Gonna dance with a dolly
with a hole in her stocking
While our knees keep a-knockin’
and our toes keep a-rockin”,
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin’,
Dance by the light of the moon.Gonna dance by the light of the moon.
Apparently I’m confusing the words of this old song with another old song titled “By the light of the silvery moon”… or maybe my parents edited a bit?? I remember both my mother and father singing - at least this chorus - to me when I was little. It was funny and calming and just fun to sing a bit fast and get the words and the rhythm. But I’ve been singing it “by the light of the silvery moon”. Oh, well - it is still fun to sing and to remember being little when a song and a snuggle cured all!
And the moon is silvery…
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