The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
No waltzing is easy. Have you tried to follow one of these videos? 
 And we can only imagine how hard it would be for a child with his drunken father. 
 This could also stand as a metaphor for the relationship between the father and the son. It’s not easy to “dance” or live between loving and fearing his father. But is the child enjoying a dance with their drunk father, or is the dancing a metaphor for the father being physically abusive to the child?
My Papas Waltz