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Lyrics
You'd think with Max's girls the guys would jam the place,
But at all eighty tables ladies fill the space.
It's nineteen thirty-one and boogie's all the rage,
And Max's Berlin Boogie Cabaret's engaged,
In taking boogie-woogie from the USA,
And making Europe swing and here's what Max would say:
"You know I learned from Papa who was taught by Liszt,
But Schubert lieder lack ze fever found in zis!"
Chorus:
Now watch Max do it. It's sure not Schubert.
Now Liszt taught papa, and mama sang opera,
Yes, mama sang opera. His mama sang opera.
But there's no stopping Max, nor topping Max's Berlin Boogie Cabaret.
You know the girls at Max's used to pack guys in,
But then old Max stepped up to bat and learned to swing.
It didn't take him long to learn the boogie beat.
Before too long a female throng was tappin' feet,
Cause Uncle Max could charm and prance, he had the knack,
And soon the gentlemen just had to stand in back,
"Ach, ja, der boogie, vat a goodie," Max would say,
"Und now hang on dere, cause ve gonner roll avay!"
Chorus:
Now watch Max do it. It's sure not Schubert.
Now Liszt taught papa, and mama sang opera,
Yes, mama sang opera. His mama sang opera.
But there's no stopping Max, nor topping Max's Berlin Boogie Cabaret.
Now Max's fame became acclaimed as well it should,
And from Berlin the news rolled in to Hollywood.
They offered Max the whole beeswax and lots of dough,
To go on radio and make a picture show.
He wrote a boogie, sure a cutie, to debut,
But couldn't find a name for it to ballyhoo.
"Who needs a name, I'll show zose Memphis crackerjacks,
I'll name it after me und boogie to ze Max!"
Chorus:
Now watch Max do it. It's sure not Schubert.
Now Liszt taught papa, and mama sang opera,
Yes, mama sang opera. His mama sang opera.
But there's no stopping Max, nor topping Max's Berlin Boogie Cabaret.
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