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Mr. Dolly

Tune: George Green's College Hornpipe, by George Green
Set: 4 dancers; 21“ (short) or 28 ¼” (medium) sticks; skipping (single steps)
Source: Red Stags / Andy Anderson
Chorus: clash G-G-PPP¹⁾ [low], R-L-PPP [high], repeat
Figures: cross & swing, J-loops, mini-brook, dragon's bane, rounds (with sounds) & off

Detailed Description

Chorus

This dance can be done with one stick or two sticks in parallel.

bar 1: tap the ground to the left of your partner (G_L), then the ground to the right of your partner (G_R).
bar 2: clash forehand 3x with your partner (P^F-P^F-P^F). (Red Herring clashes low; most sides in the Eastern US and Canada clash high)
bar 3: clash backhand with the person diagonally to your right (R^B), then forehand with the person diagonally to your left (L^F)
bar 4: clash backhand 3x with your partner (P^B-P^B-P^B).

Repeat.

Figures

Tune

X:1
T:George Green's College Hornpipe
T:(Mr. Dolly)
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=114
C:George Green
R:hornpipe
K:G
%%partsfont Times-Bold 16.0
%%MIDI channel 1
%%MIDI control 7 100	% volume = 100
%%MIDI program 41       % General MIDI violin
%%MIDI transpose 0
%%MIDI gchordoff
P:A
|: (3(DEF) |\
%%setbarnb 1
G>BA>G F2 (3(DEF) | G>BA>G F2d2 | c>BA>G F>DE>F |1\
A>GF>E D2 :|2 G2B2 G2 ||
P:B
G>A |\
%%setbarnb 6
B2d2 B2d2 | e>dc>B c4 | c>BA>G F>DE>F | A>GF>E D2 (3(DEF) |
G>BA>G F2 (3(DEF) | G>BA>G F2d2 | c>BA>G F>DE>F | G2 B2 G4 |]

¹⁾

G = ground; P = partner; L = left; R = right