cork up a bottle of dye, Hang her false hair in the wardrobe then she takes off her false leg, Half of my rose on the table, the other half in bed. Alternative parody verse: After the ball was over, Bonnie took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her wig to dry Put her peg leg in the corner Hung her tin ear on the wall And then what was left Crawled into bed after the ball Alternative parody verse: After the ball was over, Molly took out her glass eye, put her false teeth in saltwater hung up her wig to dry Put her cork leg in the corner unscrewed the tin ear from her head. Then what was left of poor Molly Went toddling off to bed! Selected modern recordings and arrangements Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album Join Bing and Sing Along (1959) Nat King Cole on Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer 1963 The Kingsway Strings Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra 1957 Julie London - for her album Swing Me an Old Song (1959) Orkest Frans Kerkhof 1960 Frances Black with Arcady (band) Ireland, credited as "trad." 1990 Bob Crewe arranged Crewe 1967, covered by Danny Rivers South Africa 1967 Bob Kames 1959 Draaiorgel "De Pruik" 1960 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians 1950 Anita Harris 1978 Joan Morris and William Bolcom on their debut album of the same title, 1974 Dave Davies (of English band The Kinks) on the various artists album, The Beautiful Old, 2013 See also List of best-selling sheet music References Booth, Mark W. The Experience of Songs. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981; pp. 159–72. Goldberg, Isaac. Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of American Popular Music. New York: Frederick Ungar, [1930], 1961; pp. 90–98 and passant. Harris, Charles K. After the Ball. New York: Frank Maurice, 1926; p. 50 and passant. Bibliography Booth, Mark W. The Experience of Songs. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. Goldberg, Isaac. Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of American Popular Music. New York: Frederick Ungar, [1930], 1961. Harris, Charles K. After the Ball. New York: Frank Maurice, 1926. External links "After the Ball" at Tin Pan Alley project Songs about parties Songs about marriage Songs about heartache 1891 songs Waltzes Songs written by Charles K. Harris