Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico (Red Boot 156 ) Elmer Sheffield, Jr.

OPENER

Circle left
This old highway seems so lonesome, when you're going where you've been
And a lonesome song will make you cry, time and time again
Left allemande your corner, then you dosado your own
4 ladies promenade go walking round you go
Dosado, then you go left allemande
You promenade your lady home
I'll ride this thumb until I see her again
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico

FIGURE

Head (side) two couples square thru 4 hands around you do
Make a right hand star now when you meet the outside two
Heads star left in the middle and turn it full around you go
Same two go right and left thru and turn 'em go
Swing thru and then, swing thru again
Swing that corner, promenade
I'll ride this thumb til I see her again
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico

BREAK

Circle left
Now the billboards on the highway and the brake lights on the car
Make me jump out on the highway with my bag and my guitar
Left allemande your corner, then you dosado your own
4 ladies promenade go walking round you go
Dosado, then you go left allemande
You promenade your lady home
I'll ride this thumb until I see her again
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico

CLOSER

Circle left
Now the reason why she left me's not the reason why I'm here
I'm a travlin' kind of man, just need a change of atmosphere
Left allemande your corner, then you dosado your own
4 ladies promenade go walking round you go
Dosado, then you go left allemande
You promenade your lady home
I'll ride this thumb until I see her again
So I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico