All four ladies chain now, and hurry don't be slow
Chain those ladies right on back, and do a dopaso
Your corner right, your partner left, you make an allemande thar
Boys back up a right hand in, keep movin' not too far
Slip the clutch left allemande, grand right and left you go
When you meet that lady fair you swing and promeno
Where the road runs down by the butternut grove
to old Bill Skinner's stream
Do tell, at the noonday bell, it's time for a summertime dream

The head two couples promenade, get a halfway round you go
Walk right in and square thru, four hands around you know
four hands around and then, get a right and left thru my friend
You veer to the left, ferris wheel, bring 'em all in again
Square thru 3/4 round, to the corner allemande
Pass one, swing and whirl, promenade the land
And if you come round when the mill shuts down
you can see what chivalry means
Let's steal away in the noonday sun
It's time for a summertime dream