[Bg-dance] Fwd: Coming to town

[Tim McDaniel]

I wrote to my dear liege lady in the Middle Kingdom that I was coming
back for Terpsichore at the Tower in Michigan.  I wondered whether
she'd be available on Sunday, mentioning that I could go sightseeing
if she's not, and ending with

> I was going to add something like "or perhaps the liquid oxygen
> lakes will have evaporated enough that I could sightsee outside
> without a space suit", but given the heat wave there earlier this
> year, I can hardly make the joke now.

Kay Jarrell wrote:
> Subject: RE: Coming to town
> 
> And for that smart remark, Master Daniel, I shall gift you with the
> mental "ear worm" song that sprang into my mind immediately as I
> read your subject....
> 
> "You better not pout, you better not cry,
> Better watch out, I'm tellin' you why:
> Daniel De is comin' to town."
> 
> "He sees you when you're dancing
> He knows when you pavanne.
> He knows if you can reverence,
> And you better allemande! SO..."
> 
> "He's making a ball list, and checking the band.
> Lookin' for partners to take his hand.
> Daniel De is comin' to town."
> 
> And here it breaks down because I ran out of dance terms.