Farnborough Jazz Club

Have you ever wanted to sing along with the jazz bands when everyone else knows the words, but you dont quite know them all? Well I am guilty of this, so this page is aimed at helping all you folks like me. My first one is ‘Cake Walkin’ Babies’, dedicated to Barry Palser - see Newsletter dated 1st June 2010 (I actually thought it was Kate Walking Baby!). Eventually, I will put them in alphabetical order - or perhaps a page per song, I’m not sure yet.

Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home

Cake walkers may come
Cake walkers may go
But I want to tell you about a couple I know
High steppin’ pair
They’ll be there
When it comes to business not a soul can compare

Here they come
Look at ‘em demonstratin’
Goin’ some
Look at them syncopatin’
Talk of the town
Green and brown
Picking em up and
Laying em down

We’ll you’re prancin’ fools
That’s what they like to call them
They’re in a class all their own
The only way to win is to cheat ‘em
You may tie ‘em but you’ll never beat ‘em
Strut your stuff, strut your stuff
Cake walkin’ babies from home.