Dance I'll mak' ye fain to follow me 3046
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- William Boag (18C) (1797)
- Intensity
- 800 800 844 866 = 54% (1 turn), 41% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 6 [10]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 1 to 6 (Combined A5 edition) [70]
- Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [34]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [48]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [312] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [277] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [269] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
I'll Mak' Ye Fain To Follow Me
William Stenhouse says in reference to “I’ll Mak’ Ye Fain to Follow Me”, “Ramsay inserted a song, by an anonymous hand, to this lively old tune, beginning ‘Adieu, for a while, my native green plains’ in the second volume of his Tea Table Miscellany; but he omitted the original song, beginning ‘As late by a soldier I chanced to pass’, now inserted in the Museum. The tune appears in Oswald’s Collection, and in many others.”
Although James Johnson did include “I’ll Mak’ You Be Fain to Follow Me” in his The Scots Musical Museum, Volume 3, 1790, and he gave no credit in the index as was usual, the song is not the original as Stenhouse states. The song published by Johnson was by Robert Burns and is called “As Late by a Sodger I Chanced to Pass” to the tune “I’ll Mak’ You Fain to Follow Me”.
As late by a sodger I chanced to pass,
I heard him courtin a bonie young lass,
“My hinny, my life, my dearest”, quo he,
“I’ll mak you be fain to follow me.”
“Gin I should follow you a poor sodger lad
Ilk ane o’ my cummers wad think I was mad.
For battles I never shall lang to see,
I’ll never be fain to follow thee.”
“To follow me, I think ye may be glad,
A part o’ my supper, a part o’ my bed,
A part o’ my bed, wherever it be.
I’ll mak you be fain to follow me.
Come try my knapsack on your back,
Alang the king’s high-gate we’ll pack;
Between Saint Johnston and bony Dundee,
I’ll mak you be fain to follow me.”
The song seems a bit inconclusive and the soldier never mentions any inducement save sharing a bit of supper, part of a bed and a heavy knapsack strapped to her back. The young lady’s companions would, indeed, think she was mad! There is no record of her reply, which could only have been, as in “The Laird of Cockpen”, “Na!”
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'll Mak' Ye Fain to Follow Me | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances | LP+ | 10 | J32 8 | 4:38 | 34.8 | ||
| I'll Mak' Ye Fain to Follow Me | Berkeley Scottish Players | Heather and Yon | LP | 6 | J32 8 | 4:35 | 34.4 | ||
| I'll Mak' Ye Fain to Follow Me | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances | CD | 10 | J32 8 | 4:38 | 34.8 |
I'll mak' ye fain to follow me 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1W casts off 2, 1M following, to 3pl opposite sides (2c+3c up) ; 1M casts up 2, 1W following, to own places (2c+3c down)
- 9–
- 1c cross RH, cast off one (2c up) ; cross LH, cast off one and lead up to 1cnrs
- 17–
- 1c set to and turn corners
- 25–
- Reels3{6} on the sides | 1c cross (2,1,3).
I'll mak' ye fain to follow me 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1L followed by 1M cast to 3rd place opposite sides, 1M followed by 1L dance back to places
- 9-16
- 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross LH, cast down round 3s & lead up to face 1st corners
- 17-24
- 1s set & turn 1st corners, set & turn 2nd corners
- 25-32
- 1s dance reels of 3 on sides giving LSh to 1st corners & cross to 2nd place own sides
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge 2023 - Wednesday - High Impact Class | 2023-07-05 | Cynthia West | July 17, 2023, 4:23 p.m. |
| Failte Dance 2022 | 2022-12-03 | Chandi McCracken-Holm | Sept. 17, 2022, 4:53 a.m. |
| 170729 w2 Saturday – St A. – Younger Hall | 2017-07-29 | Martina Mueller-Franz | April 14, 2017, 7:52 a.m. |
| 170812 w4 Saturday – St A. – Younger Hall | 2017-08-12 | Martina Mueller-Franz | April 14, 2017, 7:57 a.m. |
| 170808 w4 Tuesday – St A. – Common Room | 2017-08-08 | Martina Mueller-Franz | April 14, 2017, 7:55 a.m. |
| 170725 w2 Tuesday – St A. – Common Room | 2017-07-25 | Martina Mueller-Franz | April 14, 2017, 7:51 a.m. |
| Chiswick - 2 February 2020 Burns Night Dance | 2020-02-02 | James Wilson | Jan. 6, 2020, 5:26 p.m. |
| RSCDS Summer School 2017 Week 4 - Saturday Programme | 2017-08-12 | Andrew Locke | July 21, 2017, 12:11 a.m. |
| RSCDS Summer School 2017 Week 4 - Tuesday Programme | 2017-08-09 | Andrew Locke | July 20, 2017, 11:55 p.m. |
| Skus Dubh Mon 13 Feb | 2023-02-13 | Joana Stausberg | Feb. 12, 2023, 12:10 p.m. |
| PWI Ball 2019 | 2019-07-07 | Melissa Shaner | Oct. 17, 2023, 9:40 p.m. |
| RSCDS Twin Cities End of Year Social Dance 2023 | 2023-05-15 | Chandi McCracken-Holm | April 10, 2023, 5:15 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball Brunch Dance 2000 | 2000-03-26 | Andy Peterson | April 1, 2018, 4:47 a.m. |
| Valentine's Day | Lara Friedman-Shedlov | Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m. | |
| St. Columba's Valentine Dance | 2018-02-11 | ellen ternes | Jan. 24, 2018, 11:33 p.m. |
| Skua Dubh Bonn | 2023-02-13 | Joana Stausberg | Feb. 6, 2023, 4:42 p.m. |
| Mary and Bruce - A Wedding Ball - 1990 | 1990-05-28 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 7, 2018, 2:38 a.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 2003-2004 | 2003-12-31 | Andy Peterson | April 1, 2018, 11:11 p.m. |
| Greenbelt Valentines Day dance | 2018-02-11 | Amy Page | Feb. 4, 2018, 9:02 p.m. |
| New List | Scott Marsalis | Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m. | |
| Darmstadt_2016_01_18 | 2016-01-18 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Jan. 17, 2016, 11:31 p.m. |
| Capital Weekend 2017 Welcome Dance | 2017-06-23 | ellen ternes | April 5, 2017, 12:46 a.m. |
| 20160220_Midwinter_Ball_Freiburg_2016 | 2016-02-20 | Kirsten Steinbach | Nov. 16, 2015, 8:17 p.m. |
| Headington Burns Programme | 2019-01-24 | Sandra McLevy | Jan. 11, 2019, 7:56 p.m. |
| Twin Cities Grand Ball 2011 | 2011-04-09 | Janet McKernan | Sept. 9, 2020, 11:46 p.m. |
| BMC 09/18/2019 | 2019-09-18 | Justin Giacoletti | Sept. 16, 2019, 1:03 a.m. |
| RSCDS Book 6 | Ward Fleri | March 20, 2021, 9:56 p.m. | |
| Saint-Petersburg - Schiehallion - Last Dancing of the Season | 2016-06-09 | Ekaterina Iarmarkina | June 7, 2016, 10:10 p.m. |
| Tamburin Stuttgart e.V. - Burns Night Programm, 25. Januar 2020 | 2020-01-25 | Klaus Mettler | Nov. 15, 2019, 9:49 a.m. |
| DSA 2023 - St.Petersburg (Russia) | 2023-12-02 | Sergey Kargapoltsev | Oct. 3, 2023, 10:30 a.m. |
| Berkeley Scottish Dancers Holiday Party ~ 14 Dec 2019 | 2019-12-14 | Charlotte Greig | Nov. 25, 2019, 4:37 p.m. |
| 2019-01.26 Burns Night Tamburin Stuttgart | 2019-01-26 | Gwen Paterson-Traxler | Nov. 17, 2018, 7:29 p.m. |
| Munich Burns Dance 2017 | 2017-02-04 | Rita Reil | Dec. 19, 2016, 12:33 p.m. |
| Saint-Petersburg classes with Catherine Livsey - Social Dancing 1 | 2017-02-23 | Sergey Kargapoltsev | Feb. 6, 2017, 8:40 a.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 1998-1999 | 1998-12-31 | Andy Peterson | Nov. 26, 2018, 12:41 a.m. |
| Tamburin Stuttgart Mittwoch Class | 2018-10-24 | Meinhard Reiser | May 10, 2019, 5:42 p.m. |
| Pinewoods 2019 Scottish Session 1 | Charles Liu | March 17, 2019, 10:55 p.m. | |
| Beginners Class #10 | 2022-11-22 | Sarah Ferguson | Aug. 29, 2023, 4:25 p.m. |
| Summer School 2017: Week 2 Social Dances | 2017-07-23 | Yannick Versley | June 7, 2017, 10:35 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogamany 1991 - 1992 | 1991-12-31 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 6, 2018, 9:51 p.m. |
| Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2022 | Jamie McDougall | May 23, 2022, 5:18 p.m. |
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