Lady Mary Ramsay
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lady Mary Ramsay A thirty-two bar Strathspey for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 8 First man casts behind second man on bars 1-4, crosses over to the ladies' side and casts up to finish in his partner's place. Meanwhile second lady casts up on bars 1-4, crosses over to the men's side and casts off to finish in her partner's place. On bars 5-8 first lady and second man dance back to back, but finish with first lady in second place and second man in first place, both on their own sides.
9-16 Repeat bars 1-8, first lady following second lady's track and second man following first man's track, whilst on bars 13-16 their partners dance back to back to finish with first man in second lady's place and second lady in first man's place.
17-20 First and second couples set and cross over giving right hand in passing.
21-24 First and second couples dance back to back with their partners.
25-32 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Lady Mary Ramsay
Editor's note to the 2020 edition The phrasing given in bars 1-8 wasn't specified in the original, a cast in four bars is suggested.
(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 6, 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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