Don't know if this will helpful to you or not, Jim but will pass it on. Copying two posts from Jim Day in response to an inquiry I made to a facebook music group to see if any of them might have information or lyrics to the Razaf/Waller song.

archive dot org has this entry under catalog of copyright entries - copyrighted in 1925, copyright(s) renewed in 1952: BALL AND CHAIN BLUES; w Andrea [i.e.
Andy] Razaf, m Thomas Waller. ©
28Mar25, E6IO786. R94108, 30Apr52 f ...See More
Full text of "Catalog of Copyright Entries Series 3 Vol.6 Part 5c Nos.1-2 (Jan.-Dec....
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and here's the Warner/Chappell copyright claims to the Waller/Razaf song - http://it.warnerchappell.com/song-details/WW001114052000