Lyrics:
First 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. 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.
Second verse
We’ll meet our high-toned heighbors, An exhibition of the “Baby Dolls,” And each one will do their best, Just to out-class all the rest, And there’ll be dancers from ev’ry foreign land, The classie, buck and wing, and the wooden clog: We’ll win that fifty dollar prize, When we step out and “Walk the Dog.”
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