Walk around your corner, see saw your taw And then the men star right, it's once around the land And you go left allemande, come back and swing your girl You swing your lady go round Sides back to back, grand prowl (see comments) Row, row, row, a little further he would row oh, oh *Then he'd drop both the oars and take a few more encores And then he'd row, row, row
FIGURE Basic, corner progression
Heads square thru 4 hands go, around that corner girl you'll dosado Square thru 4 hands around and you keep it up in time When you're done you'll have a line Step forward, a partner trade, go up to the middle and you come on back And then you square thru 3 You swing that corner girl and promenade for me **Oh what a lovely day, let's go sailing away And we will row, row, row
ADDITIONAL LYRICS
*Then he'd steal a small kiss from his lovely new miss And then he'd row, row, row
**Promenade high and wide with that girl by your side
**Promenade just once more with the girl you adore
TAG
Swing your honey And we'll row, row, row
Lyrics
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Young Johnny Jones he had a cute little boat
And all the girlies he would take for a float.
He had girlies on the shore,
Sweet little peaches by the score-
But master Johnny was a wis'un, you know,
His steady girl was Flo
And every Sunday afternoon
She'd jump in his boat
And they would spoon
And then he'd row, row, row
Way up the river he would row, row, row
A hug he'd give her
Then he'd kiss her now and then
She would tell him when,
They'd fool around and fool around
And then they'd kiss again.
And then he'd row, row, row
A little further he would go, oh, oh, oh,
Then he'd drop both his oars
Take a few more encores,
And then he'd row, row, row.
And then he'd row, row, row
Way up the river he would row, row, row
A hug he'd give her
Then he'd kiss her now and then
She would tell him when,
They'd fool around and fool around
And then they'd kiss again.
And then he'd row, row, row
A little further he would go, oh, oh, oh,
Then we'll drop both our oars
Take a round of applause,
And then we'll go, go, go.
Lyrics by William Jerome and James V. Monaco. Recorded by Ada Jones; Mary Ann Mercer; Bing Crosby; others.
Comments
Grand Prowl: (Burleson's Encyclopedia #77)
Sides stand back to back and go to the heads position as they do in a grand square except that they're walking away from each other instead of backing away from each other. In the head position they star thru and then do the head's part. The heads start by going forward as in grand square and then star thru with the person in front of them and then back out to the sides position where they stand back to back to start the side's part. Repeat until home.
