Bauldy Bain's Fiddle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BAULDY BAIN'S FIDDLE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) John Bowie Dickson Lothian Collection1- 8 1s turn RH, cast 1 place, turn LH 1½ times 2nd place opposite sides
9-16 1M casts up, crosses and casts to 2nd place own side as 1L cast down 1 place, crosses and casts up to 2nd place while 2s+3s dance RH across once round 1s turn LH 1½ times to face 1st corners positions while 2s+3s chase clockwise to opposite corners
17-24 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners and ½ reel of 4 with 2nd corners
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance 6H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Bauldy Bain's Fiddle
John Bowie Dickson Lothian Collection
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
1-4 1s turn by the right and cast;
5-8 1s turn by left 1½ times, finishing facing out on opposite sides;
9-12 1s cast to the left, cross and cast to the left again to 2nd place on own sides WHILE 2s3s right hands across, finishing in the side lines;
13-16 2s3s chase clockwise halfway round outside WHILE 1s turn by the left 1¼ times finishing facing first corner positions (1M facing 2M, 1L facing 3L);
17-20 1s half diagonal reel of 4 with first corner positions;
21-24 1s half diagonal reel of 4 with second corner positions, finishing by passing right shoulder to 2nd place on own sides;
25-32 2s1s3s 6 hands round and back.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
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This reel, Bauldy Bain's Fiddle, was dedicated by John Bowie Dickson in 1978 to John Armstrong.In the Lothian Collection the first verse of The Barn Dance - Poem by W. D. Cocker (1882-1970) is quoted.
Hey! for the music o' Baldy Bain's fiddle!
Redd up the barn, a' we'e gie ye a Reel.
In till it, noo! wit a diddle-dum-diddle,
Dod! that's the tune to pit springs in your heel.
Exactly who Bauldy Bain or Baldy Bain was, seems to be lost in time.
Fiddle Hanging On Barn Door
Image copyright [Public domain], via pxfuel.
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