Push the Business On

folk song / traditional

Lyrics

(English folk song)

We’ll hire a horse and grab a rig;
And all the world will dance a jig;
And we will do whatever we can,
To push the business on.

To push the business on.
To push the business on.
And we will do whatever we can,
To push the business on.

Dance

Formation: Students stand in a circle with partners next to each other, all facing the center of the circle, holding hands.
Measures 1-6 – Side gallop around the circle
Measures 7-8 – Drop hands, skip in place, turning around once.
Measures 9-10 – Turn and face partner, clap three times on the lyrics “push, business on”
Measures 11-14 – Partners join hands and skip around one and a half times, each one passing on to take a new partner.