It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Ella Fitzgerald; and many others 1932 | (Faultline 1001) Lee Schmidt |
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK Basic - SSD Week 1
4 ladies promenade go marching in that ring
Gonna get home and everybody swing, swing, swing
Gonna join 16 hands, circle to the left around and then
Allemande left that corner, weave the ring
Gonna wind 'em, roll 'em, move in and out around you go
Dosado that pretty little girl and promenade her right back home
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Do-wa, do-wa, do-wa, do-wa-do-do
FIGURE (1) Mainstream - SSD Week 12, corner progression
Heads square thru 4 hands in the middle you go
You dosado - sa-diddle-do
Swing thru, boys run right
Bend the line and do the right & left thru, turn that girl
Pass the ocean there, recycle her and go
Swing that corner lady round, then promenade her right back home
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Do-wa, do-wa, do-wa, do-wa-do-do
FIGURE (2)
Heads promenade halfway
Walk into the middle and square thru 4 hands, 4 hands round
Do a right & left thru, turn your girl
Veer to the left, couples circulate
Move up, do a 1/2 tag and scoot back, your corner swing
Swing a little corner lady and promenade go round the ring
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Do-wa, do-wa, do-wa, do-wa-do-do
CLOSER
Sides face grand square 8 steps, then bow to your partner
Whoa!