| Jack a Lent | |
| for a line of three couples. | |
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr. | |
| This dance has six parts, each with different repeat requirements. | |
| Part 1 takes six full repeats of the music, once for each person dancing | |
| Part 2 requires the chorus to be repeated three times, while parts 3 and 4 need six repeats of the chorus music | |
| Part 5 just needs one full repeat of the music, and part 6 is back to the three chorus repeat | |
| Music: | English Country Dance Tunes for Dulcimer, Volume 1, by Mark Gilston - not enough repeats |
| Son of Doctored Dance Tunes - the above, patched together into the correct structure | |
| Part 1 | |
| Verse 1, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 1, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 1 | |
| 1: | Man 1 changes places with woman 2 in a double |
| 2: | Man 1 turns single |
| 3: | Man 1 changes places with man 3 |
| 4: | Man 1 turns single |
| Repeats: | After leading up and back twice, woman 1 does the same set of changes |
| This gets repeated four more times, until everyone is back where they started | |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 2, first repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 1 change places (cross over) in a double |
| 2: | Couple 1 fall into couple 2's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| 3: | Couple 1 change places in a double |
| 4: | Couple 1 fall into couple 3's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| Chorus 2, second repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 2 (at the top of the line) change places (cross over) in a double |
| 2: | Couple 2 fall into couple 2's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| 3: | Couple 2 change places in a double |
| 4: | Couple 2 fall into couple 3's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| Chorus 2, third repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 3 (at the top of the line) change places (cross over) in a double |
| 2: | Couple 3 fall into couple 2's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| 3: | Couple 3 change places in a double |
| 4: | Couple 3 fall into couple 3's place by doubling around the outside of them |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 3, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 3, first repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 1 and couple 2 switch by going under couple 2's arms |
| 2: | Couple 1 and couple 3 switch by couple 3 going under their arms |
| 3: | Couple 1 turns and switches back with couple 3 by going under their arms |
| 4: | Couple 1 returns to place by couple 2 going under their arm |
| Chorus 3, second repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, but couple 1 is the only one that stays at the bottom - the rest go between them so that couple 2 is in couple 1's place, etc. |
| Chorus 3, third repeat | |
| 1-4: | Couple 2 does the sort-of-hey, going under couple 3 and "over" couple 1, then back the other way. |
| Chorus 3, fourth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, couple 2 remaining at the bottom, couple 3 becoming the new couple 1, etc |
| Chorus 3, fifth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Couple 3 does the sort-of-hey, going under couple 1 and "over" couple 2, then back the other way. |
| Chorus 3, sixth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, couple 3 remaining at the bottom and the rest returning to their proper places in the order |
| Part 4 | |
| Verse 4, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 4, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 4, first repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 1 double down to stand before couple 3 |
| 2: | Man 1 turn man 3, woman 1 turn woman 3, each in the same double |
| 3: | Couple 1 turn and take the respective people in couple 2 and turn them, each in the same double |
| 4: | Couple 1 return to their places at the top of the line in a double |
| Chorus 4, second repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, but couple 1 is the only one that stays at the bottom - the rest go between them so that couple 2 is in couple 1's place, etc. |
| Chorus 4, third repeat | |
| 1-4: | Couple 2 (at the top of the line) does the same as couple 1 did - double down, turn the last couple, turn the middle couple, double back to place |
| Chorus 4, fourth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, couple 2 remaining at the bottom, couple 3 becoming the new couple 1, etc |
| Chorus 4, fifth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Couple 3 (at the top of the line) does the same as the other couples did - double down, turn the last couple, turn the middle couple, double back to place |
| Chorus 4, sixth repeat | |
| 1-4: | Cast off to invert the line, couple 3 remaining at the bottom and the rest returning to their proper places in the order |
| Part 5 | |
| Verse 5, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 5, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 5, only repeat | |
| 1&2: | Set and turn single, left |
| 3&4: | Set and turn single, right |
| Part 6 | |
| Verse 6, Part A | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back |
| Verse 6, Part B | |
| 1&2: | Forward a double and back, face your partner |
| Chorus 6, first repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 1 does a double down so that they are between couples 2 and 3 (couple 2 slips up), man 1 takes both hands with man 3, woman 1 takes both hands with woman 3 |
| 2: | Man 1 and man 3 switch places in a double as woman 1 and woman 3 do the same |
| 3&4: | The two pairs that switched places continue turning all the way around in two doubles (totalling once and a half around), so that couple 1 ends up as the last couple in the set |
| At the same time, couple 2 (at the top of the set) turns each other all the way around | |
| Chorus 6, second repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 2 does a double down and each take both hands with the last couple |
| 2: | Each half of couple 2 and the last couple switch places |
| 3&4: | The two pairs that switched places continue turning all the way around in two doubles (totalling once and a half around), so that couple 2 ends up as the last couple in the set |
| At the same time, couple 3 (at the top of the set) turns each other all the way around | |
| Chorus 6, third repeat | |
| 1: | Couple 3 does a double down and each take both hands with the last couple |
| 2: | Each half of couple 3 and the last couple switch places |
| 3&4: | The two pairs that switched places continue turning all the way around in two doubles (totalling once and a half around), so that couple 3 ends up as the last couple in the set |
| At the same time, couple 1 (at the top of the set) turns each other all the way around | |