POLKA COUNTRY DANCE
From: How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the
latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general
use.

Whole set or duple minor staggered start.
24-bar or 32-bar polka.  (32-bar version could be wearing; recommend short
sets.)
VICTORIAN



A1: W1 and M2 set (twice) using a polka step (doublestep l, then r)
    cross [Rsh] with polka step [and loop into place]

A2: M1 and W2 the same  (all progressed and improper)

B:  Those two couples [taking ballroom position] polka down the middle and
    back to place, finishing proper and progressed.


Original text:

Dancers form two lines--ladies on the right, gentlemen on the left. Top lady
and second gentleman set a Polka step, and cross into each other's places;
second lady and top gentleman repeat same to places. The two couples polka down
the middle and back again. Same repeated till bottom couple are at top, and so
on at pleasure.