Fireflies
...Beneath hardened and thickened wings,
Twinkling soft and cold mystical lights mesmerize.
Showing off Reels, jigs, poussettes, and flings.
Dark nooks cutely they burglarize.
Swaying around their...
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Categories:
country dance, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Country Dance
...Country Dance
“Come,” she said; “tell me lies,
Too many truths suck the air dry!
Let's be merry and dance to the tune
Of the country orchestra under the moon.”
Oh, ...
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Categories:
country dance, celebration, dance, happiness, love,
Form: Verse
Adios To Ernest Tubb (02-09-14 To 09-06-84)
...In Nashville, all those tourists visit Broadway every day;
They buy those Dolly Parton posters there;
But the record shop of Ernest Tubb won’t seem the same no more—
Sing “Adios” to Ernest Tubb—he...
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Categories:
country dance, history
Form: Ballad
Vignette-Line Dancing
...A New England country dance
In a 'contre' version from France
Evolved in a solo line-
From Connecticut to Maine
This style found worldwide fame...
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Categories:
country dance, cowboy-western, places, social
Form: Narrative