Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

Badly-esmartin's Ball - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
BADLY-ESMARTIN'S BALL. Air-"Girl with the Naughty Wink." Sung by Miss Anna Lloyd in "The American Lillputians." By James H. Snyder, Jr. 
Dare's gone to be a gallus time about dis town to-night, De alley on de 'casion will be ablaze of light; For little Mickey Dugan de kid, you knows him all. He's got de invitations to the Badley-Smartin's ball. We're goin' in a body along wid Mickey, see! We'll be de only ripe fruit dat hangs upon de tree: No doubt we'll meet old Chancey and Astorbilts, but say! De alley will be de real thing, dey got to come our way. 
Chorus. He is the real thing, de yaller-yaller kid, Can't do widout him, in fact, dey never did; He's known, well known wherever grass is green, All right, he's bright, And fit for any queen; When we get there, well, we ain't got much to say, Git up early, read the papers the next day; They'll hit you, fit you when you read our style, And that's no dream of Coney Isle. 
Now Mickey's gone to beat 'em wid dere ancient style of dress; I don't tink dey can tie me wid dis one, well, I guess Dey may ware robes of purple and other tings dat's up, Dey'll never beat de yaller kid wid all dere fancy stuff; Dere's little Chimmy Hogan and Jennie Doyle so fair, Casey and de rest of them, and you will see me dare; You talk about yer dancing, just watch us take de floor, We'll show dem Hogan's Alley dat dey never seen before.- Chorus.