Casey Jones / Sweetest Gal In Town
Billy Murray; Pete Seeger; Johnny Cash; many others 1902
  (MacGregor 8225 side A)   Fenton Jones
 
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BREAK    Basic - SSD Week 1

Now you allemande left with the old left hand
Partners right, a right & left grand
Hand over hand till you meet your maid
Take her hand, we'll promenade
Promenade your pretty little lady
Listen to the engine's moan
Get back home and swing your baby
The man at the throttle is Casey Jones

FIGURE   

Now 1 & 3 lead to the right, circle up 4 with all your might
Circle up 4 and here we go, break it all up with a do-ci-do*
Partners left, left hand around, opposites right, right hand around
Partners left, turn 'em around, circle up 4 when you come down
The head gents break, form 2 lines
Go forward and back, you're doin' fine
Eight to the center, a right hand star
Back by the left, but not too far
**Blow the whistle, shovel in the coal
Around the bend, make the drivers roll
The ladies roll back, pass your own
Swing the next old Casey Jones

SEQUENCE: (Break, figure for head couples, break, figure for head couples, break, figure for side couples, break, figure for side couples, break)

*Do-ci-do: from a circle of 4.
California style: At the call of "break it all up with a do-ci-do",
the ladies cross over, passing left shoulders, then execute a right face
twirl and face their partners, extending left hands to their partner's
left hands. All walking forward, the gents pull their partners by and
extend their right hands to the right hand of the opposite lady, walking
a full turn around her, then returning to their partners, the gents
wheel the ladies around (CCW) into position.

Texas style: Same execution as explained above, except the ladies do not cross over.
The gents catch their partners by the left hand immediately on the call of do-ci-do.
This is another one of the older figures of square dancing and should never be allowed
to fade out of our present modern day square dance.

**On the call of Blow The Whistle, Shovel In The Coal, the dancers place their
right hands on the left shoulder of the person in front of them, then place their
left hands on the left elbow of the person in front of them. Turning the left arms
in a revolving motion, the dancers execute a scooting step (as if on a scooter)
moving forward (CCW). It's a lot of fun calling ding, ding, toot, toot, as they
roll the big locomotive down the track with Casey Jones at the throttle!

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Cue sheet: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/cuesheet.php?RecordId=13086
Lyrics:    https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/lyrics.php?LyricsId=762