Duns Tew Dances
This page contains dance descriptions only. For tunes, follow the links for individual dances.
Dances whose titles are crossed out were never performed by Red Herring Morris.
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Banks of the Dee
Type: set/no hankies (arm clashing)
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew stepping
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: Clash forearms & stamp R-L-R-L. Half-hey. Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Bobbing Around (original tune was Banbury Bill)
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew stepping
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: Corner challenge, hockle back, FTJ. Challenges are: #1 & #3: double caper; #2 & #4: upright caper.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/double capers, face-to-face, chorus/uprights, top-to-bottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Gallant Hussar
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: whole hey1)
Sequence: once to yourself, rounds/double steps, chorus, rounds/double capers, chorus, rounds/uprights, chorus, rounds/double steps & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Saturday Night (Bucknell)
Type: additive/sticks
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew stepping
Source: adapted from the Hogtown dance of the same name by the Toronto Morris Men (TFMM)
Chorus: 2 double steps (clash as you pass), hockle-backs, repeat. Dance around (clash & hold), hockle back to partner's spot, clash & pass to meet next partner, then sticking: masters (people already in the set) hit 3x, apprentices (newcomers) hit 3x, forehand, backhand, FTJ (clash)
Sequence: chorus for 1, chorus for 4, chorus for rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Fireworks, by Jeff Bigler
Type: set/33“ (long) sticks with tosses
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Jeff Bigler (1994) / Middlesex Morris (originally Fieldtown)
Chorus: 4 plain capers into a circle.
Toss/clash sequence:
then foot-together-jump. “Explode” and return (3 double steps), all-in clash, galley, FTJ.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Froggy's First Jump by Dave Whetstone / The Albion Band
Type: set/33“ (long) stick
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Paul Handford / Thames Valley International (originally Fieldtown)
Chorus: sticking & cross over, hockle back, FTJ; repeat. Sticking is: RB-RB-PF PB-PB-LF RB-RB-PF-PB LF-PB. Rhythm is “Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, too old!” Crossings are struts (#1 & #2) and plain capers (#3 & #4).
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/struts, face-to-face, chorus/struts, top-to-bottom, chorus/plain capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/plain capers, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Gallant Weaver, by Robert Burns
Type: corner/33“ (long) stick
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Peter Redgate / Green Fiddle Morris (originally Bledington)
Chorus: Each corner cross on distinctive figure: dib tips, butts, clash forehand, backhand. 2 hockle-backs, FTJ (clash), turn 180° on 2 double steps, hockle back, FTJ/clash.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Ladies' Pleasure (jig)
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Ladies' Pleasure (same as the Bledington jig)
Type: jig/bagged hankies
Dancers: 1 or 2
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: adapted by Jeff Bigler from the Bledington jig
Chorus: 2 sidesteps, hockle-backs, FTJ, 2 double steps, hockle-back, FTJ
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, double capers, chorus, upright capers, chorus
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Lass of Richmond Hill, by James Hood (Lyrics by Leonard McNally)
Type: column/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Martin Johnson / Hammersmith Morris (1970) via East Suffolk Morris, The Black Jokers, and Middlesex Morris
Chorus: Face up; top couple 2 sidesteps and hocklebacks; second & third couple the same, then process. First processional is sidesteps, second is 8 plain capers (slow music), third is 4 double capers (slow music), fourth is leapfrogs (using upright capers). Spread the set out before the final chorus; (after Bottom-to-Top).
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-to-bottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/leapfrogs, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Mrs. Casey
Type: column/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-steps, hockle-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: Face up. distinctive figure by tops, middles, bottoms, then everybody. Half hey. Repeat facing down. D.F. are #1: 2 sidesteps; #2: 4 plain capers; #3: 2 double capers; #4: 1 upright caper (moving forward)
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-to-bottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Twenty-Ninth of May
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Rebecca Jordan / Lemon & Capers
Chorus: #1 & #3: “birdcage” & half hey. Repeat. #2 & #4: “cannons” & half hey. Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/birdcage, face-to-face, chorus/cannons, top-to-bottom, chorus/birdcage, bottom-to-top, chorus/cannons, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Old Woman Tossed Up
Type: set/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: 4 sidesteps: #1 in place, #2 to move to a line, #3 in place (in line), #4 to partner's place. Half hey. Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Rose Tree (Bampton)
Type: set/handclapping (no hankies)
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: 2 sidesteps to face partner, clap self-self-right, self-self-left, 2 sidesteps back to place, clap front-under (R)-front-under (L)-front-back-front
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/partner, face-to-face, chorus/middles-up, top-to-bottom, chorus/middles-down, bottom-to-top, chorus/partner, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Constant Billy
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew stepping
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: 4 sidesteps, distinctive figure cross & back to center, hockle back, FTJ. D.F. are: #1: 2 double steps; #2: 4 plain capers; #3: 4 double capers; #4: 2 upright capers (pass right shoulders on first; spin to face on second)
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-to-bottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
Type: set/33“ (long) sticks
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Jeff Bigler (2001)
Chorus: Masters dib butts-tips, “shoot.” Apprentices repeat. Half hey. Then “hand-to-hand” clashes right hand high, then left hand high, then “baseball” clashes forehand-backhand-forehand. Half hey.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Trunkles (Headington)
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew double-step, hockle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: traditional; adapted to Duns Tew by Jeff Bigler (2001) / Red Herring Morris
Chorus: each corner challenge (2 double steps, hockle back, FTJ), then each corner cross and back to center on distinctive figure, then hockle back, FTJ.
D.F. are #1: double steps; #2: sidesteps; #3: 8 double capers; #4: 4 upright capers
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, challenge, chorus/double steps, face-to-face, challenge, chorus/sidesteps, top-to-bottom, challenge, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, challenge chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: Lumps of Plum Pudding
Type: set/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Duns Tew stepping
Source: Jocelyn Reynolds via Rebecca Jordan
Chorus: 4 sidesteps & half hey
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in
Style: Duns Tew (Cotswold)
Tune: The Wheat Sheaf, by Chris Ricciotti
Type: corner/bagged hankies
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Duns Tew double-steps, hockle-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Rob Berra / Lemon & Capers Morris
Chorus: 4 sidesteps into center, around, and back out to new position. Repeat with 1st triangle, 2nd triangle, then everybody. At end of full chorus, dancers have traded places with their corners.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, top-to-bottom, chorus, bottom-to-top, chorus, rounds & all-in