The Darktown Strutters' Ball
[Verse]
- I've got some good news, Honey,
- An invitation to the Darktown Ball,
- It's a very swell affair,
- All the "high-browns" will be there,
- I'll wear my high silk hat, and a frock tail coat,
- You wear your Paris gown, and your new silk shawl,
- There ain't no doubt about it babe,
- We'll be the best dressed in the hall.
[Chorus]
- I'll be down to get you in a Taxi honey
- You better be ready about half past eight,
- Now dearie, don't be late,
- I want to be there when the band starts playing
- Remember when we get there, Honey,
- The two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,
- Goin' to dance out both my shoes:
- When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
- Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutters' Ball.
[Verse]
- We'll meet our high-toned neighbors,
- An exhibition of the "Baby Dolls",
- And each one will do their best,
- Just to outclass all the rest,
- And there'll be dancers from ev'ry foreign land,
- The classic, buck and wing, and the wooden clog:
- We'll win that fifty dollar prize,
- When we step out and "Walk the Dog."
- (chorus)
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1975, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 48 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse