Rock-a-Billy (REB 1112) Mel Wilkerson (Matchbox) 1980
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER - BASIC
Circle
Left
Mama
don't like it, the way I comb my hair
Papa
thinks I'm crazy, by the clothes I wear
Men
Star Right now, go rollin' round that old ring
Allemande
Left that corner lady, gonna Weave
the Ring
I’m a,
Rock-a-Billy rebel from head to toe
Swing
your honey Promenade and go
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
FIGURE 1 - BASIC
2
Heads
Square Thru, 4 hands and go
Find that corner, DoSaDo
Come on and Swing Thru
Boys
Run Right around those girls
Wheel
& Deal and do the Right & Left Thru
Come on and Dive Thru, Square Thru 3
Swing
that Corner, Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
FIGURE 2 - BASIC 2
Heads
Square Thru, DoSaDo,
Swing
Thru, Boys Run,
Couples
Circulate, Ferris Wheel,
Swing corner
and Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
FIGURE - MAINSTREAM
Heads
Square Thru, DoSaDo
Swing
Thru, Spin the Top
(Boys move up)
Spin
the Top Again
(Girls move up)
Boys
Run
(Girls take hands)
Chain
down the Line
Keep her and Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
FIGURE - PLUS
Heads
Square Thru 4, Tch. 1/4
Acey
Deucey, Cast Off 3/4
Acey
Deucey
Explode
and Load the Boat
Turn
Thru, Allemande Left
Swing corner
and Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
FIGURE - A1
Heads
Pass the Sea - Sides Half Sashay
Extend,
Left Swing Thru
Centres
Run, Ferris Wheel
Triple
Star Thru
Partner
Tag, Trade By
Corner Swing
Allemande
Left and Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
ALTERNATE CLOSER - BASIC
Sides
Squares
get the message get the boppin' beat,
Let
them tramp through your body, to the head to your feet,
Shakin'
in your shoes, boy, oh, don't it make you feel wow,
Well
if you can't square dance, we're gonna show you how
4
Ladies Promenade, one time around
Get back home Swing and Promenade
Everybody
join us, we're good company
Be a real
cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
TAG
Be a real cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
Be a real cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
Be a real cool cat and a Rock-a-Billy rebel like me
ORIGINAL LYRICS
My Mama don't like it, the way I comb my hair,
Papa thinks I'm crazy, in the clothes I wear
It's a hit come on records and I play it all
day
But I'm what I am and I'm gonna keep a rockin'
that way
I'm a rockabilly rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I go
Everybody join us, we're good company
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like
me
The kids in the schoolhouse they couldn't wait
too long,
When the school is over, they put their cat
clothes on,
Oughta
hear the slap bass swingin' to the band
It is a real rockin' rhythm that is sweepin' all over this land
I'm a rockabilly rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I go
Everybody join us, we're good company
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like
me
Squares get the message get the boppin' beat,
Let them tramp through your body, to the head
to your feet,
Shakin' in your shoes, boy, oh, don't it make
you feel wow,
Well if you can't dance, we're not gonna show
you how
I'm a rockabilly rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I go
Everybody join us, we're good company
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like
me
I'm a rockabilly rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I go
Everybody join us, we're good company
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like
me
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like
me
Be a real cool cat, be a
rockabilly rebel like me