Historically, a lot has changed. Take the traditional singing square
"Marching Through Georgia." Does anyone really think the original song
is about ambling with friends along a quiet country road near Atlanta?
I have a thin 1989 book "Just One More Dance" by Carole Howard. It lists
scores of
I feel that the old dances, like old movies, shouldn’t be left in the dust
because they are offensive in our modern context. Rather we can take them in
their context, as a relic of an older day.
I happen to LOVE the song Billy Boy, it was on a movie I saw as a child and was
one of the few
I visited, more than once, an assisted living home, here in CT, to talk to a
prominent caller of "back in the day".He told of dancing as a teen. So many
young folks did then. The call was "swing her in the center and kiss her if
you dare".He stammered and turned red as she poked fun at his
Often people don’t speak up. It doesn’t mean they like the language. There
aren’t very many dances that actively solicit feedback and even the ones that
do don’t get it all the time. There are often callers or phrases that bother
me. I very occasionally tell the callers if they are friends of
I have to agree with Tom. The only push back I have ever received was from two
female callers I helped get started. This was in the early 90s. I have
otherwise never had a complaint about calling singing square dances as they
have been traditionally called/sung.
That said, I try to know my
It looks like this is the version Rich is referring to:
http://www.ceder.net/recorddb/viewsingle.php?RecordId=1891
More background on the English folk song / sea shanty this American folk
song is based on:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/billyboy.html
In traditional songs things
If you are concerned about sexism alternate between she/her and he/his.
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 1:39 AM Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers <
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> People are not things. I don’t think it’s appropriate for any crowd.
> Try your hand at some new lyrics!
>
> Sent
Rich,
I agree with Tom. This is one of the most traditional tunes I grew up with.
Isn't one of CDSS' objectives to promote and continue TRADITIONAL song...
I say leave it alone.
Mary
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 1:12 AM Rich Sbardella via Callers <
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> Hello
Yes Bob,
You are correct, but the tag line for each verse remains the same. I would
have to find a word to replace -young "thing".
I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I have been calling this song
to my seniors who are about 75% women in their 70's and 80s and they sing
along. No
If I recall the folk song, it's more satirical--she can bake a cherry
pie and stuff, and turns out to be older than Billy lets on. See if you
can't find lines in one of the versions that shift the focus.
Bob
On 3/25/2018 02:07, Don Veino via Callers wrote:
I've started doing singing
In the land of freedom and rugged individualism I find that my choices in many
realms of my life are being eaten away.
Go for it! Call what you want and don't worry about what others are going to
say. For me the PC stuff has gone over board. Calling is difficult enough
without having to be
I've started doing singing squares over the past year and have been making
adjustments to lyrics for each one I do. So far the changes have been
relatively easy - mostly eliminating explicit gender and talking to
everyone whenever possible vs. a "talk to the (assumed) lead" focus.
There are real
Thus did Ophelia's suicide become merely an accidental drowning, thanks to
Thomas Bowdler, who criticized Shakespeare for exposing his readers to "the
danger of being hurt with any indelicacy of expression."
On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:39 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers
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