Becky was a dancer Look how she danced Night-time and day She triptoed away She got a job in the ballet But one night her foot made a slip She fell on her back with Oi! Such a crack, she almost located her hip They thought she was dead from the bump on her head She should be in bed but instead Becky is back in the ballet Kicking her foot to the sky Becky is back in the ballet Doing a sweet butterfly Look how she goes, up on her toes She pose on her toes On her big brother’s nose She flies, she can flitter, hither and thither her feet they go with her She holds up the foot While she smiles with the face She tripples and skipples All over the place Shakes with a shiver Quives with a quiver Her father and mother will never forgive her Since becky is back in the ballet Becky is back in the ballet, kicking away with her feet Becky is back in the ballet, look she can ne’er do a spleet She kicks to the front, to the back and the side Some day she'll kick and commit suicide She kneels, it’s a twister, from kneeling so much on her knee is a blister She goes all around, she goes all ’round the place She’ll get and feel dizzy and fall on her face No one can endure her, they’ll kill her or cure her Her father and mother is goin’ to insure her Since becky is back in the ballet Come back here darling Mama want you to dance for a tata bloom in the concert Oi! Such a dancer! Look how she does it Push up the foot sweetheart Don't break the toes! Look how she goes around She goes around, and around And she never get dizzy! Do for mama the dying duck like pavlova She is what you call a russian ballet What ballet, what ballance I can't get over it Her father should have such ballance Honeysuckle don't forget the twist For that I paid two dollars a lesson Look out darling, look out Don't break your technique! Her father and mother are goin' to insure her Since becky is back in the ballet!