At the new jump steady ball

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 stuff 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

They started serving me gin and wine,
And everything in wood alcohol line,
Chicago pop and all, I declare,
All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance
You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,
With black molasses made it stupifying
Extract of lemon and ginger ale,
Mixes great with shoe polish
And you're bound for jail
Copasetic was the password for one and all,
At the New Jump Steady Ball!

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.

They started serving me gin and wine
And everything in wood alcohol line,
Chicago pop and all, I declare,
All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance
You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,
With black molasses made it stupifying
Extract of lemon and ginger ale,
Mixes great with shoe polish
And you're bound for jail
Copasetic was the password for one and all,
At the New Jump Steady Ball!