TWO DANCE SONGS*
SUMMER DANCE SONG
See the dancers! Running turning
Watch the colors of their clothes
As they swirl across the ballroom
While the music lifts their feet
Hear the fiddles in the band
Piano, flute and dulcimers
Notice how they change the key up
See the dancers lift their feet!
June is magic in Berea
See the purple foothills shining
From the old white balcony
Of our favorite hall for dancing
Here we’ll gather memories
Of their faces happy smiling
Swiftly goes the ladies chain
Promenade now back to places
Twirl the ladies, partners all
See the harvest moon in June now
Rising gently o’er the foothills
Rising as we play our music
Seen by all the summer dancers
Gliding waltzing round the hall
Surely God has blest us all
William D. Coffey
Summer 1988
WINTER DANCE SONG*
Like the deer and fox and beaver
did I winter in the woods
All surrounded by the forest
on the hill above the lake
In the Cumberland with dancers
in the yuletide of the season
In the fellowship rejoicing
as we danced for dancing’s sake.
* * *
In the spirit of the mummers
of the fiddle, pipe and music
That so fully lift the spirit
high above the distant lake
Where we all were as the children
with their innocent example
Living fellowship of dancers
friendships formed for friendship’s sake.
* * *
Life I’ll celebrate in dancing
I’ll be found by fireside singing
With the kindred spirits ringing
dancers’ bells above the lake
Linking ancient sword tradition
in a joyful new rendition
To a marvelous fruition
of the dance for dancing’s sake.
Don Coffey
January 1990
*The rest of the story:
For Winter In The Woods 1990-91, where the staff were:
T Auxier Chris Bischoff
Iris Brown Mark Cannon
Neil Caudill Don Coffey
Pat Davis Kris Litchman
Sylvia McGirt Peter Rogers
Phyllis Rogers Sally Wilson
and
Musically featuring from Albuquerque, NM
The Boxwood Consort
Linda Askew Jack Klintworth
Bill Litchman Scott Mathis Pam Morden
and
