A Boy Named Sue
(KDM-110)
Called by: Chris Froggatt Sydney, Australia
Alternative PLUS Calls
Opener
(Head ladies centre, T-cup chain) Well my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now, I don't blame him that he run and hid
Cause the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue (circle left)
Well, he must o' thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk (allemande left and promenade)
So I made me a vow to the moon and stars
I'd search those honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man that gave me that awful name
Figure 1 & 2 for Heads
Heads you promenade and go, halfway round the ring you do
Side two gonna do the right and left thru
Now touch a quarter, boys run right
Relay the deucey
* Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head
Swing that corner, promenade
** Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean
My fist got hard and my wits got keen
I tell ya, life ain't easyfor a boy named Sue
Middle break
(Head ladies centre, T-cup chain)
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table, dealing stud
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me Sue (circle left)
He was big and bent and grey and old
I looked at him and my blood ran cold (allemande and promenade)
I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do!
Now you gonna die!" Yeah, that's what I told him!

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