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UP AND DOWN THE CENTER WE GO (PLAY PARTY) Sung by: Mrs. Hattie Gilmore and Mrs. Martha Huddleston Recorded in Sulphur Rock, AR 8/17/86 Click here to listen to the original recording Up and down the center we go, Up and down the center we go, So early in the morning. Swing by the right and then by the left, Swing by the right and then by the left, Swing by the right and then by the left, . . . girl that you love best. (Comment: “That don’t rhyme - that’s not the original.” “Well, there’s as many couples as you want. The girls on one side and the boys on the other. And the girls will . . . they’ll go up and down the center, watch me motion, she’ll swing the boys on the right side, and he swings the girls on the left, and then they meet in the center and swing, and then go on to the next boy and girl. Just like, it’s just like Virginia reel, something along that . . . and then all promenade.”) |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |