[Callers] Politically Correct?

frannie dancingfrannie at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 08:49:29 PDT 2018


I learned it as a child as "She's a young girl."  That would at least get
rid of the people are things issue.

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018, 10:12 PM Rich Sbardella via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I have been calling singing squares for years, and there is one I love by
> Dick Leger titled Billy Boy.  The tag line that is sung during the
> Promenade is "She's a young thing, that cannot leave her mother."
>
> Here is a link to a version of the full song, not within a square.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKRJuLHU3Qo
>
> My question is, is this song appropriate for the contra dance crowd with
> the tag line above?  (The tag line is the only line that is sung.)
>
> Any Thoughts?
>
> Rich
> Stafford, CT
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