The Gandy Dancer's Ball

The Gandy Dancer's Ball - Frankie laine

Written by：Paul Weston/Paul M. Howard

Oh they danced on the ceiling

And they danced on the wall

At the gandy dancer's ball

Hey swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing around swing around

The jimmy jimmy john

Swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing the pretty girl round

The jimmy jimmy john

The gandy dancer is a railroad man

And his work is never done

With his pick and his shovel

And his willing hands

He makes the railroad run

There's macanaw mack and toledo jack

And the boys from idaho

And the frisco kid and saginaw sid

And good old cotton eyed joe

Oh they danced on the ceiling

And they danced on the wall

At the gandy dancer's ball

Hey swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing around swing around

The jimmy jimmy john

Swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing the pretty girl round

The jimmy jimmy john

The boys will gather at the great affair

The gandy dancer's ball

A kissin' their ladies with perfumed hair

And prancin' round the hall

They got the biggest band in all the land

And the rhythm rocks the room

And they holler out with a mighty shout

When the big bass drum goes boom

Oh they danced on the ceiling

And they danced on the wall

At the gandy dancer's ball

Hey swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing around swing around

The jimmy jimmy john

Swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing the pretty girl round

The jimmy jimmy john

The railroads bring 'em to the great affair

The gandy dancer's ball

An' every line is represented there

The big ones and the small

There's the mkt and the old sp

And the lee high valley too

The c and j and the santa fe

The southern and the sioux

Oh they danced on the ceiling

And they danced on the wall

At the gandy dancer's ball

Hey swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing around swing around

The jimmy jimmy john

Swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john

Swing the pretty girl round

The jimmy jimmy john

They danced all day

And they danced all night

They all danced till the broad daylight

At the gandy dancer's ball

Swing around swing around

Swing around swing around

Swing around the jimmy john