Merle Travis
Darktown Strutters' Ball
I've got some good news, honeyAn invitation to the Darktown BallIt's a very swell affairAll the "high-browns" will be thereI'll wear my high silk hat and frock tail coatYou wear your Paris gown and your new silk shawlThere ain't no doubt about it babeWe'll be the best dressed in the hall[Chorus]I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honeyYou better be ready about half past eightNow dearie, don't be lateI want to be there when the band starts playingRemember when we get there, honeyThe two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em allGoin' to dance out both my shoesWhen they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutter's BallWe'll meet our hightoned neighborsAn exhibition of the "Baby Dolls"And each one will do their bestJust to outclass the restAnd there'll be dancers from ev'ry foreign landThe classic, buck and wing, and the wooden clogWe'll win that fifty dollar prizeWhen we step out and "Walk The Dog"[Chorus]
From Letras Mania