Bar Room Country Singer
Roger Whittaker 1981
  (Silver Sounds 333)   Corben Geis
 
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OPENER - CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
Please don't say I sing like Waylon Jennings
Please don't say I look like Charley Pride
And if you say I sing just like Merle Haggard
Then I know that all you folks are on my side

Circle left
Because I'm just another bar room country singer
Left allemande and then you promenade
Maybe one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long


FIGURE    Mainstream - SSD Week 12, corner progression

Heads (sides) square thru 4 hands
Dosado the corner lady there
Swing thru, boys run right
Half tag the line, scoot back
Boys run right, slide thru
Corner swing, keep that girl, promenade
Maybe one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long


MIDDLE BREAK    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
Some folks say I sing like Kenny Rogers
I say Kenny Rogers sings like me
But Kenny sells a million of every single song
I must be doing something wrong

Circle left
Because I'm just another bar room country singer
Left allemande and then you promenade
Maybe one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long


TAG

But you know that doggone road's so awful long




Modern Western Square Dance Caller



OPENER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
Please don't say I sing like Marshall Flippo
Please don't say I look like Oxendine
And if you say I call like Lee Kopman
Then I know that all you folks are on my side

Circle left
I'm just a Modern Western Square Dance Caller
Left allemande and then you promenade
Maybe one day, I'll find your corner
And get you and your partner back at home


FIGURE    Mainstream - SSD Week 12, corner progression

Heads (sides) square thru 4 hands
Dosado the corner lady there
Swing thru, boys run right
Half tag the line, scoot back
Boys run right, slide thru
Corner swing, keep that girl, promenade her
Maybe one day, I'll find your corner
And get you and your partner back at home


MIDDLE BREAK    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
Some folks say I sing like Tom Miller
I say Tom Miller sings like me
But Tommy sells a million of every single song
I must be doing something wrong

Circle left
I'm just a Modern Western Square Dance Caller
Left allemande and then you promenade
Maybe one day, I'll get to Callerlab
But you know that doggone road's so awful long


CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
Gerry Hardy sings just like an angel
Dee Deee sings just as pretty as can be
I'll never be as famous as sweet Deborah
Nor Betsy, Anne, Saundra or Patty Greene

Circle left
Because I'm just a Modern Western Square Dance Caller
Left allemande and then you promenade
Maybe one day, I'll get to Callerlab
But you know that doggone road's so awful long


TAG

And I don't act like Ernie or Elmer at all!

Parody version "Modern Western Square Dance Caller" dedicated to Marshall Flippo, Tony Oxendine, Lee Kopman, Tom Miller, Gerry Hardy, Dee Dee Dougherty Lottie, Deborah Carroll Jones, Betsy Gotta, Anne Uebelacker, Saundra Bryant, Patty Greene, Ernie Kinney and Elmer Sheffield, Jr.


Data page: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/viewsingle.php?RecordId=17613
Cue sheet: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/cuesheet.php?RecordId=17613
Lyrics:    https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/lyrics.php?LyricsId=4125