Jack Pudding
3 couples, arranged in a triangle - couples 1 and 2 even with each other in a single line, couple 3 between and behind them
re-re-reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr (6/11/2010)
Music: Popular Music in the 17th Century, The Broadside Band (this version is too short - it needs 3 repeats, not 2)
Part 1
Verse 1, Part A
1&2: Couples 1 and 2 do a double forwards and back, while couple 3 does two doubles forward up between couple 1 and couple 2
Verse 1, Part B
1&2: Couples 1 and 2 do a double forwards and back, while couple 3 turns around to face down the set and does two doubles back to place.
Chorus 1, Part A
1: Couple 3 does a double forward up between couple 1 and couple 2
2: Man 3 and woman 3 cast off and man 3 goes under the arched arms of and between couple 1, woman 3 doing the same with couple 2
3: Man 3 and woman 3 cross over behind the other two couples and go up between the opposite couples they went through before
4: They then come together and lead down between the two couples into their places
Chorus 1, Part B
1&2: Couples 1 and 2 take hands and circle all the way around
3&4: Couple 3 turn each other around to place.
Part 2
Verse 2, Part A
1&2: Side left
Verse 2, Part B
1&2: Side right.
Chorus 2, Part A
1&2: Men take hands and circle all the way around in two measures/doubles, raise arms
3&4: Women dart in, men drop hands (all before the 3rd measure starts), and turn your partner all the way around and back to your places in two measures/doubles.
Chorus 2, Part B
1&2: Women take hands and circle all the way around, raise arms
3&4: Men dart in, women drop hands (capturing the men), and turn your partner all the way around and back to your places
Part 3
Verse 3, Part A
1&2: Arm left
Verse 3, Part B
1&2: Arm right
Chorus 3, Part A
1&2: Couples 3 and 1 change places, couple 3 going between man 1 and woman 1.
3&4: Couples 3 and 1 take hands around and circle, ending with couple 1 falling into couple 2's place, couple 2 dropping into couple 3's place, and couple 3 remaining in couple 1's place
Chorus 3, Part B
1&2: Couple 3 and couple 2 change places, couple 3 going between man 2 and woman 2
3&4: Couples 3 and 2 take hands around and circle with couple 2 falling into their own place, couple 1 dropping back into their own place, and couple 3 remaining in their place