Verse
1. |I’ve got some    good news honey,
 An invitation to the      Darktown ball. It’s a

Very swell af-    fair//all the    high class 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 a-     bout it babe, we’ll be the
 best dressed in the    Hall.//I’ll be
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2. 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 swing, and the     wooden clog. We’ll

Win that fifty     dollar prize, when we step    out and walk the    dog.///
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CHORUS
Down to get you in a     taxi, honey, you
 better be dressed about     half past eight.|

Now dearie      don’t be late, I want to
 be there when the     the band starts playing. Re-

Member when we     get there honey, the
 two-steps I’m goin’ to      have ‘em all. Going to

Dance out both my     shoes,/||When they
 play the “Jelly Roll     Blues”|| to-

Morrow night at the    darktown strutters’     ball.///    /|||