Darktown Dancin' School 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Apr 2013
2013

I never got much education
when I went to public school
I was awf'ly thick at arithmetic
couldn't learn a single rule,
but now I'm learning syncopation
people say that I'm a fool
but oh Buddy
How I love to study
at the Darktown Dancin' School.

First you jazz step
nice and slow
then you do the tickle toe
Now ball the jack
get the knack
bend your knees
and then you twist 'em back.
Walk the dog
with lots o' pep
put some ginger in your step
on graduation day,
you've got to shimmie
in the proper way
'cause that's the makin'
of a dancin' fool
at The Darktown Dancin' School.

First you jazz step
nice and slow
then you do the tickle toe
Now ball the jack
get the knack
bend your knees
and then you twist 'em back.
Walk the dog
with lots o' pep
put some ginger in your step
on graduation day,
you've got to shimmie
in the proper way
'cause that's the makin'
of a dancin' fool
at The Darktown Dancin' School.

Now that's the place to learn
the new steps
better come with me right now.
Mister Dancin' Mose
dressed in evening clothes
will be there to show you how,
say when it comes
to dancin' teachers
he's the greatest of his time
and doggone him
no one's got it on him
in the Jazzbo dancin' line.

First you jazz step
nice and slow
then you do the tickle toe
Now ball the jack
get the knack
bend your knees
and then you twist 'em back.
Walk the dog
with lots o' pep
put some ginger in your step
on graduation day,
you've got to shimmie
in the proper way
'cause that's the makin'
of a dancin' fool
at The Darktown Dancin' School.

First you jazz step
nice and slow
then you do the tickle toe
Now ball the jack
get the knack
bend your knees
and then you twist 'em back.
Walk the dog
with lots o' pep
put some ginger in your step
on graduation day,
you've got to shimmie
in the proper way
'cause that's the makin'
of a dancin' fool
at The Darktown Dancin' School.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Darktown Dancin' School 1920
Music by Albert Gumble
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
© MCMXX by Jerome H. Remick & Co.  New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 21 April 2013 at 15.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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