DANSE AFRICAINE

The low beating of the tom-toms,

The slow beating of the tom-toms.

Low ... slow

Slow ... low—

Stirs your blood.

Dance!

A night-veiled girl

Whirls softly into a

Circle of light.

Whirls softly ... slowly,

Like a wisp of smoke around the fire—

And the tom-toms beat,

And the low beating of the tom-toms

Stirs your blood.