New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-26
The Dance Al Fre.co.

L THE GAMEADE CLASSICAL.
Twas pleasant, ween, in the AGE Of Gold,
Mhen the lovely nymphs and the tauns so bold,
WIN t9eiaqghing Cupids, and Satyrs old,
festival dance al fresco,
"a custom, whence we may fairly trace
The outdoor dance of each rustic race
term intended OF course, to embrace
The hops that yearly in Kent take place,
Inc Maypole poka--in any case
What villagers styled the MorescoJ
The attire was soanty. ! must allow,
n ihs case Of fhe d Hy9Pn5 so airy lYow
Owes less TO the linendrapers.
Gaily tripped they--A careless ruut--
10 the pipe shrill music. cireling about
The oak, where Pan took seat, no doubt
tWhose feet had touch OF the goat--not gouU,
Presiding Ger all the espers,
And as they footed it round and round,
Each ngmph smiled sweetly, as III be bound.
On the Faun.who her lover was-and frowned
On the Satyr-whO was hirsuter.
For dancing p avs an important part
Ask any mother of match making art,
With several girls in the management,
II dancing be not down in her chart
As the port whence most of the court-ships start
And you'll find her no disputer.
But now farewell to the Classic Age
i! time we turned to the second page.
although the theme on which we engage
Is dancing, wen have skippingJ
Old Pan Gin the vulgar has gone to pot
Eauns, nympns, and satyrs-sy, scot and lot
Are long since laid BY the heels, wot,
ana IueI Iault5 ana fOlleS SQOQlA be forgot.
Since you'll not now catch them tripping.
2-THE wH1RLI5IG RosHERvILIIAN.
The dance al frescO we treas of now
Is a very different thing, trow-
For what, on what could with grace endow
The scene-saEe this skull OF Watteau2
A busting, riotous, good natured mob
OF what blood and .culturen-if given the job
OF depicting The sRht-woud cal the Snob;
With a general feeling of hob-and-nob;
And Get as much fun as you can tor your bob"
The universal motto.
As for dancing, they dance with will,
AS If they never coad get their fill
They're strong IN spirits, Il rot IN skill!
Footing IL merrtly, Jack and JILL
zach Jockey has got his jimmy.
Man and woman, and boy and girl,
Their only delight is to twist and twirl.
The field for displaying their powers Of Whirl
Would certainly be spinney
haIk the strains of the band invite
" you dance, wi me. miss ?'-" Charmed sir
And away, on "a toe" that one really might
Describe as . fantastic, but hardly light
Down the middle, and left and right
Away goes the couple praneing
The stout and slender-jhe short and tall
Uniting mady to keep mp the ball
without stop-as If, one and all,
Their lives depended on dancing!
And now and then, as they skip and Jump,
The giddy couples together bump, S''F'
With crash and smash and a Terrible thump,
For some so rapidly Rallop round
Or get so recklessy over the ground
With head,on rush, as if they were bound
Straight on, over every one else 10 pound,
That many additional charges are found
Besides the admis sion-a shilling
All, we'll The Highlander has his fling,
So let the Londoner have his swing,
To shake on the cobwebs that thckly cling
Round the Citys daily labor
If youHAre on legs of mutton fed
While your neghbor, who earns but his daily breat
Must take bis eapers with that 10 stead
You need not sheer at your neighbor.
Nay whatever judgment some people pass,
Who-themseiyes in elover-enforce, alas
On others an abstinence cen from grass,
In my opinion the working class
Hasa paramount right to its pipe and glass
And eke to its pipe and I sbor