C        C°   Dm7  G7
                      I'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS, HON-EY,
                   C                C°     Dm7       G7
                   AN IN-VI-TA-TION TO THE DARK-TOWN BALL,
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                        IT'S A VER-Y SWELL AF-FAIR,
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                     ALL THE HIGH-BROWS WILL BE THERE,
             G    D7   G7 C             C°    Dm7   G7
             I'LL WEAR MY HIGH SILK HAT AND A FROCK TAIL COAT,
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            YOU WEAR YOUR PAR-IS GOWN, AND YOUR NEW SILK SHAWL,
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                  THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT A- BOUT IT, BABE,
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                  WE'LL BE THE BEST DRESSED IN THE HALL.

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                    WE'LL MEET OUR HIGH-TONED NEIGH-BORS,
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                   AN EX-HI-BI-TION OF THE "BA-BY DOLLS,"
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                      AND EACH ONE WILL DO THEIR BEST,
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                      JUST TO OUT-CLASS ALL THE REST,
            G   D7       G7 C             C°     Dm7 G7
            AND THERE'LL BE DANC-ERS FROM EV-'RY FOR-EIGN LAND,
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            THE CLASS-IC, BUCK AND WING, AND THE WOOD-EN CLOG;
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                   WE'LL WIN THAT FIF-TY DOL-LAR PRIZE,
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                  WHEN WE STEP OUT AND "WALK THE DOG,"

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                 I'LL BE DOWN TO GET YOU IN A TAX-I, HON-EY,
                    D7
                YOU BET-TER BE READ-Y A-BOUT HALF PAST EIGHT,
                        G7
                        NOW DEAR-IE, DON'T BE LATE,
             G7        C             C°  Dm7  G7
             I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN THE BAND STARTS PLAY-ING.
                      C                          A7
                   RE-MEM-BER WHEN WE GET THERE, HON-EY,
                     D7
                 THE TWO-STEPS, I'M GOIN' TO HAVE 'EM ALL,
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                    GOIN' TO DANCE OUT BOTH MY SHOES,
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                 WHEN THEY PLAY THE "JEL-LY ROLL BLUES,"
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            TO-MOR-ROW NIGHT AT THE DARK-TOWN STRUT-TERS' BALL.