Sting & Snow Records 286 Long Drive, South Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0HZ, U.K. sting@stingproductions.co.uk
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK – CLOSER
SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE:
We're busy doing nothing - working the whole day through
Trying to find lots of things not to do
We're busy going nowhere - isn't it just a crime?
We'd like to be unhappy but - we never do have the time!
All FOUR LADIES, PROMENADE - once inside the ring
Get back home and SWING and PROMENADE with him
We're busy going nowhere, isn't it just a crime?
We'd like to be unhappy but we never do have the time!
FIGURE
The HEAD two couples you PROMENADE a HALFWAY ‘round you go
Walk right in SQUARE THRU FOUR hands ‘round you know
All the way around and then you do a RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
– – PASS THRU, TRADE BY, STAR THRU
SQUARE - THRU - THREE hands walking around and then
SWING your Corner Girl and you PROMENADE the ring
We're busy going nowhere, isn't it just a crime?
We'd like to be unhappy but we never do have the time!
TAG: SWING YOUR GIRL -
We'd like to be unhappy but - we never do have - we never do have
- we never do have - we never do have the time!
Original Lyrics:
We're
busy doing nothing, working the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do.
We're busy going nowhere, isn't it just a crime ?
we'd like to be unhappy but we never do have the time.
I have to watch the river to see that it doesn't stop,
and stick around the rosebuds so they'll know when to pop.
Better keep those crickets cheerful, they're really a solemn bunch,
Hustle, bustle and only an hour for lunch.
I have to wake the sun up – he’s liable to sleep all day
And then inspect the rainbows so they’ll be bright and gay
I must rehearse the songbirds to see that they sing in key
Hustle, bustle - and never a moment free
I have to meet a turtle, I’m teaching him how to swim,
then I have to shine the dew-drops, they're looking rather dim.
I told my friend the robin I’d buy him a brand new vest.
Hustle, bustle - I never have time to rest.