Oak City Quadrille Square Dance lyrics

Here’s the text for an Oak City Quadrille Square dance: .

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Bow to your partner
Bow to the lady on your left
Swing your partner
Right hand your partner and Grand-o-Right-n-left
Swing your partner
Promenade around the square
Swing your partner
Head Couples forward together and back
Head Couples forward together and do-si-do
More Dough
Swing your partner
Side Couples forward together and back
Side couples together and do-si-do
More dough
Swing your partner

1st couple break and go around the outside
cross over and circle three
change over
swing your partner

2nd couple break and go around the outside
cross over and circle three
change over
swing your partner

3rd couple break and go around the outside
cross over and circle three
change over
swing your partner

4th couple break and go around the outside
cross over and circle three
change over
swing your partner

(clap your hands and stomp your feet)

take a break for half-time

(During halftime break practice the Grand Cuttashaw
and Do-si-ballinet)

Stomp your feet
Swing your partner
Right hand your parter and Do-Si-Ballinet around the
square.  (lunge forward – back – change)

Swing your partner
Head couples forward together and back
Forward together and Grand Cuttashaw
Swing your partner
Side couples forward together and back
Forward together and Grand Cuttashaw
Swing your partner

Gents forward together and back
Ladies form a right hand star
back with the left hand
Pass by your partner and pick up the 2nd man.
Swing your new partner.

Gents forward together and back
Ladies form a right hand star
back with the left hand
Pass by your partner and pick up the 3rd man.
Swing your new partner.
Promenade around the square

Gents forward together and back
Ladies form a right hand star
back with the left hand
Pass by your partner and pick up the 4th man.
Swing your new partner.

Gents forward together and back
Ladies form a right hand star
back with the left hand
Pass by your partner and pick up your own man.
Swing your partner.
(clap hands and stomp your feet)

Circle all around the hall
Circle to the left
Circle to the right
Right hand your partner and grand-o-right-n-left
around the circle.  Ladies to clockwise.

Swing your partner
Ladies form a circle on the inside
Gents form a circle on the out.
Ladies circle left
Gents circle right
Form a basket with your lady on your right
Circle to the left
Circle to the right

Forward to the center
One more time
One last time
Swing your parter
Promenade to you-know-where.

Erin said this a few years back:

Just FYI… in the past I have downloaded a couple of songs by a folk group called “Greenfield Dance Band” and they have nice songs. “Little Burnt Potato” Medley is a good speed for teaching a quadrille and if you want to throw a schottische in the mix they have a “Schottische in A Major” that works swell. Another good way of finding stuff up to speed is searching for ceili dance music. (pronounce that kay-lee so you sound in the know…)

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