Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?

One of the showstoppers from High Button Shoes, Cahn and Styne’s 1947 Broadway hit. A polka-inflected comic number built around the irresistible energy of a family dance, it was one of the production numbers that helped make the show a 727-performance hit.

Doris Day’s 1947 recording brought the song to a wider audience beyond the theater, her natural exuberance perfectly suited to Cahn’s bouncy, good-natured lyric.