Inez & Charlie Foxx; Aretha Franklin; Carly Simon; many others 1963
(Riverboat 283)Gary Shoemake, Ken Bower
OPENER - CLOSER Mainstream
Sides face, grand square Everybody now have you heard I'm gonna buy my gal a mockingbird And if that mockingbird don't sing Left allemande left and now you weave that ring Well, if that diamond ring don't shine It's surely gonna break this heart of mine That's why, I keep on telling everybody Say, yeah, yeah, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, whoa
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
The heads (sides)promenade and take them halfway Come in a square thru four hands you go All the way around, do a right & left thru Veer left and ferris wheel you do Square thru three to your corner, there Swing that corner girl and promenade that square And that's why, I keep on tellin' everybody Say, yeah, yeah, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, whoa (Say, yeah, yeah, sides face, grand square)
CLOSER Mainstream
Sides face, grand square Hear me now and understand I'm gonna find her some peace of mind And if that peace of mind don't stay Left allemande and weave around that way Now, if that better way ain't so I'll ride with the tide and I'll go with the flow And that's why I keep on shoutin' in your ear Say, yeah, yeah, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
TAG
That's why, I keep on shoutin' in your ear Say, yeah, yeah, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa