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Thread #1425   Message #5828
Posted By: Janet@Glossic.com
27-May-97 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Soldier's Joy
Subject: Lyr Add: SOLDIER'S JOY
SOLDIER'S JOY

(Dance: Chase the Rabbit)

Well, you chase the rabbit and you chase the squirrel.
Chase that pretty girl round the world.
Then you load your gun and you aim it right,
Let's hurry up, boys; don't take all night.
Now you chase that possum and you chase that coon,
And you chase that great big old baboon.
Couple up two, Then you buckle up four
And circle to the left in the middle of the floor.

These are words and a dance to Soldier's Joy. I have never heard anyone sing it. Here are details for the dance:

With the lady in the lead, couple one passes through couple two and around the lady to the center of the set. Then, back through couple two and around the gent to the center of the set.