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"Skip To My Lou" is a song featured in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis sung by Judy Garland as Esther Smith.

Lyrics[]

Skip, skip, skip to my lou
Skip, skip, skip to my lou
Skip, skip, skip to my lou

Put on your Sunday, go to meetin'
And I'll take you by the hand
If you will be my dancin' partner
We will dance to beat the band

So join the promenade
And lead the big parade
And if you don't get home at all
Your pa will understand

Oh, choose partners, skip to my lou
Choose partners, skip to my lou
Choose partners, skip to my lou
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, shoo, shoo
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

I'll be glad to go with you
So prithee do not tarry
But if I do, it's up to you
To let me dance with Harry

Skip to my lou (Charlie)
Skip to my lou (Johnny)
Skip to my lou
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

Skip to my lou
Skip to my lou

Corner boy, buck and wing, corner girl
Ida booth by to the center and whirl
Everybody dance

Lost my partner (Skip to my lou)
Lost my partner (Skip to my lou)
Lost my partner (Skip)
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

I'll find another one prettier than you
I'll find another one prettier than you
I'll find another one prettier than you
Go to another party

Oh, I'll fly away to a neighborin' state
I don't care what my friends say
We'll dance and sing till broad daylight

I won't get home till Wednesday (Skip to my lou)
Thursday (Skip to my lou)
Friday (Skip to my lou)


v - e - d
Media
Meet Me in St. Louis (soundtrack/video)
Characters
Esther SmithTootie SmithAnna SmithAlonzo SmithAlonzo "Lon" Smith Jr.Rose SmithJohn TruittAgnes SmithLucille BallardWarren SheffieldColonel DarlyJohnny Tevis
Songs
Meet Me in St. Louis, LouisThe Boy Next DoorSkip To My LouUnder the Bamboo TreeOver the BanisterThe Trolley SongYou and IHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
See also
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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