At the high brown babies' ball / words and music by Benny Davis, Sid Erdman and Ernie Erdman
| Title | At the high brown babies' ball / words and music by Benny Davis, Sid Erdman and Ernie Erdman |
|---|---|
| Subject | Balls (Parties) -- Songs and music |
| United States -- Race relations | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title: Cover illustrated by Lionel Reiss cop.2 has illustration of couple dancing | |
| Back cover: Excerpts of I know what it means to be lonesome and I'm always building castles in the air | |
| Creator | Davis, Benny, 1895-1979 |
| Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Publisher | New York : Leo. Feist Inc. |
| Date | circa 1919 |
| Contributor | Erdman, Sid |
| Erdman, Ernie, 1879-1946 | |
| Reiss, Lionel S. (Lionel Sampson), 1894- Illustrator. | |
| Rights |
|
| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 00142a |
| 4274 Leo. Feist Inc | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/17206 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: Sweetie dear, there's a taxi waitin';First line of chorus: When the band begins to play |
| Date Modified | 2015-11-19 |
| References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu:80/record=b2243729 |
VERSE 01: Sweetie dear, there's a taxi waitin',/ Sweetie dear, don't be hesitatin',/ Soon we'll be, you and me,/ Dancin' 'round in high society./ Swell affair, Everybody's goin',/ Bring your dancin' shoes that's all,/ Come on babe, we're bound to make a showin' at the High Brown Babies' Ball. CHORUS: When the band begins to play, Ev'ry one will start to sway,/ We'll start slow just for a bluff,/ and when I say "Let's go, babe!" do your stuff;/ We'll be "Johnny on the spot,"/ for what it takes we sure have got;/ We'll "Walk the Dog" and "Ball the Jack,"/ "Tickle Toe" forward then "Shimmie" back,/ We got to show some class, that's all,/ At the High Brown Babies' Ball. VERSE 02: Sweetie dear, there'll be nothin' to it,/ Sweetie dear, you and me can do it,/ Don't be slow, come let's go,/ Ev'ry one there will envy us I know./ Sweetie dear, When we start our struttin',/ For our stuff they're bound to fall,/ Come on babe, for we won't stop at nothin' at the High Brown Babies' Ball. | |
| Original Format | 1 score (3 p.) 28 cm |
