[Verse 1] I've got some good news Honey, An invitation to the Darktown 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. [Chorus] I'll be down to get you in a Taxi honey You better be ready about half past eight. Now dearie, don't be late, I want to be there when the band starts playing Remember 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 Darktown Strutters' [Verse 2] We'll meet our high-toned neighbours, An exhibition of the Baby Dolls, And each one will do their best, Just to out-class all the rest, And there'll be dancers from every foreign land, The classie, buck and wing, and the wooden clog: We'll win that fifty dollar prize, When we step out and Walk the Dog. [Chorus] I'll be down to get you in a Taxi honey You better be ready about half past eight. Now dearie, don't be late, I want to be there when the band starts playing Remember 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 Darktown Strutters' [Chorus] I [Dance instrumental break] [Verse 3] I've got some good news honey, An invitation to the Darktown Ball, It's a very swell affair, All the high-brows 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. [Chorus] I'll be down to get you in a Taxi honey You better be ready about half past eight. Now dearie, don't be late, I want to be there when the band starts playing Remember 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 Darktown Strutters' Ball. Aww honey that's the news Two steps and Jelly Roll Blues Hell yeah, we're goin' to have em all, Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutters' Ball. Yee-haw! That was "Darktown Strutters' Ball" it's a popular jazz standard written by African-Canadian composer Shelton Brooks and published in 1917. Inspired by a ball at the 1915 Pacific-Panama Exposition, it became one of the most successful songs of the early jazz era, with over three million copies of sheet music sold.
