I'm The Saftest O' The Family
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
I'm The Saftest O' The Family A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord second and third couples cross to opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same.
5- 8 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts, first lady and fourth man finish facing out.
9-16 Reels of four on own side of the set.
17-20 Second and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel; first and third couples do the same.
21-24 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
25-28 Fourth couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing up to commence, whilst first couple dance a half figure of eight round third couple, crossing down to commence.
29-32 All join hands and advance and retire.
Repeat with new end couples. Recommended tune: I'm The Saftest O' The Family
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 11, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell. Instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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