| Saint Martins | ||
| for two couples facing (square). | ||
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | ||
| Music: | Playford Re-Play’d (a somewhat old tape) | |
| Part 1 | ||
| Verse 1, Part A | ||
| 1: | Couples take inside hands and meet a double. | |
| 2: | Take two slips to the left and two slips to the right. | |
| 3: | Everyone turn single (men left, women right, moving slightly away from your opposite) | |
| 4: | Everyone turn single (opposite what you turned before, moving outward some more) | |
| Verse 1, Part B | ||
| 1: | Couples meet a double. | |
| 2: | Change places with your opposite (by both hands) | |
| 3: | Change places with your partner (by both hands - you’re now in your counterpart’s place). | |
| 4: | Turn single (men left, women right). | |
| Chorus 1, Part A | ||
| 1: | Men take a double backwards while the women turn single (left). | |
| 2: | Men change places by left hands, ending up in their normal places. | |
| 3&4: | Men turn their opposites all the way around by their right hands. | |
| Chorus 1, Part B | ||
| 1: | Women take a double backwards while the men turn single (right). | |
| 2: | Women change places by right hands, ending up in their normal places. | |
| 3&4: | Women turn their partners by the left hand all the way around. | |
| Part 2 | ||
| Verse 2, Part A | ||
| 1: | Couples meet a double. | |
| 2: | Change places with your opposite (by both hands). | |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single (left). | |
| Verse 2, Part B | ||
| 1-4: | That again. | |
| Chorus 2, Part A | ||
| 1: | Men meet a double. | |
| 2: | Women meet a double. | |
| 3: | Take hands in a circle and slip half way around (to the left). | |
| 4: | Turn single. | |
| Chorus 2, Part B | ||
| 1: | Women meet a double. | |
| 2: | Men meet a double. | |
| 3: | Take hands in a circle and slip halfway around (to the left) to your places. | |
| 4: | Turn single. | |
| Part 3 | ||
| Verse 3, Part A | ||
| 1: | Couples meet a double. | |
| 2: | Take both hands with your opposite and take two slips “out” (man’s left) and two slips back. | |
| 3&4: | Men cast off to their left and circle back to place, women following. | |
| Verse 3, Part B | ||
| 1: | Couples fall back a double. | |
| 2: | Switch with your partner (cool version - men pull women across in front of them) | |
| 3&4: | V-figure: Men begin walking a “v” into the center of the square, passing back to back, and falling back into their places; the women do the same thing a beat or two later, and making sure that there isn’t a huge crash in the process. | |
| Chorus 3, Part A | ||
| 1: | Men honor (bow). | |
| 2: | Women honor (bow). | |
| 3&4: | Everyone take right hands across (or right-hand star) and circle all the way around to place. | |
| Chorus 3, Part B | ||
| 1: | Women honor (bow) | |
| 2: | Men honor (bow). | |
| 3: | Everyone take left hands across (or left hand star) and circle half-way around. | |
| 4: | Fall abreast to the presence (at the head of the hall). | |