PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet
167 - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL
Verse 1
^ I’ve got some good news Honey
^ An invitation to the Darktown Ball, It’s a
Very swell af-fair, All the highbrows will be there
^ I’ll wear my high silk hat and a frock tail coat
You wear you 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---
Chorus
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
You better be ready about half past eight
^ Now baby, don't be late, I want to be there when the band starts playing
Re-member 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 Strutter's Ball
MUSICAL TURNAROUND
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 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’
Chorus
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
You better be ready about half past eight
^ Now baby, don't be late, I want to be there when the band starts playing
Re-member 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 Strutter's Ball –ball –ball -ball
INSTRUMENTAL (FIRST HALF CHORUS)
Goin' to
dance out both my shoes--- when they
play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutters
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutters
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutters Ball!
Words and Music by Shelton Brooks. The best-known recording of this song was by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, recorded 1917. There song has been performed by countless performers over the decades. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darktown_Strutters%27_Ball