OPENER - CLOSER Basic
Do an allemande left with the corner girl and you weave around that ring
Along the road to Gundagai
Hey turn your partner right
Weave the wrong way 'round, it's in and out you go
When you meet that lady, turn her by the right all the way
Look for the corner, left allemande, come back a dosado
Back to back and promenade around the ring you roam
There's a track winding back to an old fashioned shack
Along the road to Gundagai
FIGURE
Well now the heads promenade halfway 'round the ring you go
Lead to the right and circle 4 and you make a line
Go forward up and back you sail, and then cross trail thru
Boys star right, girls promenade to the corner man
Left allemande the corner lady, dosado your own
*Swing the corner girl and promenade her home (promenade all the way)
Well no more will I roam when I'm headed straight for home
Along the road to Gundagai
*NOTE (change to last figure before middle break)Take the corner lady and promenade her home
Well no more will I roam when I'm headed straight for home
Gonna get along home, sides face grand slide
MIDDLE BREAK Basic - SSD Week 1
There's a track winding back to an old fashioned shack
Along the road to Gundagai
Where the blue gums are growing and the Murrumbidgees flowing
Beneath those sunny skies 4 ladies chain
Chain 'em across, turn and chain 'em again
Turn your girl and promenade, go walking round the ring
Well no more will I roam when I'm headed straight for home
Along the road to Gundagai
SEQUENCE (Intro, figure heads, figure sides, middle break, figure sides, figure heads, closer)
Grand Slide: From a squared set, the side couples face their partner. All dancers will remain facing this direction for the next 32 beats of music (heads face across at opposite, sides face partner). The dancers will move either forward, backward or slide to the side but will not turn as in Grand Square, each dancer moves as a mirror image of the person facing them.
First 4 beats: sides walk back, heads walk forward
Second 4 beats: sides slide toward opposite, heads slide out away from partner (two slide steps, each taking 2 beats).
Third 4 beats: sides walk forward, heads walk back
Fourth 4 beats: sides slide out to home, heads slide together to home position
The action is now reversed with the sides sliding in while the heads slide apart, etc.