Ethel Waters — At the New Jump Steady Ball Black Swan 14128

[Verse 1] Now the Jump Steady Club, they gave a ball And it was held down at the New Hope Hall All the bootleggers in the town Why, they brought that jump steady along People came from far and near To taste the different mixtures that they handled there When the jazz band struck up "You'd Be Surprised" Everybody in the hall was google-eyed [Chorus] They started serving Beef, Iron and Wine And everything in wood alcohol line Chicago pop and La la de France All kinds of hair tonic went 'long with the dance Jamaica ginger mixed with turpentine With black molasses made it super fine Extract of lemon and ginger ale Sweet pertuna with shoe polish, then you're bound for jail Copacetic was the password for one and all At the new jump steady ball [Verse 2] About twelve o'clock, I was feeling fine To tell the truth, I was out of my mind But just before I lost my head I saw them carry six men out dead They walked out the window in the air They called for music but no jazz band was there Yet everybody there was pleasure-bent You could get paralyzed for fifteen cents [Chorus] When they started servin' Beef, Iron and Wine And everything in wood alcohol line Chicago pop and La la de France All kinds of hair tonic went 'long with the dance Jamaica ginger mixed with turpentine With black molasses made it super fine Extract of lemon and ginger ale Sweet pertuna with shoe polish, then you're bound for jail Copacetic was the password for one and all The new jump steady ball [Chorus] Jamaica ginger mixed with turpentine With black molasses made it super fine Extract of lemon with ginger ale [?] with some raisins, then you're bound for jail Copacetic was the password for one and all At the new jump steady ball