Jessie Polka
Cliff Bruner and the Texas Wanderers; many others 1916
  (Blue Star 1667)   Vaughn Parrish
 
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FIGURE   

Side 2 couples make an arch, Heads go right & duck right under
Dip and dive around the square, home you go and don't you blunder
Your corners allemande, put an arm around your partner
Star promenade her, do the Jessie Polka dance (*see comments)
With a heel and a toe, we'll start the room a-jumping
Girls roll back one you can see their bustles bumping
We'll dance through the night as if it were a minute
Our hearts are really in it
, do the Jessie Polka dance*
Watch for the corner girl, when she comes around
Take her in your arms and swing her round and round
Promenade her home and keep her for your partner
Get home and swing her till the music starts again

(Do FIGURE 4 times)

*Jessie Polka dance step:
Gents are in a left-hand star, with arm around partner. Put left heel forward, then move it back to place. Stand on left foot, put right toe behind you, then move it back to place, touch it to floor beside left foot, then move right heel forward and back to place, stand on it. Then move left foot forward then swing left foot across in front of right foot and as you move left foot back use the left foot to start a step-close-step forward around the square. (A step-close-step is the same as a two-step.) Do 4 two-steps around the square, then repeat. Do not release left hands of gents in the star, but the ladies will roll back to the gent behind her and go back into the star promenade, ready to repeat the action. When your corner girl rolls back to you, swing this girl and promenade her home, ready to do dance over.

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