Clogging Quickies

 

Sometimes things aren’t as they may appear in life,
And we get into situations that may cause us strife.
Sometimes reactions happen as a result of that thing,
That to us personal embarrassment or joy does bring.

 

 

 

 

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Clogging Quickies

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Careful What You Say

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One time when with the Trailblazer cloggers team,
Tamara and I were playing music in our home so clean,
I played a Jerry Lee Lewis song called “Mean Woman Blues”,
Listening to the words about things mean women do.

Mean Woman Blues might be a good song Tamara.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kidding, I said Tamara that song sounds like a lady I know.
And we went on looking for music selections for show.
That next week the people came over for a session,
And we played them the music that we had decided on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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When “Mean Woman Blues” played Tamara told the lady,
“Dad said that mean woman song describes you, to a tee”,
Her face got red and she stared those daggers at me.
And I wanted to crawl under a rock and hide completely.

 

 

 

 

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That one little statement I said just fooling around,
Drove our friendship straight into the cold cold ground,
So be careful what you say that you don’t want repeated,
Or you may lose a friendship that is very deep seeded.

Trailblazer Cloggers

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After that, things never seemed to be very clean,
So later we broke loose and formed our own team.
Country Rhythm did well and Trailblazers did too,
So I guess it was meant to be for us all on the move.

Trailblazers dancing Rooster Days in Broken Arrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Old Man

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The Misques often did nursing home clogging exhibitions,
Which sometimes resulted in rewarding situations.
As we clogged our dances there for the home residents,
Linda often moved into the old folk crowd audience.

Miscues And The Cuties in the early days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Linda would talk to the old folks and give them hugs,
And she always left them with big smiles on their mugs.
The residents just loved being involved in the show,
Making them so happy as they participated, I know.

Hi Big Boy, I’ll be out there in a minute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After one show that we did in Tulsa on one fine day,
A lady came to Linda and hugged her in a good way.
She said that her father in the home hadn’t said a word,
In two years since they put him in the there, so absurd.

Give me a hug young man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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She said after Linda had hugged him during the show,
He blurted out “I want that woman” to her on the go,
His daughter was just elated as we did awaken him.
And he was now talking to her some now and then.

I found me a man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This made us all feel so good for giving our time,
Entertaining the old folks clog dancing there in lines.
Since I may be in one of those homes someday too,
I hope future cloggers will help me see it on through.

Hey everybody, this is Joe.

 

 

 

 

 

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By Bill

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for reading Clogging Quickies,
Bill