| Skip, skip, skip to my lou
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| Skip, skip, skip to my lou
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| Skip, skip, skip to my lou
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| Put on your Sunday, go to meetin'
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| And I’ll take you by the hand
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| If you will be my dancin' partner
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| We will dance to beat the band
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| So join the promenade
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| And lead the big parade
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| And if you don’t get home at all
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| Your pa will understand
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| Oh, choose partners, skip to my lou
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| Choose partners, skip to my lou
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| Choose partners, skip to my lou
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| Skip to my lou, my darlin'
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| Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
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| Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
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| Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
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| Skip to my lou, my darlin'
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| I’ll be glad to go with you
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| So prithee do not tarry
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| But if i do, it’s up to you
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| To let me dance with Harry
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| Skip to my lou
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| (Charlie)
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| Skip to my lou
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| (Johnny)
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| Skip to my lou
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| Skip to my lou, my darlin'
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| Skip to my lou
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| Skip to my lou
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| Corner boy, buck and wing, corner girl
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| Ida booth by to the center and whirl
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| Everybody dance
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| Lost my partner
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| (Skip to my lou)
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| Lost my partner
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| (Skip to my lou)
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| Lost my partner
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| (Skip)
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| Skip to my lou, my darlin'
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| I’ll find another one prettier than you
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| I’ll find another one prettier than you
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| I’ll find another one prettier than you
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| Go to another party
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| Oh, I’ll fly away to a neighborin' state
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| I don’t care what my friends say
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| We’ll dance and sing till broad daylight
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| I won’t get home till Wednesday
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| (Skip to my lou)
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| Thursday
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| (Skip to my lou)
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| Friday
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| (Skip to my lou)
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| Skip, skip, skip to my lou
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| Skip, skip, skip to my lou
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| Skip to my lou |