Man With The Golden Thumb
(ESP 108
)
Elmer Sheffield, Jr.
OPENER
Circle left
He was sitting on his front porch pickin'
When I snuk up behind his shack
He was playing that ol beat up guitar of his
To a dog that he called Jack
Your gonna walk around your corner lady
Seesaw your own
Left allemande, then weave around the ring
He played punk and blues, folk and rock
He didn't know they had a name
Dosado, then swing that girl..promenade the ring
He took his thumb and he'd slap it numb
Say, Jack, here's how it's done
Just lay back and listen boy
To the man with the golden thumb
FIGURE
Well, the head (side) two couples, gonna promenade
You go 1/2 way round the ring
Walk into the middle & square thru 4 hands around I sing
4 hands around and then, a right & left thru & turn the girl
You're gonna veer to the left & couples circulate
Chain down the line
Square thru and go 3/4 round, swing that corner girl
Promenade her to the guitar sound
BREAK
Circle left
I used to stand there in the darkness
And I listened while he played
And til this very day I recall every lick he made
Your gonna walk around your corner lady
Seesaw your own
Left allemande, then weave around the ring
He played punk and blues, folk and rock
He didn't know they had a name
Dosado, then swing that girl..promenade the ring
He took his thumb and he'd slap it numb
Say, Jack, here's how it's done
Just lay back and listen boy
To the man with the golden thumb
CLOSER
Circle left
Well I spent alot of time in his cabin
Just him, that ole dog and me
And folks, it was there I heard the best guitar in Tennessee
Your gonna walk around your corner lady
Seesaw your own
Left allemande, then weave around the ring
He played punk and blues, folk and rock
He didn't know they had a name
Dosado, then swing that girl..promenade the ring
He took his thumb and he'd slap it numb
Say, Jack, here's how it's done
Just lay back and listen boy
To the man with the golden thumb