Crawdad Song
Lone Star Cowboys; Joe Turner; Pete Seeger; many others 1917
  (Hi Hat 359)   Lee Schmidt
 
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FIGURE (four times through)    Mainstream, R-H lady progression

The head two couples promenade the outside all the way
The side two ladies chain across the inside let her stay
Head two couples do a right and left thru
Turn that gal like you always do
Four little ladies chain across that ring

The side two couples square thru on the inside round the track
Dosado, go full around the outside back to back
Swing thru along the line, balance up and back in time
Turn thru and swing that corner girl

Allemande left the old left hand, partner right, right & left grand
*I got a wife, (who's) big and fat
She won't work, (now) think of that
Promenade to the crawdad hole
Big fat fish, (and the) little tadpole
Honey, sugar baby, mine


TAG

Honey, sugar baby, mine

ALTERNATE LYRICS

*I got a gal (who's) lean and tall
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall


*I got a gal (who's) short and sweet
Dance that gal right off her feet


*Some like 'em short, some like 'em tall
I'll take any gal at all

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Cue sheet: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/cuesheet.php?RecordId=548
Lyrics:    https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/lyrics.php?LyricsId=442