This Is No My Ain Lassie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) John W Mitchell Whetherly Book 71- 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 Diagram
Dance Information
This dance shares its title with the This Is No My Ain Lassie - Song, written by Robert Burns in 1795.Burns wrote his words for the older Scottish air This Is No My Ain House, which predates his song by many decades and was used for verses by Allan Ramsay before 1724.
In Scots, "This is no my ain lassie" means "This is not my own lassie", and Burns's song contrasts other women with the sweetheart whom the singer recognises as his own.
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 - 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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