OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER Basic
Hey do an allemande left with the corner, turn partner by the right
Boys star left go straight across turn the opposite by the right
Make a wrong way thar and the boys back in with a left hand in & then
Slip the clutch, skip one, then a right & left grand my friend
*It's a nickel for the fiddler
It's a nickel for his tune
Swing that girl and you promenade, you go walkin around that room
**It's a high holiday on the 21st of June
It's country music in the park and in everybody's room
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Well the head (side) 2 couples promenade, go 1/2 way around the ring
Now lead to the right and circle 4, you make a line & then
Without a stop, go right & left thru
Turn the girl and then
Hey pass thru, tag the line, all face in
You box the gnat, slide thru, pass thru & swing
Swing the corner lady, promenade go round the ring
It's a nickel for the fiddler
It's a nickel for his tune
***Put a nickel in the tambourine
He'll play another tune
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*It's fountains full of dogs and kids and mom's apple pie
**It's the ones who came to play
It's the ones who's passing by
It's a coat of many colors and it almost makes me cry
*He's a fiddler from the country
He swears he's 83
**It's the old ones and the young ones
And it's plain they have a dream
It's country music in the park
As far as they can see
***It's a nickel for the tambourine
On a Sunday afternoon
TAG
Hey bow to the partner, the corners all
And wave to the gal across the hall
And wink at the right hand lady
That's it, that's all