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"Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" is a song composed by Abe Olman (1887–1984), lyricized by Ed Rose (pseudonym for Edward Smackels Jr.; 1875–1935), [3] and published by Forster Music Publisher, Inc. The music was copyrighted 7 February 1917 and the copyright was renewed 29 December 1944.
The line during the square-dance ending that goes: Grab a fence post, hold it tight/Whomp yer partner wit' all yer might/Hit 'im in the shin, hit 'im in the head/Hit 'im again, the critter ain't dead/Whomp 'im low an' Whomp 'im high/Stick yer finger in his eye/Pretty li'l rhythm, pretty li'l sound/Bang yer head against the ground (and the ...
Over the years, many different versions of the song have been performed and/or recorded with many different versions of the lyrics (and many without lyrics). "Cotton-Eyed Joe", on occasion referred to as "The South Texas National Anthem", was played for minstrel -type jigs, and it has long been popular as a square dance hoedown and a couple ...
Georgia Wettlin Larsen is a Nakota singer who has released several discs featuring Native American songs. [1] Perhaps her most famous performance was when her song "Ojibway Square Dance" was featured during the fourth-season episode "Learning Curve" of Northern Exposure, originally aired on February 8, 1993.
The most famous hoedown in classical music is the section entitled "Hoe-Down" from the Rodeo ballet by Aaron Copland (1942). The most frequently heard version is from the Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, which Copland extracted from the ballet shortly after its premiere; the dance episodes were first performed in 1943 by the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler.
As it turned out, 28 states had made square dancing the state dance as a part of a larger push in the late 1960’s to make folk dancing the national dance.
What: Capital Twirlers square dance Introductory Open House & Lessons When: 7-8 p.m. Jan. 22, free; dance lessons start 7-8 p.m. Jan. 29; $3 per lesson, continuing on Monday nights for the next 12 ...
Modern western square dance was the official dance of the United States from 1982 to 1993. Modern western square dance, like traditional square dance, is directed by a caller. In modern western square dance the caller strings together a sequence of individual square dance calls to make a figure or sequence.