Dainty Davie
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DAINTY DAVIE (S8x16) 3C (4C set) Walsh (17C) RSCDS book 111- 8 1s clap and cross passing RSh, cast 1 place and cross RH to own sides (2s step up 2-3), 2s repeat back to places (1s step up 6-7)
9-16 1s dance Figs of 8 on opposite sides round 2s+3s and 1s cross down RH to 2nd place own sides
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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Dainty Davie is a Scottish Country Dance published by Playford in 1701 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 11 in 1936.The online websites and minicribs attribute this to Walsh in 1731, but Playford published the same figure earlier. Walsh and Playford spell the title "Dainty Davy".
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The title of this dance, Dainty Davie, comes from Dainty Davie - Poem written by Robert Burns in 1793.
Chorus
Meet me on the warlock knowe,
Dainty Davie, Dainty Davie;
There I'll spend the day wi' you,
My ain dear Dainty Davie.
This poem was based on a story published in a 1692 anti-Presbyterian propaganda pamphlet, The Scots Presbyterian Eloquence Displayed, and focusing on a preacher, David Williamson, seven times married minister of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh (died August 1706).
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The Grave Of Dainty Davie (David Williamson), St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Additional search terms: Davey, Davy.
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