Darktown Strutters` Ball — текст песни (Hank Snow)

(Brooks)

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 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 Strutter`s Ball.

We`ll meet our hightoned neighbors
An exhibition of the Baby Dolls
And each one will do their best
Just to outclass 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...