Doin' What Comes Naturally
Ethel Merman 1946
  (Sets In Order 159)   Bob Page
 
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OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER    A2, R-H lady progression

Join your hands and form a ring, circle left and shout and sing
Left allemande you know, grand right & left you go
Hand over hand around, meet your honey with a right hand
A full turn, the men star in, girls promenade the wrong way rim
Go twice around, second time you box the gnat
Pull her by, left allemande right after that
Promenade your pretty maid, you're dancing with your lady
Take her home and swing, you'll be
Doing what comes naturally


FIGURE    Mainstream, corner progression

4 ladies chain across the land, turn now with your left hand
Head 2 couples 1/2 square thru, eight chain thru you do
*Folks like us could never fuss with schools and books and learnin'
Still we're happy as can be doing what comes naturally

When you're straight you square thru 3/4 round the land
Do an allemande left your corner, come on back and promenade
*If you saw my pa and ma you'd know they had no learning
Still they raised a family doing what comes naturally


ALTERNATE LYRICS

*Uncle Jeb has never read an almanac on drinking
Still he's always on a spree doing what comes naturally

*Sister Sal who's musical has never had a lesson
Still she learned to sing off-key doing what comes naturally

*Uncle Bill lives on a hill with someone he just married
There he is at 93 doing what comes naturally

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