WHEN IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN TEXAS    (RR 338)  MARSHALL FLIPPO

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WHEN IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN TEXAS
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR ME
GENTS STAR BY THE RIGHT, GO WALKING AROUND TONIGHT
LEFT ALLEMANDE THAT CORNER, WEAVE THE RING
WHEN IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN TEXAS
IT MIGHT LOOK JUST LIKE A SUMMER DAY
THERE MAY NOT BE SNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO
BUT IT'S A TEXAS CHRISTMAS TO ME

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HEADS PROMENADE, HALF WAY AROUND
DOWN THE MIDDLE AND DO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
SQUARE THRU FOUR HANDS, GO MOVIN RIGHT ALONG
WITH THE OUTSIDE TWO GO RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
MAKE A RIGHT HAND STAR, YOU GOTTA MOVE IT RIGHT ALONG
GIRLS TURN BACK, SWING AND PROMENADE
THERE MAY NOT BE SNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO
BUT IT'S A TEXAS CHRISTMAS TO ME

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NOW FOUR LADIES PROMENADE, GO WALKIN ROUND THE RING
GET ON BACK AND GIVE YOUR MAN A SWING
JOIN HANDS AND CIRCLE, GO MOVING RIGHT ALONG
ALLEMANDE LEFT WITH THE CORNER, WEAVE THE RING
NOW GRANDMA KEEPS CHASING, GRANDPA AROUND
TRYING TO CATCH HIM NEATH THE MISLETOE - PROMENADE
THERE MAY NOT BE SNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO
BUT IT'S A TEXAS CHRISTMAS TO ME

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FOUR LITTLE LADIES PROMENADE, ONE TIME AROUND
GET BACK HOME AND SWING YOUR PARTNERS ALL - CIRCLE LEFT
PEOPLE ON THE GO CHILDREN'S FACES ALL AGLOW
WONDERING WHAT SANTA'S GONNA BRING
YOU ALLEMANDE YOUR CORNER, COME BACK AND SWING YOUR OWN
KEEP THAT GAL AND NOW YOU'LL PROMENADE
THERE'LL BE A CHRISTMAS SCENE, IN A PLACE CALLED ABILENE
IT'LL BE A TEXAS CHRISTMAS TO ME

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HERE'S WISHING Y'ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS...MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEXAS AND ME

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FIGURE 3 AND 6 - SIDES FACE, GRAND SQUARE WHEN SANTA CROSSES OVER THE BORDER.........IT'LL SOUND A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN HE SINGS. YOU'LL HEAR THOSE TWIN FIDDLES PLAYING, CHRISTMAS SONGS WITH A TOUCH OF WESTERN SWING. SIDES SQUARE THRU FOUR (INSTRUMENTAL). SWING THAT CORNER GIRL AND PROMENADE.