| Dull Sir John | ||||||||||
| for a square of numbered couples (2 is to the right of 1, etc) | ||||||||||
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | ||||||||||
| Music: | Shepheards Holyday by the Wandering Hands | |||||||||
| Part 1 | ||||||||||
| Verse 1, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Couple 1 lead in a double | |||||||||
| 2: | Couple 1 cast off and circle to your places, man 1 between couple 2, and woman 1 between couple 4 | |||||||||
| 3: | Couple 3 lead in a double | |||||||||
| 4: | Couple 3 cast off and circle to your places, man 3 between couple 4 and woman 3 between couple 2 | |||||||||
| Verse 1, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1: | Couple 2 lead in a double | |||||||||
| 2: | Couple 2 cast off and circle to your places, man 2 between couple 3 and woman 2 between couple 1 | |||||||||
| 3: | Couple 4 lead in a double | |||||||||
| 4: | Couple 4 cast off and circle to your places, man 4 between couple 1 and woman 4 between couple 3 | |||||||||
| Chorus 1, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 1 and man 3 change places across the middle of the square (don't go all the way to the other's places, though) | |||||||||
| 2: | Woman 1 and woman 3 change places the same | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Couples 1 and 3 take hands around (or across) and circle back to your places in two doubles, falling back into the square at the end | |||||||||
| Chorus 1, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 2 and 4 change places across the middle, as above | |||||||||
| 2: | Woman 2 and 4 change places the same | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Couples 2 and 4 take hands around (or across) and circle back to your places in two doubles. Note: as they fall back into the square, stand so that the men are behind the women. | |||||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||
| Verse 2, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Couples 1 and 3 will switch places as follows: Couple 1 will split and man 1 will pass through couple 2 as they stand perpendicular to his path, woman 1 passing through couple 4; couple 3 just walks through the middle of the square | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Switch back with couple 3 passing through the evens, and couple 1 walking through the middle Note: end up with the men behind the women, as the evens did | |||||||||
| Verse 2, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Couples 2 and 4 switch with couple 2 passing through the odds while couple 4 walks through the middle | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Switch back with couple 4 passing through the odds as couple 2 walks through the middle. Note: return to the man-behind position at the end | |||||||||
| Chorus 2, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1-4: | The odds hey in the line they are standing in, the women starting, completing the full exchange twice if possible. At the end, return to the normal square positioning. | |||||||||
| Chorus 2, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1-4: | The evens hey as the odds did, and return to the normal square positioning at the end | |||||||||
| Part 3 | ||||||||||
| Verse 3, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | All of the men cast off behind their partner and circle into the man's spot one place to the right | |||||||||
| 3&4: | All of the women do the same, casting off behind the person next to them into the woman's spot one place to their left | |||||||||
| Verse 3, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Men cast off again, ending up on the opposite side of the square from where they started | |||||||||
| 3&4: | Women do the same, ending up with their partner | |||||||||
| Chorus 3, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Couples 1 and 3 do-si-do each other, passing right shoulders, ending up right in front of each other in the middle of the square | |||||||||
| 3: | Change places by the right hand with your corner | |||||||||
| 4: | Change places with your partner by the left hand and fall back into your starting positions in the square | |||||||||
| Chorus 3, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Couples 2 and 4 do-si-do each other, passing right shoulders, ending up right in front of each other in the middle of the square | |||||||||
| 3: | Change places by the right hand with your corner | |||||||||
| 4: | Change places with your partner by the left hand and fall back into your starting positions in the square | |||||||||