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II. Will you come and play with me, Clap our hands, cry one, two, three, We will skip so merrily, Clap our hands, cry one, two, three.
III. Let us play now in a ring, Join our hands, together sing. All to the right the circle swing, Play together while we sing.
IV. Hands we reach out to each other, Then change places with another, Once again we join our lover, Let us skip to the right.
V. Now we bend our backs and bow low, All to bend they must learn how, so, Pass beneath the arches now, go, Find our place beyond them.
FORMATION: Partners facing in two lines, four steps between. Two couples form a group.
Verse 1 I. Men shake right hands four times; left hands four times; women do the same. Men turn to women and repeat hand shaking.
Verse 2 II. Clap own hands, clap right hands with partner, own hands, left with partner, own hands, both with partner, own hands three times. Group of four, hands joined, eight running sidesteps clockwise, eight counter-clockwise.
Verse 3
III. Partners, shoulder-hip position, eight hop-steps counterclockwise, around on spot; eight clockwise with stamp on last count*
Verse 4
IV. Men and women walk toward each otiier ami stamp cm first count. Men give right hand to partner; odd and even men, odd and even women take each others' left hands, progressing as in grand right and left Now players are facing own partners; take right hands and cross over, so that men and women stand In original lines, but couples one and two have changed places.
Verse 5 V. Men make arches, women pass under. The lines have changed places, but the players have not changed positions. Women make arches, mem pass under. lines have changed places again, but position of couples remains the same. If there are six couples, they now stand as follows, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5. Next time couples 1 and 4, 5 and 6 dance together while 2 and 5 do not dance, If there is an uneven number, each time there is only one extra couple which changes from foot to head couple. |
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