The song was originally written for an amateur minstrel show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [4] It was not an immediate success, but Harris published it himself and arranged for it to be interpolated …

The man and woman both suffered with broken hearts their whole lives; after the ball. In those days a lot of people enjoyed being shocked, feeling sad, even crying over a song.

Although Tin Pan Alley was established in the 1880s, it only achieved national prominence with the first “platinum” song hit in American music history—Charles K. Harris’s “After the …

[Chorus] After the ball is over, Just at the break of dawn After the dance is ended; And all the stars are gone; Many is the heart tha'ts aching, If you could read them all;

It was Tin Pan Alley's all-time bestseller, and some have said the song gave birth to Tin Pan Alley. The song's immense success is also is considered to have sparked the commercial …

Just as my heart was after the ball. Long years have passed, child, I have never wed, True to my lost love though she is dead. She tried to tell me, tried to explain I would not listen, pleadings …

Begged for a story, "Do, Uncle, please." Why are you single; Why live alone? Have you no babies, have you no home?" Where she is now, pet, you soon will know. List to the story, I'll tell it all. I …

After the ball Lyrics: A little maiden climbed an old man's knee / Begged for a story—"Do, Uncle, please / Why are you single; why live alone? / Have you no babies; have you no home?"

Charles K. Harris sings his own song "After the Ball," from A Trip to Chinatown. Published in 1892, it was supposedly the first song to sell a million copies of sheet music.

"After the Ball" is a popular song with music and lyrics by Charles K. Harris. Created in 1891, the song is a classic waltz in 3/4 time. In the song, an uncle t...