Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0164
Description
Cover: drawing of a well-dressed African American couple dancing, as a group of African American musicians perform in the background; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
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Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Sweetie dear, there's a taxi waitin', Sweetie dear, don't be hesitatin', Soon we'll be, you and me, Dancin' round in high society. Swell affair, Ev'rybody's going', Bring your dancin' shoes that's all, Come on babe, we're bound to make a showin' at the high Brown Babies' Ball.
Chorus
When the band begins to play, Ev'ry one will start to sway, We'll start slow just for a bluff, and when I say Let's go, babe! do your stuff; We'll be Johnny on the spot, for what it takes we sure have got; We'll Walk the Dog and Ball the Jack, Tickle Toe forward then Shimmie back, We got to show some class, that's all, At the High Brown Babies' Ball. When the band begins to play, Ev'ry one will start to sway, We'll start slow just for a bluff, and when I say Let's go, babe! do your stuff; We'll be Johnny on the spot, for what it takes we sure have got; We'll Walk the Dog and Ball the Jack, Tickle Toe forward then Shimmie back, We got to show some class, that's all, At the High Brown Babies' Ball.
Second verse
Sweetie dear, there'll be nothin' to it, Sweetie dear, you and me can do it, Don't be slow, come let's go, Ev'ry one there will envy us I know. Sweetie dear, When we start our struttin', For our stuff they're bound to fall, Come on babe, for we won't stop at nothin' at the High Brown Babies' Ball.
(Chorus)
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