Meet Me At The Red Cross Ball 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15Jan2025
2025

Merry Molly Winston
As bright as she was winsome
Was decidedly the nicest girl in town
Old man William Wilson
With a million bucks and then some
Had marked Miss Merry Molly for his own
He proposed a trip to Denver
Had the "Jack" was Jake to spend 'er
Was ripe for anything that she'd decide
But to all his many offers
To open up his coffers
Miss Molly only smilingly replied

Meet me at the Red Cross Ball
No other place will do at all
Sister Susie's sewing comf' kits
Aunt Maria's knitting wristlets
The butler does a 'bout face down the hall
Everybody has their bit to do
If they're twentyone or eightytwo
If you can't take a gun and fight 'em
Dance the Dollar Dip and smite 'em
Just meet me at the Red Cross Ball

Meet me at the Red Cross Ball
No other place will do at all
Sister Susie's sewing comf' kits
Aunt Maria's knitting wristlets
The butler does a 'bout face down the hall
Everybody has their bit to do
If they're twentyone or eightytwo
If you can't take a gun and fight 'em
Dance the Dollar Dip and smite 'em
Just meet me at the Red Cross Ball

Old man William Wilson
As a young buck sure could go some
At the Dollar dip Rheumatics laid him flat
Tho' his love still flourished
With an ardor undiminished
He decided to retain his Batch'lor flat
Next came young Percy KnightMills
With a roll as big as old Bill's
Who dodged the draft behind a dollar mark
But to proffered girlie girl shows
Cabarets and fancy menus
Miss Molly tersely tendered this remark

Meet me at the Red Cross Ball
No other place will do at all
Sister Susie's sewing comf' kits
Aunt Maria's knitting wristlets
The butler does a 'bout face down the hall
Everybody has their bit to do
If they're twentyone or eightytwo
If you can't take a gun and fight 'em
Dance the Dollar Dip and smite 'em
Just meet me at the Red Cross Ball

Meet me at the Red Cross Ball
No other place will do at all
Sister Susie's sewing comf' kits
Aunt Maria's knitting wristlets
The butler does a 'bout face down the hall
Everybody has their bit to do
If they're twentyone or eightytwo
If you can't take a gun and fight 'em
Dance the Dollar Dip and smite 'em
Just meet me at the Red Cross Ball

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Meet Me at the Red Cross Ball 1918
Lyrics by John Arnold
Music by Harry Baisden
© MCMXVIII by Baisden & Arnold
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 08.35
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne