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I wrote this for about my Uncle Murray for his 70th birthday. He has long been a square dance caller and accomplished horseman.

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The Caller
Sean McGaughey © August 12, 2019 ¾ country waltz in C

C C/B Am Am/G
He packs up the pickup with boxes of records,
F G
a pair of turntables, and a PA
C C/B Am Am/G
He sets out early across the prairies
F F G G7
To a Village Hall dance at the end of the day.

Chorus:
F C
Bow to your partner, Bow to your corner
F C
Allemande left, circle right.
F C C/B Am
Dosado, with your partner
G G C
and promenade on home.


He rides the foothills six legged,
Connected as brothers, horse and man
If a square can be made among the riders
He calls a horseback dance, out on the land.

Chorus

Bridge
G
When the high school boys
Am
were playing Be-bop-a-lua
G Am
He was down in the basement, honing his craft.
G Am Am/G
For fifty years, he’s travelled the highways
F G G7
Ready when anybody wants to dance.

Chorus

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from Year With No Spring (2020 Yearbook), released January 4, 2021
Sean McGaughey: Vocals, composition, BIAB programming.

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result.
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