BLACK ROBIN Dance: David Stephens Tune: Bert Simons (The Cantii Collection) 32-bar 4-part jig,6/8, Key G longways duple minor https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/mydances/black_robin.pdf A: 1-2: First corners turn right hand 1/2. 3-4: All turn single right. 5-6: Circle four half way. [First corners home, 2nd corners swapped] 7-8: Partners set right and left. B: 1-8: As above, with second corners turning [all progresed/improper] C: 1-2: With neighbor, fall back a double 3-4: Lead forward, 1s (below) turn right hand 1/2 and face up (keeping hands joined and facing up) WHILE 2s (above) cross right shoulder and stay facing out 5-8: (mini-cast/eggbeaters) 1s lead and cast while 2s cast and lead. D 1-4: Partners back to back 5-8: Partners left hand turn. NOTE: Black Robin was a mid-18th century highwayman in the Elham Valley, south of Canterbury.