Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1940 Version)

Have you ever been embarrassed

When you're in a smart cafe

And they play a Cuban tempo?

Is your dancing quite passé?

There's a studio on Main Street

Over Tony's clothing store

Where a very small investment

Pays you dividends galore

Six lessons from Madame La Zonga

You'll do the rhumba and the new la conga

Six lessons in Madame's cabana

And you will imagine you're down in Havana

Her four Latin daughters will help you to start

While finding the rhythm, you might lose your heart

Six lessons from Madame La Zonga

And you'll develop your hips and your knees

And say, by the way, if you're short, it's okay

If Madame likes you, the lessons are free

Rosita gives you lesson one

Chiquita gives you lesson two

Madame gives you all the rest

And her lessons are the best

The Madame shows you how to walk

The Madame marks it with her chalk

When the Madame starts to squawk

It's her Cuban double talk

Six lessons from Madame La Zonga

And you'll develop your hips and your knees

And say, by the way, if you're short, it's okay

If Madame likes you, the lessons are free