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Swinging on a Star (SIR 380)  Paul Bristow   (Bing Crosby)

Academy Award winning song from the 1944 film: “Going My Way” originally sung by Bing Crosby!

 

OPENER & MIDDLE BREAK

CIRCLE LEFT:

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar
LEFT ALLEMANDE and then DO SA DO - the MEN STAR LEFT one time and go

Would you like to swing on a star – TURN THRU

LEFT ALLEMANDE and PROMENADE far

And be better off than you are

 - or would you rather be a mule?

 

 

FIGURE (1)

HEADS SQUARE THRU: - A mule is an animal with long funny ears

TOUCH A QUARTER, SCOOTBACK and then

SINGLE HINGE, GIRLS TRADE and now SWING THRU

BOYS RUN RIGHT, TAG THE LINE all the way – FACE IN

PASS THE OCEAN – CENTRES TRADE

RECYCLE – STAR THRU and PROMENADE

And by the way, if you hate to go to school

 - You may grow up to be a mule

 

 

FIGURE (2)

HEADS SQUARE THRU: - A pig is an animal with dirt on his face

 

But if you don't care a feather or a fig

 - You may grow up to be a pig

 

 

FIGURE (3 & 4)

HEADS SQUARE THRU: - A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook

 

But then if that sort of life is what you wish

 - You may grow up to be a fish

 

 

CLOSER

SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are

Or would you rather - ALLEMANDE LEFT and WEAVE THE RING

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo

Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you

You can be better than you are

 

 

TAG

SWING your girl: - You could be swingin' on a star