Oh they danced on the ceiling
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And they danced on the wall
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At the Gandy Dancer's ball
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Hey! Swing around, Swing around,
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing the pretty girl round
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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The Gandy Dancer is a railroad man
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And his work is never done
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With his pick and his shovel and his willing hands
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He makes the railroad run
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There's Macanaw Mack and Toledo Jack
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And the boys from Idaho
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And the Frisco kid and Saginaw Sid
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And good old Cotton-eyed Joe
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Oh they danced on the ceiling
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And they danced on the wall
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At the Gandy Dancer's ball
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Hey! Swing around, Swing around,
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing the pretty girl round
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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The boys will gather at the great affair
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The Gandy Dancer's ball
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A-kissin' their ladies with perfumed hair
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And prancin' round the hall
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They got the biggest band in all the land
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And the rhythm rocks the room
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And they holler out with a mighty shout
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When the big bass drum goes boom
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Oh they danced on the ceiling
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And they danced on the wall
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At the Gandy Dancer's ball
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Hey! Swing around, Swing around,
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing the pretty girl round
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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The railroads bring `em to the great affair
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The Gandy Dancer's ball
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An' every line is represented there
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The big ones and the small
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There's the MKT and the old SP
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And the Lee High Valley too
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The C and J and the Santa Fe
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The Southern and the Sioux
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Oh they danced on the ceiling
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And they danced on the wall
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At the Gandy Dancer's ball
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Hey! Swing around, Swing around,
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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Swing around, Swing around
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Swing around the Jimmy John
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Swing the pretty girl round
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The Jimmy, Jimmy John
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They danced all day
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And they danced all night
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They all danced till the broad daylight
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At the Gandy Dancer's ball
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(Swing around, swing around
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Swing around, swing around
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The Jimmy John)
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The Gandy Dancer's Ball
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| Frankie Laine |
