Play Dat Darkey Todalo 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Aug 2007
2007

Hear dat music playin' Lordy
watch dem darkies swayin'
see 'em raggin' and a draggin'
all over de floor
dat music sounds so sweet,
dat rag time tune is hard to beat,
ma honey, don't sit there decidin'
come on kid let's be a glidin'
if you don't I cert'nly think
I'm goin' to lose my mind
over that rag time
for dat's de only music
I really think is fine.

Now Mister Leader
play again dat ragtime strain,
It sounds so sweet
it's hard to beat
that syncopated tune
has drove me all insane,
you're not to blame,
and if you don't stop, stop,
stop, I'll dance till I drop
that bumbasha
and the barnyard hop
so play it slow
yes play it low
across the floor we go oh!
Don't you hear dat little bit o' cornet play
Mister Slide Trombone slide away
right here I'm goin' to stay,
until the break of day
Oh honey can't you see dat I'm a running wild,
singin' an' a dancin' like a little child.
Dat "Todalo" dance is just my style.

Play dat darkey todalo
not too fast just play it slow
it's a dance dat all de darkies know
from California to Buffalo.
Hold me, fold me,
squeeze me tight
dance me honey baby left and right
I'll dance all day
if the band will play
dat darkey Todalo.

Play dat darkey todalo
not too fast just play it slow
it's a dance dat all de darkies know
from California to Buffalo.
Hold me, fold me,
squeeze me tight
dance me honey baby left and right
I'll dance all day
if the band will play
dat darkey Todalo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Play Dat Darkey Todalo 1910
Words & Music by Joe Jordan
© MCMX by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Co. New York
*
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 10.32pm
in association with Doug Grierson
*