{"id":245,"date":"2021-05-10T02:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T02:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=245"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:14:54","slug":"darktown-strutters-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/darktown-strutters-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktown Strutters Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\u00a0 by Shelton Brooks – Key of C<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] I got some good news [A7] honey [D7] An invitation to a highland ball [G7] It’s a very swell affair Yes, [C] all the high class [G7] will be there [C] I’ll wear my high silk hat and my frocking [A7] coat [D7] You wear your Paris gown and your silk shawl [G7] Ain’t no doubt about it babe We’ll [C] be the best dressed [G7] in the hall <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C] I’ll be down to get you in a taxi [A7] honey [D7] You’d better be ready about half past eight [G7] Now dearie don’t be late I [C] wanna be there when the [G7] band starts playing <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Remember when we get there [A7] honey [D7] The two steps, I’m gonna have them all Gonna [F] Dance off both my [B7] shoes [C] When they play the [E7] Jelly Roll [A7] Blues To [D7] morrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutters [C] Ball <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We will [C] meet the uptown folks to [A7] night [D7] When they strut they go whole hog [G7] Each one will do their best [C] just to act like [G7] all the rest [C] There’ll be dances from every foreign [A7] land [D7] Ballin’ the Jack to the Wooden Clog [G7] We will win the fifty dollar prize When [C] we get up and [G7] Walk the Dog [C]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll be [C] down to get you in a taxi [A7] honey [D7] You’d better be ready about half past eight [G7] Now dearie don’t be late I [C] wanna be there when the [G7] band starts playing [C] Remember when we get there [A7] honey [D7] The two steps, I’m gonna have them all Gonna [F] dance off both my [B7] shoes [C] When they play the [E7] Jelly Roll [A7] Blues To [D7] morrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutters [C] Ball [Yeah]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 by Shelton Brooks – Key of C [C] I got some good news [A7] honey [D7] An invitation to a highland ball [G7] It’s a very swell affair Yes, [C] all the high class [G7] will be there [C] I’ll wear my high silk hat and my frocking [A7] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGDarktown Strutters Ball<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28258,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/28258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}