Are You Coming To The Ball 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 February 2011
2011

There's a big event
in Southern dark society,
all the colored swells
are certain to be there,
And you're sure to meet
the belles of great propriety
with their lovely ruby lips
and kinky hair,
there'll be Dinah Jones
with Hannah Brown and Mandy Lou;
There'll be Johnson
with his girl from Tennessee,
There'll be all the folks from Georgia
who are welltodo,
So I'll have to take you to the jamboree.

Oh, are you coming to the ball with me?
Don't miss this lovely spree
now look here, baby,
don't you dare refuse me,
If you do you'll surely lose me!
Oh, where the coloured aristocracy
will have the two step
and the cake walk there,
The "Turkey Trot"
The "Grizzly Bear"
The "Palmer House"
The Bambashay"
and "Texas Tommy" light and gay,
Honey, don't you hesitate,
hurry up, or you'll be late!
Oh! are you coming to the ball?

Oh, are you coming to the ball with me?
Don't miss this lovely spree
now look here, baby,
don't you dare refuse me,
If you do you'll surely lose me!
Oh, where the coloured aristocracy
will have the two step
and the cake walk there,
The "Turkey Trot"
The "Grizzly Bear"
The "Palmer House"
The Bambashay"
and "Texas Tommy" light and gay,
Honey, don't you hesitate,
hurry up, or you'll be late!
Oh! are you coming to the ball?

Wear your yellow dress with tassels
and your sash of blue,
Wear a pompadour
and diamonds in your shoes,
When we do the "Turkey Trot"
my little lady love,
you can bet your dear sweet life
we'll never lose;
All the lords and dukes
and princes from Bazooda land,
and the King and Queen
from up the river Nile,
They've engaged the dusky bluebloods
to beat the band,
So you know that ought
to hold you for a while.

Oh, are you coming to the ball with me?
Don't miss this lovely spree
now look here, baby,
don't you dare refuse me,
If you do you'll surely lose me!
Oh, where the coloured aristocracy
will have the two step
and the cake walk there,
The "Turkey Trot"
The "Grizzly Bear"
The "Palmer House"
The Bambashay"
and "Texas Tommy" light and gay,
Honey, don't you hesitate,
hurry up, or you'll be late!
Oh! are you coming to the ball?

Oh, are you coming to the ball with me?
Don't miss this lovely spree
now look here, baby,
don't you dare refuse me,
If you do you'll surely lose me!
Oh, where the coloured aristocracy
will have the two step
and the cake walk there,
The "Turkey Trot"
The "Grizzly Bear"
The "Palmer House"
The Bambashay"
and "Texas Tommy" light and gay,
Honey, don't you hesitate,
hurry up, or you'll be late!
Oh! are you coming to the ball?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Are You Coming To The Ball 1913
by Helen Trix
© MCMXIII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 1 February 2011 at 15.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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