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This Is No My Ain Lassie

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THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) John W Mitchell Whetherly Book 7

1- 8 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s. 1s+2s dance ½ R&L
9-16 1s+2s dance Ladies' Chain
17-24 1M+2L also 1L+2M set, turn RH (2 bars). 1s+2s set to partners and cross LH, 1s end facing 1st corners
25-32 1s turn 1st corner RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH and cross LH to own side 2nd place

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)


This Is No My Ain Lassie A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. John W. Mitchell The Whetherly Book #7

1-4 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing down to commence.
5-8 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
9-16 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
17-20 First man and second lady set and turn with the right hand, first lady and second man do the same.
21-24 First and second couples set and cross over giving left hand in passing, first couple finish facing their first corners.
25-32 First couple turn first corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand; second corners with the right hand and cross back to own side giving left hand.

Repeat from second place.

(Dance crib compiled by Alison Mitchell, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2021)


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Dance Information

The title of this dance, This Is No My Ain Lassie, comes from This Is No My Ain Lassie - Song written by Robert Burns in 1795, sung to the tune This Is No My Ain House written by Ramsay prior to 1724.

Chorus
O this is no my ain lassie,
Fair though the lassie be;
O weel ken I my ain lassie,
Kind love is in her e'e.

Written by Robert Burns for Thompson's collection, this song was dedicated to Jean Armour, his beloved wife and faithful companion right till the end of his life.

This Is No My Ain Lassie Song - Information Video

This Is No My Ain Lassie
This Is No My Ain Lassie - From Glen Collection Of Printed Music, Minstrelsy Of Scotland, Page 172


Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 7, reproduced here under this Creative Commons Attribution - NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Image from National Library Of Scotland, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

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