Hoe Down

When our Grandmas and our Grandpas where just girls and boys

The seemed to have a lot more fun than we

Their party clothes were calicos and homemade courturoys

And the big event was called a husking bee

A banjo and a fiddle and a big old fashioned barn

Was all the preparation that they made

And if they tell you otherwise, dismiss it as a yarn

Refreshments were confined to lemonade

Now you may say it? corny.

And I guess I must agree

But it was good enough for Grandma, it was good enough for Grandpa

And it? good enough for me

Hoe down! The country? gone Hoe Down

It? puttin?it? toe down and kickin?it? heels

Hoe Down. It? really a rare dance. A pioneer square dance

But with a new deal

One, two, swing your partner lightly. While you hold her ever so tightly

And bring your best beau down

We?e havin?a show down and gotta make hast

Cuz hoe down? on it? way

Stand in line and do the Turkey, like a Yankee Doodle Dandy

When you turkey do it jerky, that? the trick, now your hoein?on down

Sashay, sashay, sashay around while your hoein?on down

Form a circle in the middle, everybody Allemande

Boys keep tempo with the fiddle and your gal in the calico gown

Whoa ho, whoa ho, whoa ho around in your calico gown

Do-si-do around, it? very romantic

Do-si-do

Do-si-do some more and maybe she?l fall

Now it? time to do your honors

Then when you?e done your honors, promenade the hall!

(repeat)