Frisco Ball 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 November 2011
2011

There's a dance they hold out in Frisco Town
and ev'rybody comes for miles around
cause no one wants to miss the Frisco Ball
Some ball,
they bring their Uka drums and tambourines
all the way from Portland
down to New Orleans
There's a hearty rivitation
to all jazzy syncopation
at The San Franscico Ball.

Cause when the saxaphone
begins to moan
at the ball,
The Frisco Ball
and then the slide trombone
begin to groan
at the ball
well that's not all
the violin begins to play
then all the folks begin to sway
Oh, Mister Drummer man please,
if you can play
till the break of day,
and then the old bassviol
plays all the while
at the Ball
The Frisco Ball
and the 'cello too
plays Memphis Blues
in style all the while,
Piano man,
please if you can
play some jazz from ragtime land.
Take me to that San Francisco ball.
Some ball.

Cause when the saxaphone
begins to moan
at the ball,
The Frisco Ball
and then the slide trombone
begin to groan
at the ball
well that's not all
the violin begins to play
then all the folks begin to sway
Oh, Mister Drummer man please,
if you can play
till the break of day,
and then the old bassviol
plays all the while
at the Ball
The Frisco Ball
and the 'cello too
plays Memphis Blues
in style all the while,
Piano man,
please if you can
play some jazz from ragtime land.
Take me to that San Francisco ball.
Some ball.

Now this dance they hold out in Frisco Town,
where ev'rybody goes for miles around,
is called the dance creation of the age,
some rags they foxtrot and they shimmee
to a minor strain,
Onestep till they're tired
then they start again
for the melody's enchanting
and it keeps them all a vamping
at the San Franscisco Ball.

Cause when the saxaphone
begins to moan
at the ball,
The Frisco Ball
and then the slide trombone
begin to groan
at the ball
well that's not all
the violin begins to play
then all the folks begin to sway
Oh, Mister Drummer man please,
if you can play
till the break of day,
and then the old bassviol
plays all the while
at the Ball
The Frisco Ball
and the 'cello too
plays Memphis Blues
in style all the while,
Piano man,
please if you can
play some jazz from ragtime land.
Take me to that San Francisco ball.
Some ball.

Cause when the saxaphone
begins to moan
at the ball,
The Frisco Ball
and then the slide trombone
begin to groan
at the ball
well that's not all
the violin begins to play
then all the folks begin to sway
Oh, Mister Drummer man please,
if you can play
till the break of day,
and then the old bassviol
plays all the while
at the Ball
The Frisco Ball
and the 'cello too
plays Memphis Blues
in style all the while,
Piano man,
please if you can
play some jazz from ragtime land.
Take me to that San Francisco ball.
Some ball.

Soft karaoke
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Frisco Ball 1920
by James Fenton Norris
© MCMXX by Acme Music Co.  Chicago, Illinois
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 13 November 2011 at 13.53
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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