Where The Old Red River Flows (ESP 1139) Elmer Sheffield

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER

Circle Left
As I sit and think of Dixie, cotton fields, and whippoorwills*
My happy childhood among the rocks and among the rills
Now the men Star by the right and roll it once around
Do an Allemande Left with the ol’ left hand and Weave on around
I - E - O - Lay - E.
Meet a lady and Promenade
You could hear the people singing ‘round the campfire soft and low***
On the farm in Louisiana where that old red river flows.

FIGURE

Head [side] couples Square Thru, four hands you know
And around the corner gal, you Do Sa Do
Swing Thru, and now boys Trade, boys Run
You Ferris Wheel, now the center two Veer Left
Veer Right, all Veer Right.
Keep that corner girl and Promenade
In the twilight of the evening, ‘round the old campfire glow**
On the farm in Louisiana where that old red river flows.

TAG

On the farm in Louisiana where that old red river flows.

ADDITIONAL LYRICS

*The lights are bright on Broadway, the city’s fair as day
And the beach on Coney Island, those salt warm breezes play
**I’m headed south tonight, on a highway as she goes
To my farm in Louisiana where that old red river flows
***Well, I can see my dear old mother as around the farm she goes