Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Billie Holiday
Canonical path: /billie-holiday/now-they-call-it-swing
Related lyric paths: 6
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Now They Call It Swing
Read Now They Call It Swing lyrics by Billie Holiday on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Now They Call It Swing
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Once they called it ragtime
And it had its fling
It's the same old syncopation
Now they call it swing
Then they played it jazz time
To a buck-and-wing
Once again it sweeped the nation
Now they call it swing
When singers used to sing
They would go hot cha
But with this modern thing
Now they go dru-du du, dra-da-da
Rhythm has its seasons
Summer, fall and spring
But for seven silly reasons
Someone pulled the string
And they started dancing
Now they call it swing
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Billie Holiday performs "Now They Call It Swing", and this lyric page sits inside the Billie Holiday catalog on LyroVerse.
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