Quodlibet = partner song
The Can-Can is a high-energy, physically demanding dance which became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840’s. Originally danced by both sexes, it features, high kicks, splits, and cartwheels. The Infernal Galop from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is the music most associated with the Can-Can.
Can-Can / Buffalo Gals Quodlibet
Oh, do you think that you can
Learn to dance the Can-Can
You will find it positively fascinating
So, kick as high as you can
When you do the Can-Can
Come on now, it’s liberating, Oh
Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight
Come out tonight
Come out tonight
Bufffalo gals won’t you come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon
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