A popular song from 1914.
Words by Larry Rosenfield.
Music by Tommie Clark.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m wild with glee, come go with me
To that good old ragtime Southern State
Ev’rybody’s goin’ sure, ev’rybody’s goin’
Even Tom will be there with his sister Kate
Dear old Alabama, next to Louisiana
Will show you how to have one grand old time
There are girls a-plenty, all are under twenty
And none of them know where to draw the line
So get your rags together, Hon, let’s go
I’ll take you down to Dixie’s one best show
Chorus
I’ll take you down to the Cotton Ball
I’ll take you down where we can see them all
Tango trotting in their gowns of snowy white
Henry will be there with someone else’s wife
Where they’ll shake their feet
And they’ll “Ball the Jack”
We may get there and never get back
If you love me, don’t be late
Safety first then Hesitate
You’ll be happy when I take you
To that Alabama Cotton Ball
- No one home at all, they’re at the ball
Newlywed and family were there
Admission there was free
So, Hon, now you can see
Why they had to dance out in the open air
I had one big time, dear
But just wait till next year
I’ll be the first one there out on the floor
I’ll have one consolation
I’ll be at the station
To take that train to Dixie just once more
So let me be your gal for one more year
And when its over this is what I’ll hear