Hillbilly Rock  (VEN 1116)  Mel Wilkerson  (Marty Stuart) 1989

VARIOUS

OPENER

Circle Left

It came from Mississippi, and down in Alabam

Creeping like a fever, all across the land

Left Allemande your corner, do a DoSaDo

Left Allemande your corner, then you Weave you know

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum

Swing your girl around & Promenade her home

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

FIGURE 1 BASIC

Heads Square Thru 4, DoSaDo

Swing Thru, Boys Run Right, Couples Circulate

Girls Trade, Bend the Line, Pass the Ocean

All 8 Circulate, Swing corner & Promenade

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

FIGURE 2 MAINSTREAM

Heads Square Thru 4, Split the outside and Separate around 1

Pass the Ocean Swing Thru, Recycle

Left Tch. 1/4, Boys Fold, Girls Turn Thru

Star Thru, Couples Circulate

keep going and Promenade home

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

FIGURE 3 PLUS

Heads Square Thru 2, Swing Thru,

Girls Fold, Peel the Top, Right and Left Thru

Load the Boat, Dixie Grand

Allemande Left, Swing and Promenade

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

FIGURE 4 A1

Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate

Chain Reaction, Boys Run and Roll

Girls 1/4 In and Square Thru 3, Pass In Twice, ** Boys Left Arm Turn 3/4

Pick up Corner and Promenade

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

 

** Boys Left Turn Thru, Swing and Promenade

MIDDLE BREAK

Sides Face Grand Square

(musical interlude 32 beats)

4 Ladies Promenade inside that floor

Get on home and Swing and Promenade once more

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doing a little thing called the hillbilly rock

ALTERNATE MIDDLE BREAK

Sides Face Grand Square

Way back in old Kentucky, where the bluegrass grows

Through the Carolinas, on them red dirt roads

Burnin' like a fire, runnin' wild in the woods

From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good

4 Ladies Promenade inside that floor

Get on home and Swing and Promenade once more

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doing a little thing, called the hillbilly rock

CLOSER

Circle Left

So when the heat starts risin' & you gotta blow some steam

Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean

Left Allemande your corner, do a DoSaDo

Left Allemande your corner, then you Weave you know

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum

Swing your girl around & Promenade her home

Keeping up the rhythm, steady as a clock

Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

ORIGINAL LYRICS

It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam
Creepin' like a fever all across the land
From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore
The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee
Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953
Just as long as it's greasy, as long as it's fast
As long as it's pumpin' honey, it's gonna last

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows
Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads
Burnin' like a fire runnin' wild in the woods
From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

So when the heat starts to risin' and you gotta blow some steam
Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean
The juke joint's jumpin', when that cat goes on
The whole place is shakin', there's a something goin' on

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock