[Verse:] I've been trav'ling far and wide Over on the other side And it's strange what a change is happ'ning all around Years ago it used to be Shaking hands across the sea Now we meet Shaking feet For this is what I found [Refrain:] Ev'ryone in the world is doing the Charleston They do it in London, they do it in France In Spain and Italy and in Germany they all Charleston No matter how far you roam away from home You'll find them doing that dance That certain step that was all the craze With those Lenox Avenue shieks Is being done by the Portuguese The Armenians and the Greeks Papers say that most ev'ry day there's a European who Sprained his knee in the Charleston, Charleston Because they're all doing it now