Ruth Etting - Ten Cents A Dance download song

Thank you 1900s blues may the blues be with you

This voice is just wonderful..

I played this song on my birthday if that makes you feel any better about life if your being seeing this

Theres always a lighhouse, theres always a man, theres always a city.

Bioshock 2 and that's all to say

I work at the Palace ballroom, but gee that palace is cheap When I get back to my chilly hall room, I'm much too tired to sleep I'm one of those lady teachers, a beautiful hostess you know One that the palace features, at exactly a dime a throw. Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me Gosh how they weigh me down. Ten cents a dance, pansies and rough guys, tough guys who tear my gown. Seven to midnight I hear drums, loudly the saxophone blows, Trumpets are tearing my ear-drums, customers crush my toes. Sometimes I think, I've found my hero But it's a queer romance All that you need is a ticket, Come on big boy, ten cents a dance. Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailors Can pay for their tickets & rent me Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbor Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me Thought I've a chorus of elderly bows Stockings are porous with holes at the toes I'm here till closing time Dance and be merry it's only a dime Sometimes I think, I've found my hero But it's a queer romance All that you need is a ticket. Come on, come on big boy, ten cents a dance.

Thank you Bioshock 2. What a fabulous song. 'Customers crush my toes...'

Doris Day played her well in Love me or Leave me.

Lots of good singers have done this but for me, this is the definitive version. Particularly as was done during the period of 1926-33 before the big bands appeared and changed the 'sound' of the music.

Who would believe 120 years later im still listening to this song ♥️

Damn, this is one sad song. Still, beautiful. And, say what you want about Bioshock 2, but the game has an amazing soundtrack.

Six months ago was her 120th Birthday, celebrated by me.

Of mice and men brought me here

In 1930, $0.10 equates to $1.50 in 2019 money.. doesn't seem like very much for dancing with strange men who step on your toes or tear or clothes... I would charge $15 or $20 a dance!