Dance: Come Ashore, Jolly Tar

Also known as »Jacky Tar«

32-bar Reel
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 7 [7] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [7]
101 Scottish Country Dances [15]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [32]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [30]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [38]

Recommended Music:

Come Ashore Jolly Tar ((traditional))
Paddy's Leather Breeches ((traditional))
Jacky Tar ((traditional))

Recordings (2): Show tunes

Book 7. (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 36.2]
Nice to See You (Ian Cruickshanks and his Band), track 5 [pace 38.8]

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