VOCES8: I Won’t Dance by Jerome Kern (arr. Jim Clements)

VOCES8 sings the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers classic, ’I Won’t Dance’ by Jerome Kern, in this arrangement written for the group by Jim Clements. This scene was filmed at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall in New York City, NY, and was directed by Andrew Staples; audio is by Barnaby Smith. TEXT Hey there cutes! Put on your dancing boots And come dance with me, Come dance with me on an evening for some Terpsichore! Pretty face, I know a swinging place: Come on dance with me! Romance with me on a crowded floor. I won’t dance, don’t ask me! I won’t dance, don’t ask me! I won’t dance, monsieur, with you! My heart won’t let my feet do things they should do. You know what, you’re lovely, You know what, you’re so lovely, And oh, what you do to me, I’m like an ocean wave that’s bumped on the shore, I feel so absolutely stumped on