feet

I like to dance and tap my feet
But they won't keep in rhythm--
You see I washed them both today
And I can't do nothin' with 'em.

Ho hum, the tune is dumb
The words don't mean a thing--
Isn't this a silly song
For any one to sing?

--A "song"(?) quoted on p.27 in Nevil Shute's Landfall with no credits offered. (Ballentine Books 1972)

See Dad dancing!