"I Love to Have a Dance with Dorothy" is a song that features Slim Dusty singing in the song about dancing with their mates in the country and it's adapted from "I Love to Have a Beer with Duncan". It is from It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World.
Song Credits
2000 Version
- Music: Pat Alexander
- Lyrics & Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
- Original Idea: Greg Page
- Music Adaptation: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
- Publisher: Mushroom Music
2017 Version
- Music: Pat Alexander
- Lyrics: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
- Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Greg Page, Emma Watkins
- Publisher: Mushroom Music
Musicians
2000 Version
- Lead Vocals - Greg Page, Slim Dusty
- Backing Vocals - Mark Punch, Rick Price
- Additional Vocals - Paul Paddick
- Bass/Acoustic Guitar - Murray Cook
- Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
- Drums - Tony Henry
- Piano/Organ - Jeff Fatt
- Double Bass - John O'Grady
- Violin - Maria Schattovits
- Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay
2017 Version
- Vocals: Slim Dusty, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
- Backing Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce
- Voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur: Caterina Mete
- Voice of Captain Feathersword: Paul Paddick
- Voice of Henry the Octopus & Wags the Dog: Jeff Fatt
- 12-String Electric Guitar: Alex Keller
- Acoustic Bass Guitar: Alex Keller
- Piano: Lachlan Gillespie
- Banjo: Anthony Field
- Dobro: Oliver Brian
- Tambourine: Anthony Field
- Drums: Tony Henry
Song Lyrics
- Oh, I love to have a dance with Dorothy
- Oh, I love to have a dance with Dot
- We dance to all kinds of music
- We love to dance the Romp Bomp-a-Stomp
- We dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- We love to have a dance with Dorothy
- ‘Cause Dorothy’s our mate
- Well, I love to have a dance with Wags the Dog
- I love to have a dance with Wags
- He loves to dance the tango
- And he carries his bone in a big brown bag
- We dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- We love to have a dance with Wags the Dog
- ‘Cause Wags is our mate
- “Whoa I love dancing”
- Now here comes Henry the Octopus
- He always loves to dance
- He twirls and spins and flourishes
- He dances in his eight legged pants
- We dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- We love to have a dance with Henry
- ‘Cause Henry's our mate
- Here comes Captain Feathersword
- Here comes our pirate friend
- He dances jigs and hornpipes
- He keeps dancing ‘till the end
- We dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- We love to have a dance with the Captain
- ‘Cause the Captains our mate. Yeah
- “Ha, ha, ha. Well blow me down”
- Well we love to have a dance with Dusty
- Well we love to have a dance with Slim
- He can do all kinds of dances
- And nobody dances better than him
- He’ll dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- We love to have a dance with Dusty
- Slim Dusty’s our mate.
- It's time to dance together
- ‘Cause dancing’s so much fun
- You can dance anywhere you like
- There’s something here for everyone
- We dance in the town and the country
- Where the atmosphere is great
- Oh lets all dance together
- Because we’re all good mates
Gallery
Appearance
Video Performances
- It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World
- Dance, Dance! (video)
Album Tracks
- It's a Wiggly Wiggly World
- Dance, Dance! (album)