COUNTRY BUMPKIN
Proper ceilidh version, viz Michael Barraclough's.
SIX COUPLE LONGWAYS SET
Tunes: 32-bar whatever.


A1: Lines go forward and back.

    Men make an arch, forward and cross, turn to face in (all improper).

A2: All clap while ones gallop to bottom and back to the top.

B1&2: 1s face partner, others face up.
      1s pull by right to start progressive grand chain.  When 1s meet
      at bottom, they make an arch.

      Everyone else: when you run out of people in the chain, go down the
      outside, meet partner, lead up the middle, and swing if there's time.

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Country Bumpkin
Formation: Longways set of 4 couples
Music: 32 bar 6/8 tunes at 60-62 bars/min.
Regency!  Ceilidh!

4    Top lady sets twice to second man
4    Top lady two-hand-turns 3rd man once around & returns to place
4    Top man sets twice to second lady
4    Top man two-hand-turns 3rd lady once around & returns to place
4    Lead down:  top couple skip-change-of-step to bottom of set, holding
           inside hands
4    Top couple cast out and up back to place.
4    Top 2 couples & bottom 2 couples circle left to place, 
     in 2 small circles of 4
4    Top couple cast off on own side, rejoin set as bottom couple.

Repeat three times.

Notes: This version was published in 1809. The original tune was a common
Scottish tune used for many dances in the 18th century. The Sydney Gazette of
1803 mentions this dance having been done at a wedding. This particular version
of the dance suits the comment "the fair bride led down the Country Bumpkin". A
dance with the same name is done in Britain today, but bears little resemblance
to this one. See Thomas Green's Barn Dance site.