1895
Words by John F. Palmer Music by Charles E. Ward
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4-Bar Intro
Verse 1
MATT CA-SEY FORMED A SO-CIAL CLUB THAT
BEAT THE TOWN FOR STYLE,
AND HIRE-D FOR A MEET-ING PLACE A HALL.
WHEN PAY-DAY CAME A-ROUND EACH WEEK THEY
GREASED THE FLOOR WITH WAX.
AND DANCED WITH NOISE AND VIG-OR AT THE
BALL,
EACH SAT-UR-DAY YOU'D SEE THEM DRESSED
UP IN SUN-DAY CLOTHES,
EACH LAD WOULD HAVE HIS SWEET-HEART BY
HIS SIDE.
WHEN CA-SEY LED THE FIRST GRAND MARCH,
THEY ALL WOULD FALL IN LINE,
BE-HIND THE MAN WHO WAS THEIR JOY AND
PRIDE. FOR _ _
Verse 2
SUCH KISS-ING IN THE
COR-NER AND SUCH WHISP'-RING IN THE HALL,
AND TELL-ING TALES OF LOVE BE-HIND THE
STAIRS.
AS CA-SEY WAS THE FA-VOR-ITE AND HE THAT
RAN THE BALL.
OF KISS-ING AND LOVE - MAK-ING DID HIS
SHARE,
AT TWELVE O-CLOCK EX-ACT-LY THEY ALL WOULD
FALL IN LINE,
THEN MARCH DOWN TO THE DIN-ING HALL AND
EAT.
BUT CA-SEY WOULD NOT JOIN THEM AL-THOUGH
EV'-RY THING WAS FINE,
BUT HE STAYED UP-STAIRS AND EX-ER-CISE
HIS FEET. FOR _ _
Verse 3
NOW WHEN THE DANCE WAS O-VER AND THE BAND
PLAYED HOME SWEET HOME,
THEY PLAYED A TUNE AT CA-SEY'S OWN RE-QUEST.
HE THANK'D THEM VER-Y KIND-LY FOR THE
FA-VORS THEY HAD SHOWN.
THEN HE'D WALTZ ONCE WITH THE GIRL THAT
HE LOVED BEST.
MOST ALL THE FRIENDS ARE MAR-RIED THAT
CA-SEY USED TO KNOW,
AND CA-SEY TOO HAS TAK-EN A WIFE.
THE BLONDE HE USED TO WALTZ AND GLIDE
WITH ON THE BALL ROOM FLOOR,
IS HAP-PY MISS IS CA-SEY NOW FOR LIFE.
FOR _ _
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CA-SEY WOULD WALTZ WITH A STRAW-BER-RY
BLONDE,
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.
HE'D GLIDE CROSS THE FLOOR WITH THE GIRL
HE A-DOR'D,
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON,
BUT HIS BRAIN WAS SO LOAD-ED IT NEAR-LY
EX-PLOD-ED,
THE POOR GIRL WOULD SHAKE WITH A-LARM.
HE'D NE'ER LEAVE THE GIRL WITH THE STRAW-BER-RY
CURLS,
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON