Ballin' the Jack

"Ballin' the Jack"
Sheet music cover, 1913
Song
Published1913
Composer(s)Chris Smith
Lyricist(s)Jim Burris

"Ballin' the Jack" (or sometimes "Balling the Jack") is a popular song from 1913 written by Jim Burris with music by Chris Smith. It introduced a popular dance of the same name with "Folks in Georgia's 'bout to go insane." It became a ragtime, pop, and traditional jazz standard, and has been recorded hundreds of times.

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