Merry Boys Of Greenland
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Merry Boys Of Greenland A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 8 First couple cross over giving right hand in passing and cast off into second place (second couple step up on bars 3 & 4); first couple cross down to third place on own side (third couple step up on bars 5 & 6), then first couple cast off into fourth place (fourth couple step up on bars 7 & 8).
9-16 Second and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hands; fourth and first couples do the same.
17-24 Second, third and fourth couples join both hands with partner to make arches. First lady casts up to the top on own side and dances down under the arches to fourth place whilst first man dances up to the top under the arches and casts off to fourth place.
25-32 First lady now dances up to the top under the arches and casts off to fourth place whilst first man casts up to the top and dances down under the arches to fourth place.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Merry Boys of Greenland
(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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