Skip to the Lou

2009 február 26. | Szerző: berryblue |

 

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,

Skip to my Lou, my darlin’.

Fly’s in the buttermilk, Shoo, fly, shoo,

Fly’s in the buttermilk, Shoo, fly, shoo,

Fly’s in the buttermilk, Shoo, fly, shoo,

Skip to my Lou, my darlin’.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, …

Cows in the cornfield, What’ll I do?…

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,…

There’s a little red wagon, Paint it blue…

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,…

Lost my partner,What’ll I do?…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

I’ll get another one,Prettier than you,…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

Can’t get a red bird, Jay bird’ll do,…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

Fly’s in the buttermilk, Shoo, fly, shoo,…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

Cat’s in the cream jar, Ooh, ooh, ooh,…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

Off to Texas, Two by two,…

Skip, skip, skip to the Lou,…

(nagyon szeretik loo-nak irni, sokkal viccesebb persze… (k)lotyó jelentéssel… :))) )

“Lou” is apparently a corruption of “loo,” the Scottish word for love.

Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular partner stealing dance from America’s frontier period. Since instruments were frowned upon, particularly the fiddle, the dancers had to create their own music by clapping and singing.

Couples would dance around a lone male who sang “lost my partner, what’ll I do.” At the appropriate point in the lyrics, he would “steal” the partner of a dancing man as he sang “I’ll find another one prettier than you.” The displaced man would take his place in the circle.

jaj, tudom, hogy ez egy tragikus banda, de legalább szépen táncolnak (square dance) 🙂