Sides face, grand square
*Well let me tell you a story of a man named Charlie
On a tragic and fateful day
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family
Went to ride on the M.T.A.
Allemande and weave
Did he ever return, no he never returned
Swing your girl around and promenade
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned

Well now those heads promenade
Go half around the ring now
Walk into the middle and do the right & left thru
Square thru and go, get me 4 hands around now
When you meet the outside two, make a right hand star
Now the heads star by the left in the middle one full turn
Swing with your corner, promenade
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned

Circle left
*Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
Left allemande your corner, come home a dosado now
Left allemande that corner, weave the ring
Well did he ever return, no he never returned
Swing the girl around and promenade
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned