The Darktown Strutters' Ball

I've got some good news, Honey Shelton Brooks Shelton Brooks The Darktown Strutters' Ball cover.jpg

[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 [sic]
 * 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)