I've got some good news, Honey,An invitation to the Dark-town Ball,It's a very swell affair,All the "high-browns" will be there,I'll wear my high silk hat and a frock tail coat,You wear your Paris gown, and your new silk shawl,There ain't no doubt about it babe,We'll be the best dressed in the hall.
I'll be down to get you in a Taxi honeyYou better be ready about halfpast eight,Now dearie, don't be late,I want to be there when the band starts playingRemember when we get there, Honey,The two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,Goin' to dance out both my shoes:When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"Tomorrow night, at the Dark-town Strutters' Ball.
We'll meet our high-toned neighbors,An exhibition of the "Baby Dolls,"And each one will do their best,Just to outclass all the rest,And there'll be dancers from ev'ry foreign land,The classic, buck and wing, and the wooden clog:We'll win that fifty dollar prize,When we step out and "Walk the Dog."
