Music -- CactusSwing-Riverboat-1294

OPENER Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face, grand square
The desert's dry and so am I, I close one eye and try to sleep
With slumber near I close one ear, I don't appear to hear a peep
Suddenly a chivaree awakens me, must be the heat
I know it's rare but as I sleep, I swear the prickly pear have feet
Four boys promenade just a lookin' for a shade, goin' 'round in the middle to the tune of the fiddle
With your legs high kickin' and your boot heels clickin', Swing your girl and all promenade
The critters get a lick in with a peckin' and a pickin', and a rattle and a hissin' and a do their thing
Saguaro go to and fro, and everybody dance to the cactus swing

ALTERNATE LYRICS

*Then on a stand of painted sand, A varmint band began to play
To the tune "Beneath The Moon", the critters croon and swoon and sway
Foxes yip out something hip, sidewinders slip and flip their tails
On the stones and dried up bones, the combo moans and groans and wails

*The cacti do the two-step to, the groovin' hoodoo symphony
From the hill the whippoorwill, will trill a sylvan rhapsody
My tale is tall and off the wall, don't you call me a ding-a-ling
Ol' Nat and Fats would tip their hats, man those desert cats can swing

FIGURE Basic - SSD Week 11, corner progression

Heads (Sides) square thru in the middle of the land, four hands 'round to the rhythm of the band
All the way 'round 'til you meet the corner, touch 1/4 and look for a wave
Ends circulate and centers trade, boys run right around that maid
All eight to the middle and pass thru, then wheel & deal and when you do
Square thru three in the middle of the land, 3/4 'round to the rhythm of the band
Allemande left new corner maid, take a new partner and promenade
The critters get a lick in with a peckin' and a pickin', and a rattle and a hissin' and a do their thing
Saguaro go to and fro, and everybody dance to the cactus swing