I'm A Bum | (Lloyd Shaw 523 / 524) Dick Pasvolsky |
OPENER
Dosado your corner lady, dosado your own
Go back and swing your corner lady, swing her up and down
Now leave her alone and swing your own, swing her round and round
Take this lady by the hand and promenade the town
Eleven more months and ten more days, I'll be out of the calaboose
Eleven more months and ten more days, they're gonna turn me loose
FIGURE
Couples 1 & 3 go into the middle and circle once around
Reverse and now go back, go back the other way round
Get along home and swing your own, everybody swing
Four ladies back to back in the middle, gents go round the ring
Four men you march around, go all the way around
When you're home you swing your partner, square your sets in town
*Go into the middle and clap your hands with a one, two, three, four
Allemande left your corner lady, grand right and left around
Go right and left around the ring, go all the way around
Bow to your partner as you go by, and now you're homeward bound
Get along home and swing your own, everybody swing
Take your lady by the hand and promenade the ring
Promenade eight, promenade all, go walking round the hall
Get on home to places all and bow to the belle of the ball
(Repeat figure for sides; repeat again for heads and sides having men go into the middle back to back while the ladies march around)
CLOSER
Dosado your corner lady and dosado your own
Go back and swing your corner lady, swing her up and down
Now leave her alone and swing your own, everybody swing
Swing her around a couples of times, then circle round the ring
You circle left around the hall, go all the way around
Then reverse, go back, go back, go back the other way round
When you get back home again, everybody swing
Take your lady by the hand and promenade the ring
Eleven more months and ten more days, I'll be out of the calaboose
Eleven more months and ten more days, they're gonna turn me loose
Dedicated to Dad, Mom, Al and Bob Brundage for their many contributions to the American square dance movement.