A popular song from 1915.
Words and music by Gus E. Butler.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Crowds going, all blowing
About that Cake-walk Jubilee
Swell ladies, some “babies”
Everyone as happy as can be
Some steppers, hot “peppers”
That’s Johnson’s ragtime band
The best one in the land
They win every prize
They sure harmonize
Down at the Jubilee
Chorus:
At the Cake-walk Jubilee
Mingle in society
The band a-playing, the dancers swaying
Chancing, glancing, prancing, dancing
That’s our one delight
Dancing morning, noon and night
When the band played the old tune, “My Mariutch”
Then all of the crowd did the “Broadway Mooche”
Some hot time at that Cake-walk Jubilee
- Cake walking, still talking
About that Cake-walk Jubilee
Some yelling, all telling
That is was the greatest sight to see
Newspapers print capers
Looks mighty good to read
The “menu” of that “feed”
Porkchops, kidney stew, chickens, possum, too
Down at the Jubilee
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: