| Cuckolds All A Row | ||
| for two couples facing (square). | ||
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | ||
| Music: | On a May Morn, by the St Marks Consort (too many repeats, but works otherwise). | |
| Part 1 | ||
| Verse 1, Part A | ||
| 1: | Couples take inside hands and meet a double. | |
| 2: | Fall back a double. | |
| Verse 1, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | That again. | |
| Chorus 1, Part A | ||
| 1: | Everyone turn half way around in four beats (men turn to their left, women turn to their right). | |
| 2: | Everyone turn half way around in the opposite direction (so that is isn’t just a slow turn single). | |
| 3&4: | “Do-si-do” your corner, passing right shoulders (circle them but always face forward). | |
| Chorus 1, Part B | ||
| 1: | Face your partner, and do the “back to back” figure to them (turning opposite ways). | |
| 2: | “Faces again” (turning back in the opposite direction). | |
| 3&4: | “Do-si-do” your partner. | |
| Part 2 | ||
| Verse 2, Part A | ||
| 1&2: | Side with your partner (to the left, lining up right shoulders). | |
| Verse 2, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | Side with your opposite (to the right, lining up left shoulders). | |
| Chorus 2, Part A | ||
| 1: | Men switch places through the center of the square. | |
| 2: | Women switch places through the center of the square. | |
| 3&4: | Everyone take hands in a circle, and slip clockwise (to the left) back to place. | |
| Chorus 2, Part B | ||
| 1: | Women switch places through the center of the square. | |
| 2: | Men switch places through the center of the square. | |
| 3&4: | Everyone take hands in a circle and slip counterclockwise (to the right) back to place. | |
| Part 3 | ||
| Verse 3, Part A | ||
| 1&2: | Arm with your partner (right arms, circle to the left) | |
| Verse 3, Part B | ||
| 1&2: | Arm with your opposite (left arms, circle to the right) | |
| Chorus 3, Part A | ||
| 1: | Men take their opposite woman by both hands and “push” them back a double. | |
| 2: | Men “pull” their opposites as they fall back, angling both maneuvers to end up in their partner’s place. | |
| 3&4: | 3 & 4: Men cast off to their right (women following) and circling back to their (wrong) places. | |
| Chorus 3, Part B | ||
| 1: | Men “push” their opposites back a double. | |
| 2: | Men “pull” their opposites as they fall back a double, angling to end up in their proper place. | |
| 3&4: | Men cast off to their left (women following) and circling back to their places. | |