 hOne thing I tell you is you won't trap me, + b: n9 g2 J, fno, you won't find me an easy catch. # D# Y G% B) U% ]- a% kTravel to the east and travel to the west but 8 M) C. i; Z+ \; x
Ieva and I are going to make a match. 6 T# S( ~) b' S- X* D
'Cause this fine laddie ain't the bashful sort M) b+ p- m! V0 ^4 i: i8 R
when he's all busy dancing to and fro