Dance The Haymakers 2820
Jig · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 4004 4004 4004 4004 4004 8888 = 37% (1 turn), 37% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Arches (ARCHES)
- Steps
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- Running
- Published in
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- Book 2 [11]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 1 to 6 (Combined A5 edition) [23]
- Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [23]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [20]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [20]
- Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [38]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [291] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [254] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [245] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- According to the RSCDS book, this is a “variation on Sir Roger de Coverley, one of the oldest country …
According to the RSCDS book, this is a “variation on Sir Roger de Coverley, one of the oldest country dances, described in many 18th and 19th century publications.”
The Haymakers
This popular 18th century dance is the Scottish version of the English “Sir Roger de Coverley” and the American “Virginia Reel”. The old Scottish tune, however, is “The Maltman” and it appears in James Johnson’s The Scots Musical Museum, Volume 5, with words by Allan Ramsay.
The maltman comes on Munanday,
He craves wonderous fair,
Cries, dame, come gi’e me my siller,
Or malt ye’ll ne’er get mair.
I took him into the pantry,
And gave hime some good cock-broo,
Syne paid him upon a gantree
As hostler wives should do.
When maltmen come for siller,
And gaugers wi’ wands o’er soon,
Wives, tak them a’ down to the cellar,
And clear them as I have done.
This bewith, when cunzie is scanty,
Will keep them frae making din.
The knack I learn’d frae an auld aunty,
The snackest of a’ my kin.
The maltman is right cunning,
But I can be as flee,
And he may crack of his winning,
When he clears scores with me.
For come when he likes, I’m ready,
But if frae hame I be,
Let him wait on our kind lady,
She’ll answer a bill for me.
Stenhouse adds: “It possesses uncommon humour, but a sort of double meaning runs through the verses, and renders them somewhat liable to objection. The lively ld air to which the words are adapted appears in Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion.”
There is a country dance, “The Maltman”, which appears in the Drummond Castle manuscript of 1734.
The Haymakers 4/4L · J48
Running step is used throughout
- 1–
- 1W+4M dance towards the centre, turn RH and return to places ; 1M+4W repeat
- 9–
- Repeat, using left hand turns
- 17–
- Repeat, using BH turns ;
- 25–
- 1W+4M dance BtoB ; 1M+4W repeat
- 33–
- 1W+4M advance {1}, curtsey/bow {1}, and retire to places {2} ; 1M+4W repeat
- 41–
- 1c followed by the other C cast off to 4pl, 1c forms arch ; 2c+3c+4c dance up under the arch (2,3,4,1)
The Haymakers 4/4L · J48
- 1-8
- 1L+4M turn RH & back to place, 1M+4L turn RH & back to place
- 9-16
- Repeat with LH turns
- 17-24
- Repeat with 2 hand turns
- 25-32
- Repeat with DoSiDo
- 33-40
- Repeat with a bow & courtesy
- 41-48
- 1s cast to bottom on own sides followed by 2s+3s+4s, form an arch & 2s+3s+4s dance under to new places
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Added on: 2013-10-03 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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