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Thread #1150   Message #1182189
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-May-04 - 10:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Subject: Lyr Add: AT THE BALL THAT'S ALL (J. Leubrie Hill)
Here's another song from the same film: (lyrics from The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music)

AT THE BALL THAT'S ALL.
J. Leubrie Hill. 1913.

Listen, listen, listen at that dreamy music playing.
It's reminiscent. Listen what you're missing.
That tune that keeps you swaying,
My! But that music sounds so sweet,
I just can't keep still upon my feet,
'Cause ragtime music to me is a perfect treat.
(SPOKEN: Because it certainly can't be beat.)
When at a ball you are feeling kinder blue,
Listen, and I'll tell you what to do:

CHORUS: Commence advancing, commence advancing,
Just start a-prancing, right and left a-glancing,
A moochee dancing, slide and glide entrancing,
Do the tango jiggle with a Texas Tommy wiggle.
Take your partner and hold her, lightly enfold her,
A little bolder, just work your shoulder,
Snap you fingers one and all in the hall at the ball; that's all. [Some ball!]*

Swaying, swaying, swaying right and left, each one a-reeling,
The band's a-playing, swaying, all displaying
That ragtime moochee feeling.
Clouds of joy floating 'round the hall,
A reign of happiness seems to fall.
It is so entrancing while dancing at a ragtime ball.
(SPOKEN: Because it makes a hit with all.)
When at a ball and you feel somewhat blue,
There's but one thing left for you to do: CHORUS

[The chorus is sung by The Avalon Boys (Don Brookins, Art Green, and Walter Trask) in the 1937 Laurel & Hardy film "Way Out West," while L&H dance. *The words "Some ball" are sung in the film but are not included in the sheet music.]