Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . at dancedwere Heiney Sievers, Byber Garvey, Billy Lavery, Buer Mc-Grath, Jimmy OBrien, Tug Lynch, Jim Cooney, Zulo Haugh,and Dick Malone, and they sure done some fancy Tom and Little Tom Garvey acted as floor managers, tosee that everything moved right, and when they hollered Allset, Fat Walsh gave the high-sign to Dutch Klauer, and thencalled out, First four right and left! Pat sent them Sloughbeys through their paces at top speed on ail three changesof the quadrille, and then he done the callin for the Virginiareel bef
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . at dancedwere Heiney Sievers, Byber Garvey, Billy Lavery, Buer Mc-Grath, Jimmy OBrien, Tug Lynch, Jim Cooney, Zulo Haugh,and Dick Malone, and they sure done some fancy Tom and Little Tom Garvey acted as floor managers, tosee that everything moved right, and when they hollered Allset, Fat Walsh gave the high-sign to Dutch Klauer, and thencalled out, First four right and left! Pat sent them Sloughbeys through their paces at top speed on ail three changesof the quadrille, and then he done the callin for the Virginiareel before goin home. Them Slough jakes certainly did hit it up that evenin,sport, and when the orchestra played Home, Home,for the last dance, they hadta play six encores before themyoung buckos would let em put away their instruments. And thats how it came about that the boys of the Sloughg£ng ccpped all the prizes for vv-altzin at the social club dancesthat was held in the Stockyards and Heineyhall in the olddays before the shimrny-shakers broke 230
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