Dark-Town Cabaret 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 7 May 2013
2013

Emancipation day
at the DarkTown cabaret
Darkies congregate to celebrate
this great occasion.
Folks from ev'rywhere
you will find them there;
all the very swellest
of the colored population.
"Hannah Snow" "Old Black Joe"
came from the "Swanee Shore"
Mammy did the "Eagle Rock"
and made the people roar.
Soon there was a riot,
no one could deny it;
Ev'rybody hollered "more".

"Down in Georgia Lan"
with my "Honey Man"
He's my pride and joy
'cause he's sure "Some Boy"
when the "Jingle Bells"
began to ring,
all the people started in
to buck and wing.
Then they called upon
"Alexander's band"
Soon we heard the strains
of "Old Dixie Land"
Ev'ry one was gay
on "Emancipation Day"
at the DarkTown Cabaret.

"Down in Georgia Lan"
with my "Honey Man"
He's my pride and joy
'cause he's sure "Some Boy"
when the "Jingle Bells"
began to ring,
all the people started in
to buck and wing.
Then they called upon
"Alexander's band"
Soon we heard the strains
of "Old Dixie Land"
Ev'ry one was gay
on "Emancipation Day"
at the DarkTown Cabaret.

Oh, ev'rybody's dressed
in their swellest and their best
feet begin to shuffle
when the music starts a swellin'.
pickaninnies file
up and down the aisle;
they would sooner dance
than eat a juicy water melon.
See them scoot
shake the boot,
Oh don't they do it nice,
there's Ebenezer Johnson
in the backroom shootin' dice,
come you old eleven,
shoot that lucky seven,
Glory this is worth the price!

"Down in Georgia Lan"
with my "Honey Man"
He's my pride and joy
'cause he's sure "Some Boy"
when the "Jingle Bells"
began to ring,
all the people started in
to buck and wing.
Then they called upon
"Alexander's band"
Soon we heard the strains
of "Old Dixie Land"
Ev'ry one was gay
on "Emancipation Day"
at the DarkTown Cabaret.

"Down in Georgia Lan"
with my "Honey Man"
He's my pride and joy
'cause he's sure "Some Boy"
when the "Jingle Bells"
began to ring,
all the people started in
to buck and wing.
Then they called upon
"Alexander's band"
Soon we heard the strains
of "Old Dixie Land"
Ev'ry one was gay
on "Emancipation Day"
at the DarkTown Cabaret.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dark-Town Cabaret 1913
Music by Ed. Moebus
Lyrics by Chas.Potter & Ferd. E.Mierisch
© MCMXIII by Jos.W.Stern & Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 7 May 2013 at 17.35
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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