Caller's Notes
Listen to the music, wait for the call
Swing your partners one and all
Forward ladies, now retreat
Turn right round, tap your feet
Forward men, all advance
Who’s the stranger in the worn-out pants
Short of a couple? Get one more
Move right up to the centre of the floor.
Sides go in, tops fall back
Hear those feet go whicketty whack
If May’s in the offing, ne’er cast a clout
Bottoms in and tops right out.
Ladies stand on the man’s right hand
When he yells just wave to the band
Forward men, don’t dare droop
Swing your partner, loop the loop
Ladies swing like swinging on a vine
I’ll swing yours if you swing mine.
Call to the band, take your fiddle
Play it up the end, play it in the middle
Tops go down with a heel and toe
Bottoms up and away you go!
Swing your partners one and all
Forward ladies, now retreat
Turn right round, tap your feet
Forward men, all advance
Who’s the stranger in the worn-out pants
Short of a couple? Get one more
Move right up to the centre of the floor.
Sides go in, tops fall back
Hear those feet go whicketty whack
If May’s in the offing, ne’er cast a clout
Bottoms in and tops right out.
Ladies stand on the man’s right hand
When he yells just wave to the band
Forward men, don’t dare droop
Swing your partner, loop the loop
Ladies swing like swinging on a vine
I’ll swing yours if you swing mine.
Call to the band, take your fiddle
Play it up the end, play it in the middle
Tops go down with a heel and toe
Bottoms up and away you go!