strathspey@strathspey.org:11832

Courtney Cartwright

Re: Wedding Dance Help, and +

April 28, 1998, 4:39 a.m. (Message 11832, in reply to message 11809)

Martin Sheffield wrote:
>For a 3-facing-3 dance, "Highland reel" seems to be easier to pick up than
>"Dashing white Sergeant".
>But perhaps the latter has been banned by the PC people anyway ...
>
>I hope they haven't banned the tune of that name; it has been one of my
>favorites since we danced and sang it at primary school.
>Something like:
>"Now the fiddler's ready let us all begin,
>So step it out and step it in,
>to the merry music of the violin,
>we'll dance the hours away"
Katie and Peggy and Patsy and Coll,
Callum and Peter and Flora and Moll,
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!
Dance away the hours together,
Dance till dawn be in the sky,
What care you and what care I?
Hearts abeating, spirits high, We'll Dance, Dance, Dance!


>"Dance till dawn be in the skies.
>Dance till sleep be in your eyes"
>(do whatever you like, but)
>"Dance, dance, dance."
>
>The words have nothing to do with the title, so if someone would kindly
>fill in the gaps, I'd be delighted, and I don't thnk anyone could take
>offence.
>
I beleive the copyright has just run out on the Words, which were written to
the tune by Hugh S. Roberton, but I throw myself to the floor upon the open
pages of the original book I quoted this from, "Songs of the Isles", J.
Curwen & Sons, 1950.

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Courtney Cartwright
Tucson, Arizona
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