Skip to My Lou 
This dance song was popular when Abraham  Lincoln was a boy.
“Lou” is the American version  of the Scottish word “loo” which means love. 

Find a partner, skip to my Lou, 
Find a partner, skip to my Lou, 
Find a partner, skip to my Lou, 
Skip to my Lou my darling. 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. 
Skip to my Lou my darling. 

Swing your partner, skip to my Lou 
Swing your partner, skip to my Lou, 
Swing your partner, skip to my Lou, 
Skip to my Lou my darling. 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. 
Skip to my Lou my darling. 

​Flies in the buttermilk, “Shoo fly, shoo!”
Flies in the buttermilk, “Shoo fly, shoo!” 
Flies in the buttermilk, “Shoo fly, shoo!” 
Skip to my Lou, my darling. 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip skip, skip to my Lou, 
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. 
​Skip to my Lou my darling.