Someone emailed me about this old song.

GANDY DANCERS' BALL
As recorded by: Frankie Laine
Writers: Weston and Howard

CHORUS
Oh, they dance on the ceilin'
And they dance on the wall
At the Gandy Dancers' Ball
Hey! Swing around, swing around, swing around the Jimmy-John
Swing around, swing around, the Jimmy, Jimmy-John
Swing around, swing around, swing around the Jimmy-John
Swing your pretty girl around the Jimmy, Jimmy John

A Gandy Dancer is a railroad man
And his work is never done
With his pick and his shovel and his willin' hand
He makes the Railroad run
There's Mackinaw Mac and Toledo Jack
And the boys from Idaho
And the Frisco Kid and Saginaw Sid
And good old Cotton-Eyed Joe

CHORUS

The boys will gather at the great affair
The Gandy Dancers' Ball
A kissin' their ladies with perfumed hair
And a-prancin' 'round the hall
They got the biggest band in all the land
And the rhythm rocks the room
And they holler out with a mighty shout
When the big bass drum goes (*BOOM*)

CHORUS

The Railroads bring 'em to the great affair
The Gandy Dancers' Ball
And every line is represented there
The big ones and the samll
There's the M.K.T. and the old S.P.
And the Lehigh valley too
The C. & J., the Sante Fe
Southern and the [Soo?]

CHORUS

They dance all day and they dance all night
They all dance til the broad daylight
At the Gandy Dancers' Ball

SOURCE:
Frankie Laine-Command Performance/Columbia CL 625