Am a milque toast regarding these high school rubs
Aint interested in congregating with a group of prom trotters
Yet my baby vamp is intrigued in attending tonights dance
She's this hoofer requiring me, her gigilo to escort her there
I carry a torch for her, so I have no choice
But to allow her to be my sheba for tonight
I'm not ducky on doll up too often
Yet I'd like to look spiffy for my baby vamp
So my glad rags are required
This morn before I blew for school
I layed out my best rags
Early I piped the boiler, it required some fuel
I'm down to my last fin
I won't be compensated with added kale for 2 weeks
I plan to leave the stuff at home
Although hadn't had corn nor brown plaid in a while
I've heard at the last rub
A snitch informed on some nose candy being passed around
The elephant ears were called in
Several students were copped and sent to the cooler
Non was required to crush out, since their folks bailed them out of the caboose
Not sure this evening will be cat's whiskers
Not really interested in these school functions
Later after school, will sneak a reefer with my pal
From where I cheese it
So I'll be relaxed for the rub
My date's dad is a blue nose
Need to be on time and be dolled up
Can't allow him to assume I'm some palooka
Once arrived several Auburns, Allens and broken down Model Ts
Had several wisecracks wriiten on them
Like 'Won't give up, it'll run', This side up'
'This way out', 'Standing room only', 'Open all night'
And next to a couple of radiators
'Old faithful spouts every 5 minutes'
That's screwy to be adding that on these hay burners
Their conks are all wet I tell my date
Once inside I look for the horn
To dropp the dime to my folks that I've arrived
The hello girl that assisted me had a sexy voice
Once in the gymnasium
I've noticed we've arrived too early
Because dust was happening
I could see several high hats about
Not surprised, they attend most school functions
A few wet blankets in the back
Some chippies, berries and few other crowds
I think it'll be a waste a time for the pushovers and the dumb doras
I see that gang Sock Dollagers are here
Then the debs were in their knee high length skirts and dropped waist
Were gathered around the flaming youths
Then I piped a few lookers gathered around this ethel
My sheba for the evening I lead to the refreshments
I pipe several hip flasks exposed at the fefreshments
But none have been detected by the fire extinguishers
Several students has two instead of one
I on the other hand won't dip the bill, this evening
And wind up a boozehound, it's too risky
I wonder if it'll be cash or check with this baby vamp I'm with
Those with two flasks plan to be out on the roof
Then I wonder why this nifty pill with too many marbles around her neck
Was with this mug with the ugly map
His beezer was enormous, you should have seen his alderman
All the high hats only could ask me 'Where did you get those rags'
'You out gooseberry lay again in the dives'
The hoofers in the gymnasium seems to be smudgers
Appears out of place with the upbeat rythme
I eventually lost my date, So I sneezed the time to puff the last of the reefer
I snuck into the teacher's lounge
There was a petting party, four couples were pitching wooing
One on the davenport
Another one on the chairs
One in the corner
Another in a wardrobe with both doors off their hinges
They ought to be careful, may get knocked up
Went outside, there were four popular gals, asking to butt them
I only had was the reefer, I lit it up and passed it around
I seem to be sitting pretty
I thought I'd ask for a dance
Although I knew I was tooting the wrong ringers
We bumped guns for ten minutes, then they gave me the icy mitt
Then a couple of fellas crashed my little party with these four fine gals
They must have been grangy having these four vamps to myself
I wanted them to go chase themselves
I came behind the 8-ball when a pill came out
To put the screws on us regarding we were outside
I arrived back to the gymnasium to find my date spitting with this killjoy
I know this fella is full of applesauce
Becuse this heel alwys stringing to anyone who'll listen
Then I heard bronx cheers towards heelers hoofing the Lindy Hop
Then this oliver twist popped onto the floor
And he showed them how to dance
When the trio jammed the Charleston
The crowd snaps a cap 'Get hot! Get hot! '
He made it look eggs in the coffee
Then another jazz band took the stage
They begin to play the torch song 'Down Hearted Blues'
With a canary singing
Most of the rub attendees took the floor
The broads and their suitors began to smudge together
My date and I decided to 23 skidoo after the song
We became too grummy over these prom trotters
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