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Step Aside
He’s kind of shy and he sings out of tune
He’s got a tattoo of his mother that no one’s ever seen
He’s a blue blood, bad boy, black sheep from Balclutha
Said: My dog’s named Trouble. I feed him when I can.
Trouble follows me. I’m a one dog man.
But tonight I’m putting on my dancing shoes for you
Ch:
Step aside. Step aside
Step aside there’s a real man coming through
Step aside. Step aside
Step aside and I’ll show you
What a real man can do.
She walks on heels six inches high.
Blood red nails and murder in her eyes.
She said: My, Oh my, Oh my where have you been?
I’ve know trouble in my time before
And you’re the kind of trouble I’ve been looking for
Move over Rover, Kitty’s moving in.
Ch: Step aside. Step aside
Step aside, girls, there’s a woman coming through
Step aside. Step aside
Step aside and I’ll show you
What a real woman can do.
The men formed a chain and the ladies did too
It wqas bow to your partner and how do you do
And he strolled over and took her by the hand
They do-si-doed and howdy and hey
Then”Change Partners!” took him away
She said: “I’m gonna dance all night till I find that man!”
Ch: Step aside. Step aside
Step aside, girls, there’s a woman coming through
Step aside. Step aside
Step aside and I’ll show you
What a real woman can do.
It was Sally Goodin and Red Haired Boy
Buffalo Girls and Soldier’s Joy
Frost on the Pumpkin and Ragtime Anne
The band was playing that Fireball Mail
As Trouble and Kitty slid off to her place
That’s the end of how it all began.

Ch: Step aside. Step aside
Step aside there’s a real man coming through
Step aside. Step aside
Step aside and I’ll show you
What a real man can do.

© Richard Dingwall 2016
This song was performed many times by the ban Valley Bluegrass between 2014 and 2015.