Goat Dance

The goat dance is traditionally a New Year's Eve ritual of fertility and fecundity, connecting the Romanian territory to the Greek antiquity and to the Oriental civilizations.

"Met a redneck on a Grecian isle, he did the goat dance very well, gave me back my smile, but he kept my camera to sell."
-Joni Mitchell
"California"
Blue, 1971

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goat dance

What Joni Mitchell does with a redneck on a Grecian Isle, as referenced in the song "California" on the album "Blue" from 1971.

"I met a redneck on a Grecian Isle. We did the Goat Dance Very Well. He gave me back my smile, but he kept my camera to sell."
-Joni Mitchell
"California"
Blue, 1971

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You can teach a goat to square dance, but that doesn’t mean he’ll like cupcakes

Life is unpredictable, strange and beautiful. Always live on the bright side of life.

Well, you know what they say “you can teach a goat to square dance, but that doesn’t mean he’ll like cupcakes”