At The Cotton Pickers Ball 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 Jun 2008
2008

Go and get your lady fair,
and take her down
I'll tell you where
Tonight there's some sight
at the cotton pickers ball
ev'rybody will be there
so prepare to do your share
Don't you dare to miss it I declare.

Let's go to the cotton pickers ball
there's a hot time there for one and all
that's the place they syncopate
ev'ry one will celebrate
while the music's swellin'
sweeter than the water
you'll see Mammy dance with Parson Brown,
and see Deacon Jones act like a clown.
And when they play the Memphis Blues
the folks all walk like kangaroos,
while dancing at the Cotton Pickers Ball.

Let's go to the cotton pickers ball
there's a hot time there for one and all
that's the place they syncopate
ev'ry one will celebrate
while the music's swellin'
sweeter than the water
you'll see Mammy dance with Parson Brown,
and see Deacon Jones act like a clown.
And when they play the Memphis Blues
the folks all walk like kangaroos,
while dancing at the Cotton Pickers Ball.

Hurry up please honey do,
for if you miss it
you'll feel blue,
there'll never be
another cotton pickers ball
All the folks are wearing smiles
they will come from miles and miles,
they'll be dressed up in the latest styles.

Let's go to the cotton pickers ball
there's a hot time there for one and all
that's the place they syncopate
ev'ry one will celebrate
while the music's swellin'
sweeter than the water
you'll see Mammy dance with Parson Brown,
and see Deacon Jones act like a clown.
And when they play the Memphis Blues
the folks all walk like kangaroos,
while dancing at the Cotton Pickers Ball.

Let's go to the cotton pickers ball
there's a hot time there for one and all
that's the place they syncopate
ev'ry one will celebrate
while the music's swellin'
sweeter than the water
you'll see Mammy dance with Parson Brown,
and see Deacon Jones act like a clown.
And when they play the Memphis Blues
the folks all walk like kangaroos,
while dancing at the Cotton Pickers Ball.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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At The Cotton Pickers Ball 1917
Music by Maurice Abrahams
Words by Alex Gerber
© MCMXVII by Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams Consolidated Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 4 June 2008 at 19.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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