Joe Lewis

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK    Basic

4 little ladies promenade inside the ring
Gents just wait 'til she gets back and give her a swing
Go all around your left hand lady, just once around
Bow to your partner, then swing her, go round and round
4 gents promenade inside of the ring
Go once around and dosado that pretty thing
Your partner you swing and promenade the ring
To the Alabama Jubilee ...

FIGURE    Basic, unknown progression

All join hands and circle left, make a great big ring
Turn to the corner lady and you give that girl a swing
Put her on your right, circle left, then another corner swing
Put her on your right, away we go, circle left and then you know
Dopaso as you come down and back to your own with a left around
Go...all around that left hand lady
See-saw...around your taw

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4 little ladies hit the road go walkin' talkin' round
Come on home and swing, swing your man and then..
Join up hands and circle to the left go movin' round
Do a left allemande, gonna weave around and sing
Oh, you weave it in and out, until you meet your doll
Swing your darlin' there, promenade awhile, singin'...
At the Alabama Jubilee

FIGURE (ALTERNATE)    Basic, corner progression

Heads (sides) square thru now, 4 hands around you go
Make a right hand star with the outside two and turn it, go, go, go
Heads star by the left, once around you go
Same old two, pass thru, u turn back, and star thru, girls do
a u turn back
Boys run right and go left allemande
Come back one and swing and promenade the land, singin'...
At the Alabama Jubilee

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At the Alabama Jubilee

FIGURE (Mainstream)    Basic, corner progression

Heads (sides) square thru now, 4 hands around you go
Make a right hand star with the outside and turn it, go, go, go
Heads star by the left, once around you go
Same old two, right and left thru, and then you rollaway
Swing thru and then, ladies gonna trade
Boys run to the right and then you promenade, singin'...
Hail, hail, the gang's all here...
At the Alabama Jubilee

FIGURE (Plus)    Plus, corner progression

Heads (sides) promenade, go 1/2 around
Sides go right and left thru and turn that girl around
Square thru in the middle, 4 hands around you go
Right and left thru, turn the girl and then slide thru
Load the boat, sink or float, take your time and go
Swing your corner round, promenade you know, singin' ..
At the Alabama Jubilee

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Swing her one last time
Tonight we'll have a jubilee

Alabama Jubilee

Lyrics ID: 1

Mandolins, violins
Hear the darkies tunin' up, the fun begins
Come this way, don't delay
Better hurry, honey dear, or you'll be missin'
Music sweet, ragtime treat
Goes right to your head and trickles to your feet
It's a reminder, a memory finder
Of nights down in old Alabam'

Hear that flute, it's a beaut'
And the tunes it's tootin', Tootsie, ain't they cute?
Let's begin, it's a sin
To be missin' all this syncopated music!
Oh, you Jane, once again
Give your legs some exercise to that refrain
Boy, that's what makes me so dreamy and takes me
Back home to my old Alabam'

Chorus

You ought to see Deacon Jones when he rattles the bones
Old Parson Brown foolin' 'round like a clown
Aunt Jemima, who is past eighty-three
Shouting "I'm full of pep!
Watch yo' step, watch yo' step!"
One-legged Joe danced around on his toe
Threw away his crutch and hollered
"Let her go!"

Oh, honey hail, hail, the gang's all here
For an Alabama Jubilee

Composed by George Cobb.
Lyrics by Jack Yellen.
Recorded by Robert Crumb, Merle Travis, the Skillet Lickers, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, and many others.