| Bobbing Joe | |
| for a line of as many couples as will. | |
| Three is as good a number as any, needing fewer repeats as well. | |
| Reconstructed by Master Trahaearn ap Ieuan (in the proceedings of KWDS4) | |
| Music: | The required repeat structure is not even - for each of the three parts, it requires AABBAA(BBx((n-1)x3)), where n = number of couples. This means that for 3 couples, that sub-repeat is 6 times, for 4, it is 9 times. |
| Needless to say, I don't have any music like that. | |
| Part 1 | |
| Verse 1, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Double forward and back. |
| Verse 1, Part B | |
| 1&2: | That again. Face your partner. |
| Verse 1, Part C | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (left). |
| Verse 1, Part D | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (right). |
| Chorus 1, Part A | |
| 1: | First couple slip down between second couple while second couple is slipping up. |
| 2: | Second couple slip down between first couple while first couple is slipping up. |
| Chorus 1, Part B | |
| 1&2: | First and second couples take hands around and circle all the way to your places. |
| (This is the progressive bit - repeat until all have returned to their starting positions) | |
| Chorus 1, Part C | |
| 1: | Man 1 snap fingers, then man 2 snap fingers. |
| 2: | Man 1 and 2 change places to the left. |
| Chorus 1, Part D | |
| 1: | Woman 1 snap fingers, then woman 2 snap fingers. |
| 2: | Woman 1 and 2 change places to the left. |
| Note: | This change works like a duple-minor change going down and back up the set with actives and passives as couple 1 and 2. With 3 couples dancing, only one will ever be acting. With more couples, more sets can be active at once. |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Side left with your partner. |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Side right with your partner. |
| Verse 2, Part C | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (left). |
| Verse 2, Part D | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (right). |
| Chorus 2, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Men 1 and 2 take hands, women 1 and 2 take hands, double back and forward. |
| Chorus 2, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Couples 1 and 2 cast off from the top and return to place. |
| (This is the progressive bit - repeat until all have returned to their starting positions) | |
| Chorus 2, Part C | |
| 1&2: | Couples 1 and 2 do 2 doubles forward to change places with their partner. |
| Chorus 2, Part D | |
| 1&2: | Take hands around, 2 doubles to circle halfway around and progress along the set. |
| Note: | Proceed as in part 1. |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Arm left with your partner. |
| Verse 3, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Arm right with your partner. |
| Verse 3, Part C | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (left). |
| Verse 3, Part D | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (right). |
| Chorus 3, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Man 1 and 2 double back and forward (away and toward their partners). |
| Chorus 3, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Woman 1 and 2 double back and forward. |
| (This is the progressive bit - repeat until all have returned to their starting positions) | |
| Chorus 3, Part C | |
| 1&2: | Men 1 and 2 change places in 2 doubles; women 1 and 2 the same at the same time. |
| Chorus 3, Part D | |
| 1&2: | Change with your partner in 2 doubles. (Hey, I didn't reconstruct this.) |
| Note: | Proceed as in parts 1 and 2. |