Saturday Night Dance Poem by Ernestine Northover

Saturday Night Dance

Rating: 4.9


Looked forward to the Saturday Night dance
We did, all dressed up to 'shine',
With winkle picker shoes, and layers of net
In our petticoats. We felt divine.

The 'hair do' backcombed to perfection,
The lipstick a bright Roman Pink,
The 10 denier stockings, were totally great,
And, that handsome Teddy Boy's wink!

Rock and roll, The Twist, The Locomotion,
Were the favourites of the day,
And then there was the 'smoochy' waltz,
When cheek to cheek, we could 'swoon' away.

You sat, until some bold young fella,
Would have the courage to ask you up,
To do 'The Jive' or the 'Cha Cha Cha',
Or to fetch you some wine to sup.

Some lads were delightful to dance with,
While others had two left feet,
But one would have to suffer them gladly,
If you wanted to, leave your seat.

Politeness would rule the evening,
And courtesy was really great,
When someone would give you a lift back home,
If the dance, went on too late.

Gone are those days of feeling feminine,
With the boys, debonair and bold,
But, Oh, it was so romantic then,
When you had a 'strong' hand to hold.

There was fun with the band playing loudly.
When being female, we dressed to 'kill',
And when men were Gents and treated us girls,
With, respect. Now that was definitely 'BRILL'!

© Ernestine Northover

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Gina Onyemaechi 23 January 2006

I could dance to this poem just as you danced to 'The Locomotion', Ernestine. Bouncy and 'beaty', and of course, so fond and happy. Regards, Gina.

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Andrew Blakemore 26 August 2009

A wonderful nostalgic trip back into the 1950's. A bit before my time thank God! Love, Andrew xx

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Will Barber 20 July 2006

This certainly carried my back to more innocent times. Of course, I was the boy with the two left feet, but the girls were kind. I remember the dances very well. One - two - chachacha! Sorry about your slippers! Brilliant write.

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Duncan Wyllie 23 April 2006

Full of happy memories from times past, very moving, especially the way that you say that the lads would treat you with such respect, a brilliant poem and I'm glad I didn't miss this one, Love Duncan

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Uriah Hamilton 23 January 2006

it sounds like a magic time.

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Hugh Cobb 23 January 2006

A good, nostalgic write. I remember those days well, myself. It brought back some memories of my mis-spent youth here in the states. A fine effort. All the best, Hugh

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