{"id":166,"date":"2018-07-01T13:44:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T13:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:00:20","slug":"at-the-honky-tonk-steppers-ball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/at-the-honky-tonk-steppers-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Honky-Tonk Steppers Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disclaimer: these lyrics contains racial ideas that were used in the past. I am merely presenting it in its original form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1922 popular song<br>words and music by Chris Smith and Jimmie Durante<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/At-the-Honky-Tonk-Steppers-Ball.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of At the Honky-Tonk Steppers Ball - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c81e0e90-0803-4377-a212-cbe17039824c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/At-the-Honky-Tonk-Steppers-Ball.pdf\">At the Honky-Tonk Steppers Ball &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/At-the-Honky-Tonk-Steppers-Ball.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c81e0e90-0803-4377-a212-cbe17039824c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3b302694-f705-457f-aee7-a9ca4c6dde76\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/At-the-Honky-Tonk-Steppers-Ball-MIDI.mid\">At the Honky-Tonk Steppers Ball &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/At-the-Honky-Tonk-Steppers-Ball-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3b302694-f705-457f-aee7-a9ca4c6dde76\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. The Honky-Tonk Steppers are giving a ball<br>Next Saturday night at the old Town Hall<br>Old folks, young folks take a chance<br>And get yourself to that dance<br>You&#8217;d better have taxicab fare<br>And hurry along and be there,&#8217;cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to do a little cheatin&#8217;, I&#8217;ll wear my &#8220;Sunday go to meetin'&#8221;<br>Not a dance I&#8217;ll lose, I&#8217;m gonna step in patent leather shoes (corn protectors)<br>Sam Green plays a mean piano, his Jazz hounds can&#8217;t be beat<br>As syncopators they&#8217;re hot potaters, a real treat, they play so sweet<br>Every Honky Tonk stepper will come struttin&#8217; in (can&#8217;t scorn &#8217;em)<br>All those high-toned &#8220;dick-ties&#8221; will be buttin&#8217; in (doggone &#8217;em)<br>Bill Brown, the Mayor of Dark Town, figures he&#8217;s gonna call<br>Next Saturday night at the Honky Tonk Steppers&#8217; Ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>Tailor shops pressin&#8217; up fancy clothes<br>Everyone dressin&#8217; up, goodness knows<br>Cleaners getting busy, slickin&#8217; old plug hats<br>All the cops shining up clubs and &#8220;Gats&#8221;<br>Butcher-men, baker-men selling out<br>Food is goin&#8217; to the hall, there&#8217;s no doubt<br>Where all the eats are free, and I can plainly see<br>The first one in line will be me, &#8217;cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The Darkie town strutters once gave an affair<br>Just one year ago, yes, and I was there<br>What a time was had that night<br>We stayed until broad daylight<br>But this dance will be a knock-out<br>I know what I&#8217;m talking about,&#8217;cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; to be there with my honey; you&#8217;ll see me circulate my money<br>All there is I&#8217;ll see, and I&#8217;ll be messin&#8217; in society (mighty stuck-up)<br>One thing I forgot to mention, just throw your watch away<br>You&#8217;re gonna stay &#8217;round, and you&#8217;ll be homebound, on Sunday or on Monday<br>Go right to the box office tickets are on sale (go get &#8217;em)<br>Pass up speculators they&#8217;ll be thrown in jail (doggone &#8217;em)<br>Come, meet and greet the old timers, they will be in the hall<br>Next Saturday night at the Honky Tonk Steppers&#8217; Ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patter<br>Father John, Uncle Tom, Old Aunt Jane<br>Struttin&#8217; by steppin&#8217; high, raisin&#8217; cain<br>Mixing up with Bully Mose, the jazzin&#8217; houn&#8217;<br>Danc-in&#8217;est, pranc-in&#8217;est man in town<br>Mammy Smith dancing with old man Jake<br>Heard &#8217;em talk, gonna walk for the cake<br>Come all you steppin&#8217; hounds, from all the nearby towns<br>And mix with &#8220;Yallers&#8221; and &#8220;Browns&#8221;, &#8217;cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXn2WR_FZuE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disclaimer: these lyrics contains racial ideas that were used in the past. I am merely presenting it in its original form. a 1922 popular songwords and music by Chris Smith and Jimmie Durante The sheet music: Accompaniment:\u00a0\u00a0 Lyrics 1. The Honky-Tonk Steppers are giving a ballNext Saturday night at the old Town HallOld folks, young &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/at-the-honky-tonk-steppers-ball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;At the Honky-Tonk Steppers Ball&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-2G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3676,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/3676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}