One more dance
(music arranged by Franz Musek, English text by
John Ball, based on a traditional folk song)
(Esther & Abi Ofarim, guitar version 1963
and orchestra version 1968)
(French
version)
(German
version)
(Hebrew
version)
see video of a
1968 live performance:
Darling, go
home, your husband is ill.
Is he ill, let 'em give him a pill.
Oh come, my dear Franz,
just one more dance.
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
then I'll go home to my poor old man.
Darling, go home, your husband is worse.
Is he worse, well I am no nurse.
Oh come, my dear Franz,
just one more dance.
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
then I'll go home to my poor old man.
Darling, go
home, your husband is dead.
Is he dead,
there's no more to be said.
Oh come, my dear Franz,
just one more dance.
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
then I'll go home to my poor old man.
Darling, go home, the will's to be
read.
What's that you said?
I said, the will's to be read!
Oh no no, my dear Franz,
this is no time to dance.
I must go weep for my poor old man,
I must go weep for my poor old man.