Dance Fly not yet 2257
Jig · 48 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 80/80/88/88/88/88 = 57% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 13 - Victory Book [8]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [8]
- Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [8]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [230] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [203] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [198] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
Fly Not Yet
Verses entitled “Fly Not Yet” were written by the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779–1852). The tune to which they were set, however, was an old melody called “Planxty Kelly”.
It is altogether possible that this was the song which inspired the dance for Moore was, next to his close friend, George Gordon, Lord Byron, the most popular poet of his age and a society personality about London. He was a singer and a musician and by fitting words to traditional folk tunes he became something of an Irish minstrel. His best known songs are “The Harp that Once through Tara’s Halls”, “'Tis the Last Rose of Summer” and “Believe me, if all those Endearing Young Charms”.
Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour,
When pleasure, like the midnight flower
That scorns the eye of vulgar light,
Begins to bloom for sons of night,
And maids who love the moon.
'Twas but to bless these hours of shade
That beauty and the moon were made;
'Tis then their soft attractions glowing
Set the tides and goblets flowing.
Oh! stay. – Oh! stay, –
Joy so seldom weaves a chain
Like this to-night, that oh! 'tis pain
To break its links so soon.
Fly not yet, the fount that play’d
In times of old through Ammon’s shade.
Though icy cold by day it ran,
Yet still, like souls of mirth, began
To burn when night was near.
And thus, should woman’s heart and looks
At noon be cold as winter brooks,
Nor kindle till the night, returning,
Brings their genial hour for burning.
Oh! stay – Oh! stay, –
When did morning ever break,
And find such beaming eyes awake
As those that sparkle here?
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Not yet | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 13. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances | LP+ | 8 | J48 8 | 6:47 | 33.9 | ||
| Fly Not Yet | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 13. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances | CD | 8 | J48 8 | 7:04 | 35.3 |
Fly not yet 2/4L · J48
- 1-8
- 1L followed by partner casts below 2s, lead up & cross back to places
- 9-16
- 1L followed by partner dances down the middle, about turn & lead back to places
- 17-24
- 1s+2s circle 4H round to left, 1s+2s Adv+Ret
- 25-32
- 1s+2s dance RH across & LH back to places
- 33-40
- 1s+2s circle 4H round to left, 1s+2s Adv+Ret
- 41-48
- 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1
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Added on: 2017-06-12 (Linda Mae Dennis)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Book 13 | Ward Fleri | Nov. 7, 2021, 2:09 a.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2116 | Fly not yet - formations | May 25, 2020, 3:48 a.m. | Bill Unger | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |