Dance, Dance, Josephine Baker
SUMMARY:
Meet Josephine Baker the amazing dancer, spy and civil rights champion - now that's an impressive set of skills!
Parody of Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
From Series 9 Episode 5 Dastardly Dance
LYRICS:
The queen of jazz
They went crazy for me
Back in the '20s
They loved my new dance
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From Harlem to the toast of all Paris
I made the Charleston a big hit in France
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Hung out with Hemingway
(And Picasso!)
Star of Champs-Elysees
(Look, there's Cocteau!)
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Cos anybody can just walk the walk
You need a dancing girl to blow your mind!
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Dance, dance, Josephine Baker
(Check out my cheetah)
The great Jazz Age trend maker
(He's called Chiquita)
Wait a moment, you're about to see
There's more to Miss Baker's celebrity
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When World War Two broke out I offered help
With French military intelligence
Charmed my way to enemy embassies
Shared my findings through correspondence
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Wrote secret notes for spies
(Over gateau!)
Homed the Resistance guys
(In her chateau!)
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Cos anybody can just walk the walk
You need a war hero to blow your mind!
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Dance, dance, back in the States
(Her home nation)
Racism made me outraged
(Fought segregation)
Civil rights is the new song I sing
Side by side with Martin Luther King (hey!)
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Look at all that I did
(How could you not know?)
Plus adopted 12 kids
(That is a lot, though)
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Wait a moment, did you think that I
Was just a dancer? Then I'll say goodbye.
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