<P> In 1945 the song "Tampico" by Stan Kenton contained the lyrics: </P> <P> "You ask a Mexican band to play a "rumba - down - dare" there, He turns and Says to the boys, "Hey fellas, dig that square!" </P> <P> Or an earlier song by Harry Gibson, from 1944, called "Stop That Dancing Up There," which includes: </P> <Dl> <Dd> The people downstairs </Dd> <Dd> Say I'm an awful square </Dd> <Dd> When I shout, "Stop that dancing up there ." </Dd> </Dl>

When they said be there or be square