Twa Sparkling Een
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
TWA SPARKLING EEN (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Iain Boyd1- 8 1s dance reels of 3 on own sides (between 2s to start)
9-16 1s dance down between 2s and cast back to places, lead down between 2s (2s step up) and cast up round 3s to 2nd place own side
17-24 1s dance RH across (1L with 2s and 1M with 3s) and pass RSh to dance LH across with other couple
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
"Twa Sparkling E'en" is Scots for "two sparkling eyes".This dance takes its title from a recurring phrase in the The Lass Of Cessnock Banks - Song, written by Robert Burns in 1780.
Throughout the song Burns describes the appearance of the young woman, with most stanzas ending with a reference to her "twa sparkling, rogueish een".
On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells;
Could I describe her shape and mien;
Our lasses a' she far excels,
An' she 's twa sparkling, rogueish een.
The Lass Of Cessnock Banks Song - Information Video
Twa Sparkling Een
Two Sparkling Eyes
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