Alabama Cotton Ball 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Apr 2009
2009

I'm wild with glee,
come go with me,
to that good old ragtime Southern State,
ev'rybody's goin' sure,
Ev'rybody's goin'
even Tom will be there
with his sister Kate,
Dear Old Alabama
Next to Louisiana
will show you how to have one grand old time,
There are girls a plenty
all are under twenty
and none of them know where to draw the line.
So get your rags together, Hon,
let's go
I'll take you down to Dixie's one best show.

I'll take you down
to the Cotton Ball,
I'll take you down
where we can see them all,
Tango trotting in their gowns of snowy white,
Henry will be there with someone else's wife,
Where they'll shake their feet
and they'll ball the jack
we may get there and never get back.
If you love me
don't be late,
safety first then hesitate,
you'll be happy when I take you to that
Alabama Cotton Ball.

I'll take you down
to the Cotton Ball,
I'll take you down
where we can see them all,
Tango trotting in their gowns of snowy white,
Henry will be there wikth someone else's wife,
Where they'll shake their feet
and they'll ball the jack
we may get there and never get back.
If you love me
don't be late,
safety first then hesitate,
you'll be happy when I take you to that
Alabama Cotton Ball.

No one home at all,
They're at the ball,
Newly wed and family were there,
Admission there was free,
So, Hon, now you can see
why they had to dance out in the open air.
I had one big time, dear,
but just wait till next year,
I'll be the first one there out on the floor
I'll have one consolation,
I'll be at the station
to take that train to Dixie just once more.
So let me be your gal for one more year
and when it's over this is what I'll hear.

I'll take you down
to the Cotton Ball,
I'll take you down
where we can see them all,
Tango trotting in their gowns of snowy white,
Henry will be there wikth someone else's wife,
Where they'll shake their feet
and they'll ball the jack
we may get there and never get back.
If you love me
don't be late,
safety first then hesitate,
you'll be happy when I take you to that
Alabama Cotton Ball.

I'll take you down
to the Cotton Ball,
I'll take you down
where we can see them all,
Tango trotting in their gowns of snowy white,
Henry will be there wikth someone else's wife,
Where they'll shake their feet
and they'll ball the jack
we may get there and never get back.
If you love me
don't be late,
safety first then hesitate,
you'll be happy when I take you to that
Alabama Cotton Ball.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Alabama Cotton Ball 1914
Music by Tommie Clark
Lyrics by Larry Rosenfield
© MCMXIV by Bluff City Mus.Pub.Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 1 April 2009 at 09.01
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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