"Skip to My Lou", the second in a series of wind band settings of familiar melodies, opens with a short introduction utilizing the opening notes of the melody, proceeding to its first full statement in the upper woodwinds.

The second presentation features the trumpets and xylophone followed by a statement in the bass instruments while the melody "Long, Long Ago" appears in the upper voices. A contrasting legato section follows, succeeded by a more rhythmic statement in woodwinds and trumpets....