Ol' Showboad
Prairie
1041
Darryl Lipscomb




OPENER - MIDDLE BEAK - CLOSER

HEADS LEAD STAR THE ROUTE
** I FLEW INTO DALLAS FEELING KINDA LOW
THOUGHT I'D MADE ME A BIT OF CHANGE AT THE RODEO
I HEARD THE LINE BOSS SAYING, YOU ORNERY COWPOKES,
15 BILLS TO ANY MAN WHO CAN RIDE SHOWBOAT
CIRCLE TO THE LEFT AND GO; LEFT ALLEMANDE YOU KNOW;
SWING YOUR LADY THERE AND PROMENADE.
HOLD THE REINS, WATCH THE CHANGE
TURN HIM LOOSE, THAT CAYUSE I'M GONNA RIDE



FIGURE

HEAD (SIDE) WO COUPLE SQUARE THRU 4 HANDS AROUND YOU GO
AROUND THE CORNER LADY THERE DO A DOSADO
MAKE YOUR WAVE AND THE LADIES TRADE, SPIN THE TOP AND THEN
MOVE RIGHT ALONG AND BOX THE GNAT, FAN THE TOP YOU KNOW.
RECYCLE AND GO *STAR THRU AND ROLL
SWING THE CORNER LADY AND PROMENADE
***HOLD THE REINS, WATCH THE CHANGE, 
TURN HIM LOOSE, THAT CAYUSE I'M GONNA RIDE



ALTERNATE LINES
**HE BUCKED ME ONCE A RUNNING, THEN HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE.
I SLID DOWN AROUND HIS NECK REACHING FOR THE SKY.
THEN HE SENT ME FLYING, LIKE A LITTLE BIRD
LORD, I THINK WHEN I CAME DOWN, I ATE TEN POUNDS OF DIRT.

**I WOKE UP IN THE GENERAL, FEELING KINDA HURT
TILL I SAW A BLUE EYED BLONDE TURNED OUT TO BE MY NURSE.
SHE FIXED ME UP IN PATCHED AND LOVE I THOUGHT WAS FREE,
TIL SHE SAID, "NOW COWBOY, YOU'RE GONNA MARRY ME."

***HOLD THE REINS, AIN'T IT A SHAME, THAT CAYUSE DONE THROWN ME
LOOSE AND BROKE ME UP

***HOLD THE REING, AIN'T IT A SHAME, i'M GETTING MARRIED AND OL' 
SHOWBOAT YOU'RE TO BLAME

*[SOME CALLERS MAY CHOOSE TO OMIT STAR THRU AND ROLL IN 
ORDER TO TIME OUT DANCE BETTER FOR SOME DANCERS]