<div dir="ltr">Yes Bob, <div><br></div><div>You are correct, but the tag line for each verse remains the same. I would have to find a word to replace -young "thing".<div><br><div>I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I have been calling this song to my seniors who are about 75% women in their 70's and 80s and they sing along. No objections. In fact many remember it as a child. There are certainly some contra venues where I would expect a similar response, but others that would cringe.</div></div><div><br></div><div>"Such a sweet young thing" used to be a term of endearment for Ladies and Gents, but times change.</div><div><br></div><div>In MWSD, boys and girls are the default role terms, and I called MWSD for 25 years. However, I remember accidentally using the term girls in a square for a contra community a few years back, and immediately after the square, I had a dancer approach me and voice her concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>This is one of the reasons I posed the original question.</div><div><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Rich</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Bob Hofkin via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
If I recall the folk song, it's more satirical--she can bake a cherry pie and stuff, and turns out to be older than Billy lets on. See if you can't find lines in one of the versions that shift the focus.<br>
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Bob<br>
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On 3/25/2018 02:07, Don Veino via Callers wrote:<br>
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I've started doing singing squares over the past year and have been making<br>
adjustments to lyrics for each one I do. So far the changes have been<br>
relatively easy - mostly eliminating explicit gender and talking to<br>
everyone whenever possible vs. a "talk to the (assumed) lead" focus.<br>
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There are real challenges for me in some popular ones - for example,<br>
despite the fun of the sequence, Smoke on the Water's<br>
<a href="https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1383" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://squaredancehistory.org<wbr>/items/show/1383</a> refrain's primary phrase<br>
essentially amounts to "we'll kill 'em all" - as it's taken from a 1944<br>
WWII song. I'm personally not ready to call that knowing the meaning and a<br>
significant re-wording of the key refrain is not likely to go over well<br>
with fans of the dance.<br>
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 1:39 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers <<br>
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People are not things. I don’t think it’s appropriate for any crowd.<br>
Try your hand at some new lyrics!<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<br>
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On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:12 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <<br>
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Hello folks,<br>
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I have been calling singing squares for years, and there is one I love by<br>
Dick Leger titled Billy Boy. The tag line that is sung during the<br>
Promenade is "She's a young thing, that cannot leave her mother."<br>
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Here is a link to a version of the full song, not within a square.<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKRJuLHU3Qo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=cKRJuLHU3Qo</a><br>
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My question is, is this song appropriate for the contra dance crowd with<br>
the tag line above? (The tag line is the only line that is sung.)<br>
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Any Thoughts?<br>
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Rich<br>
Stafford, CT<br>
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