California Ball

DESCRIPTION: "'Twould make out eastern people cave To see the great and small... all 'splurging' at a ball." "Wait for the music (x3) And we'll all have a dance!" The singer describes the dancers, babies, old maids, drunks -- but still people want another ball
AUTHOR: Words: John A. Stone ("Old Put")
EARLIEST DATE: 1858 (Put's Golden Songster, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: music dancing humorous baby drink
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 94-95, "California Ball" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wait for the Wagon (I)" (tune) and references there
File: LDC094

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