My Mither's Aye Glow'rin' Owre Me
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
MY MITHER'S AYE GLOW'RIN' OWRE ME (J8x32) 2C (4C set) Hugh Foss Dances To Song Tunes1- 8 1s+2s advance and retire, dance ½ R&L
9-16 1s+2s set, 1s cast up, cross RH while 2s turn RH moving down to 2nd place opposite sides, 1s+2s set. 1(2)
17-24 1s dance in, turn away and cast 1 place (4 bars), turn RH once round, cast back to 1st place
25-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s, 1s+2s dance ½ R&L
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
This dance shares its title with the My Mither's Aye Glow'rin' Owre Me - Song, written by the Scottish poet Allan Ramsay (1686–1758) and published in The Tea-Table Miscellany in 1724.The title is Scots for "My mother is always watching over me". The song is voiced by a young woman who complains that her mother's constant supervision interferes with her courtship.
My mither's aye glow'rin' owre me,
Though she did the same before me;
I can - na get leave
To look at my love,
Or else she'd be like to de - vour me.
Printed Music From Lyric Gems Of Scotland
Image from (cropped) National Library Of Scotland, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.