Adderbury
O = Odds
E = Evens T = Tips B = Butts G = Ground BB = Back to Back Standard sequence of steps is 2* double, 2* single, feet together and jump, 2* double, 4*caper.
Standard set of figures is
|WkR|DF|HHds|DF|PD|DF|PU|DF|HdsA|DF|WH|DF| Blue Bells of Scotland Walk round singing "Where, tell me where, has my highland laddie gone? He's gone to the wars with his tartan jockstrap on."
Standard figure set. Sticks double-handed, 1st partners, 2nd middles up, 3rd middles down; repeat
Constant Billy Walk round singing "Oh my Billy, my Constant Billy, when will I see my Billy again? When the fishes fly over the mountain, that's when I'll see my Billy again"
and during the last sticking "Billy again, Billy again, Billy again, again. Oh my Billy, my Constant Billy, when will I see my Billy again?" Standard figure set. Strike on last beat. Good King Wenceslas Walk round singing "Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even"
and during the last sticking "Brightly shone the moon that night though the frost was cruel. When a poor man came in sight Gath'ring winter fuel." Standard figure set. Strike on last beat. |OG OB OT OT|OG OB OT OT|OG OB OT OT|OG OB OT OT| Lads-a-Bunchum Walk round singing "Oh dear mother what a fool I've been, six young men came a courting me. Five were blind and the other couldn't see. Oh dear mother what a fool I've been.
|WkR|FU|DF|BB|DF|PD|DF|PU|DF|HdsA|DF|WH|DF| Strike on last beat. |OT OT OT |OB OB OB |OT OB OT OB|OT OB OT | Postman's Knock Stand and sing "Every morning as true as the clock somebody hears the postman's knock. Every morning as true as the clock somebody hears the postman's knock."
|FU|DF|HHds|DF|PD|DF|PU|DF|HdsA|DF|WH|DF| Sticks double-handed, 1st partners, 2nd middles up, 3rd middles down. Singing while sticking. |OT OT OB OB|OB OB OT OT|OT OB OT OB|OT OT | |OT OT OB OB|OB OB OT OT|OT OB OT OB|OT OT |OT | Sweet Jenny Jones Stand and sing "My Sweet Jenny Jones is the pride of Llangollen, my Sweet Jenny Jones is the girl I love best"
Strike on last beat. |OT OT OB|OT OT OB|OT OB OT|OB OT | (hold tips) |OT OT OB|OT OT OB|OT OB OT|OT | (hold tips)
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