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. And this version is very close to Wilson's "Treasures of Terpsichore" (1816) except that he makes it a triple minor, so it's down the middle and back, cast off to middle place, circle with the 2s above you.