| An Old Man is a Bed Full of Bones | |
| for a line of as many couples as will. | |
| The top and bottom men are really the only active people, so having a huge line of couples is pretty silly. I think that using 3 couples would work best, though 4 might work as well in a pinch. | |
| This dance needs a repeat structure of ((6xA)x3), or 18 repeats of the basic melody (A = 4 measures, 16 beats). | |
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | |
| Music: | Dance Tunes from Various CDs. This version (from Food of Love by Hesperus) doesn't quite work - only 13ish repeats. |
| New New Nothing by Shulamit Kleinerman - also, not enough repeats | |
| Son of Doctored Dance Stuff. Spliced Food of Love version to 18 repeats. | |
| Part 1 | |
| Verse 1, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left |
| Verse 1, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| Chorus 1, Part A | |
| 1: | Man 1 lead his partner down between the set a double. |
| 2: | Couple 1 fall back a double. |
| 3: | Man 1 lead his partner down between the set a double, all the way to the end. |
| 4: | Man 1 turn his partner and put her into the last woman's place, taking the last woman into the middle of the set. |
| Chorus 1, Part B | |
| 1: | Man 1 lead his new partner up a double. |
| 2: | Man 1 and his partner fall back a double. |
| 3: | Man 1 lead his new partner back to place. |
| 4: | Man 1 turn his new partner and put her in woman 1's place. |
| Chorus 1, Part C | |
| 1: | Man 3 lead woman 1 up a double between the set. |
| 2: | Man 3 and woman 1 fall back a double. |
| 3: | Man 3 lead woman 1 up a double to the very top. |
| 4: | Man 3 turn woman 1 all the way around and put her in her proper place, taking woman 3. |
| Chorus 1, Part D | |
| 1: | Man 3 lead his partner down the set. |
| 2: | Man 3 and his partner fall back a double. |
| 3: | Man 3 lead his partner down the set to the bottom. |
| 4: | Man 3 turn his partner all the way around and put her in her proper place. |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Side left with your partner. |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, left |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Side right with your partner. |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| Chorus 2, Parts A through D | |
| 1-16: | As Chorus 1, but cross both hands in the middle as the partners move about. |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Arm left with your partner. |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single (left). |
| Verse 3, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Arm right with your partner. |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single (right). |
| Chorus 3, Parts A through D | |
| 1-16: | As Chorus 1, but let the woman turn under your arm as you lead them back and forth, and (if willing) add a kiss at the end of each double. |