When our Grandmas and our Grandpas were girls and boys The seemed to have a lot fun than we party clothes were calicoes and homemade courturoys And the big event was called a bee
A banjo and a and a big old fashioned barn Was all the preparation that they And if they tell you otherwise, dismiss it as a Refreshments confined to lemonade
Now you may say it And I guess I agree But it was enough for Grandma It was good enough for And it Good for me
Hoe the country Gone hoe down It's puttin' its toe and kickin' its heels Hoe down, it's really a dance A pioneer square but with a new deal
One, two, your partner lightly you hold her ever so tightly And bring best beau down We're a show down and gotta make hast 'Cause hoe on it way
Stand in line and do the Like a Yankee Dandy you turkey do it jerky That the trick, now hoein' on down
Sashay, sashay, while you're hoein' on down Form a in the middle Everybody
Boys keep tempo the fiddle And your gal in the calico ho, whoa ho, whoa ho Around in your gown
around, it's very romantic Do-si-do, do-si-do more and maybe she'll fall Now it's to do your honors Then you've done your honors, promenade the hall
Do-si-do around, it's very Do-si-do, do-si-do some more and maybe fall Now it's time to do honors Then when you've done your honors, the hall