Harlem Night Club + 

Sleek black boys in a cabaret. + 

Jazz-band, jazz-band⁠— + 

Play, play, play! + 

Tomorrow⁠ ⁠… who knows? + 

Dance today! + 

White girls’ eyes + 

Call gay black boys. + 

Black boys’ lips + 

Grin jungle joys. + 

Dark brown girls + 

In blond men’s arms. + 

Jazz-band, jazz-band⁠— + 

Sing Eve’s charms! + 

White ones, brown ones, + 

What do you know + 

About tomorrow + 

Where all paths go? + 

Jazz-boys, jazz-boys,⁠–⁠ + 

Play, play, play! + 

Tomorrow⁠ ⁠… is darkness. + 

Joy today! + 