Cab Driver The Mills Brothers (1968) 1963 | (Thunderbird 235) Gabby Baker, Chuck Mashburn |
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER Basic - SSD Week 4
Four ladies chain across and go
Chain those ladies right back home
Left allemande, come back dosado
Sides face, grand square
*Cab driver, drive by Mary's place
I just want a chance to see her face
**Don't stop the meter, let it race
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Heads (sides) square thru 4 hands and go
Split the sides (heads) around one, make a line and go
Pass thru, ends fold, do the right & left thru
Dosado and do an eight chain four
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place
Swing the corner, promenade
**Don't stop the meter, let it race
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place
FIGURE (ALTERNATE)
Heads (sides) promenade halfway,
Down the middle square thru I say
Make a right hand star, turn it one time and then
Star by the left, go around one and then
Right & left thru, pass thru, trade by
Swing and promenade
**I only wish we could have had a talk
Cab driver, once more 'round the block
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*That's where I laid my future at her feet
Cab driver, once more down the street
*Then, things will be just like they were before
Cab driver, wait here by the door
*I hope God sends me another one of my own
Cab driver, better take me home
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Cab driver, better take me home