Prime Artist:              Ira Gershwin     (b. Israel Gershvin)
Lyrics by:                 Arthur Francis (pseudonym for Ira Gershwin)
Lyrics by:                 Ira Gershwin     (b. Israel Gershvin)

Music by:                  Lewis E. Gensler
From the Show:             Greenwich Village Follies of 1923  1923 (S)

Lyrics:
Verse

Back in the land where Buddha is all supreme,
There's a sweet nautch girl who can dance like a dream.
When she is dressed up, wearing a string of pearls,
Give her a tom-tom rhythm, and off she twirls.
Listen to all the natives begin to cheer.
If you could translate, this is what you would hear:

Refrain 1

Hot Hindoo,
Show what you kin do,
And go right into your dance.
Hot Hindoo,
Shake all you skin, do!
We get a thrill in advance.
Come on, do your stuff;
We can't get enough;
Make it rough!
Hot!  Hot!  Hot Hindoo,
Won't you begin, do!
Go right into your dance.

Refrain 2

Hot Hindoo,
Show what you kin do,
And go right into your dance.
Hot Hindoo,
Shake all your skin, do!
We get a thrill in advance.
Start your dizzy whirl,
Like a top a-twirl;
Atta girl!
Hot!  Hot!  Hot Hindoo,
Won't you begin, do!
Go right into your dance.

Contributed by Carlene Bogle