Dance Willie's Rare and Willie's Fair 7173
Jig · 48 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 440 888 888 800 808 880 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - 16b mirror, crossing (Gates of E) (REEL;DOUBLE;GE;R3;)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Miss Milligan's Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances [77]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [99]
- Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume II [38]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [744] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [683] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [648] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
Willie's Rare And Willie's Fair
Willy's rare, and Willy's fair, And Willy's wond'rous bonnie; And Willy heght to marry me, Gin e'er he marry'd ony. Yestreen I made my bed fu' brade, The night I'll make it narrow; For a' the live lang winter's night, I lie twin'd of my marrow. O came you by yon water side, Pu'd you the rose or lily; Or came you by yon meadow green, Or saw you my sweet Willy? She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him brad and narrow; Sine in the clifting of a craig, She found him drown'd in Yarrow. To this very old and anonymous song William Stenhouse supplied an additional stanza that had been omitted from William Thomson's *Orpheus Caledonius*, Volume 2, of 1733. She's taen three links o' her gowden locks; That hung down lang and yellow, She's tied them about sweet Willy's waist, And drawn him out of Yarrow.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.
Recordings whose titles are in
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie's Rare and Willie's Fair | Muriel Johnstone's Band | Dance Through The Miscellanies - Second Part | CD | 3 | J48 8 | 7:08 | 35.7 | ||
| Willie's Rare and Willie's Fair | Muriel Johnstone's Band | A Dancer's Miscellany Vol III | MC | 4 | J48 8 | 7:08 | 35.7 |
Willie's Rare and Willie's Fair 3/4L · J48
1– : 1M+2W set advancing and turn RH, 1W+2M repeat 9– : Reels3 on opposite sides (1c cross down) 17– : Reels3 on own side, 1c crossing back 25– : 1c set, cross RH, cast off one (2c up), cross LH 33– : 1c+3c circle4 L and back 41– : 2c+1c R&L.
Willie's Rare and Willie's Fair 3/4L · J48
1-8 : 1M+2L set & turn RH, 1L+2M set & turn RH 9-16 : 1s dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides 17-24 : 1s dance reflection reels of 3 on own sides 25-32 : 1s set, cross RH, cast 1 place & cross LH 33-40 : 1s+3s circle 4H round & back 41-48 : 2s+1s dance R&L
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Added on: 2020-02-09 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday class party-20200131 | Unknown | 2020-01-31 | Ward Fleri | Jan. 24, 2020, 7:53 a.m. |
| San Diego 45th Anniversary Ball | Unknown | 2020-03-07 | Ward Fleri | Jan. 28, 2020, 9:50 p.m. |
