4 ladies promenade go once around the ring
Why, come back home, box the gnat and swing Join up hands and make a ring, circle to the left you know Left allemande and then you weave that ring and go
You wind in and out around like that
And when you meet that old bobcat Dosado and promenade Hey, promenade and listen Jack, you're dancin to the old top cat
At the bobcats down in New Orleans
FIGURE
Now, head 2 couples, square thru 4 hands around the ring you go
And around that corner gal a dosado Swing thru without a stop spin the top for me
Without a stop do the right & left thru and turn the girl
And square thru 3/4 round the ring
That corner lady swing, you swing that gal and promenade *Why, Comus, Momus, Garbs of mirth, it's the greatest show on earth
At the Mardi Gras in New Orleans
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*Bob cats, beads, parades and all, you're gonna have a ball
At the Mardi Gras in New Orleans
*Prettiest girl I ever saw, was sippin' Juleps thru a straw