At a ball in Bukharest,

I've reversed with Congo pigmies, dark and hairy;

I have one-stepped in Sing-Sing

And performed the Highland Fling,

I have razzled in the reel at Inveraray.

I have tangoed in Koran,

Danced quadrilles in Ispahan

(Though I haven't done the polka in Shiraz yet);

But I've followed in the train

Of Terpsichore in vain,