Dance Sodger Laddie 6178
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Walsh (18C) (1731)
- Intensity
- 888 888 800 800 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 12 [9]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 7 to 12 (Combined A5 edition) [75]
- Pocket: Books 10,11,12 [33]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [178] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [149] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [139] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The notes to the revised edition of Book 12 say the RSCDS version is abbreviated to the first 32 bars …
The notes to the revised edition of Book 12 say the RSCDS version is abbreviated to the first 32 bars of the original in the 1731 “Caledonian Country Dances Book the Third” by John Walsh.
Sodger Laddie
Of “The Sodger Laddie” Robert Burns commented: “The first verse of this is old; the rest is by Ramsay. – The tune seems to be the same with a slow air, called ‘Jacky Hume’s Lament’ – or, ‘The Hollin Buss’ – or, ‘Ken ye what Meg o’ the Mill has gotten?’”
My Soger Laddie
Is over the Sea,
And he will bring Gold
And Money to me;
And when he comes hame,
He’ll make me a Lady,
My Blessing gang with
My Soger Laddie.
My doughty Laddie
Is handsome and brave,
And can as a Soger
And Lover behave;
True to his Country,
To Love he is steady.
There’s few to compare
With my Soger Laddie.
Shield him, ye Angels,
Frae Death in Alarms,
Return him with Lawrels
To my langing Arms.
Syne frae all my Care
Ye’ll pleasantly free me,
When back to my Wishes
My Soger ye gie me.
O soon may his Honours
Bloom fair on his Brow,
As quickly they must,
If he get his due:
For in noble Actions,
His courage is ready,
Which makes me delight
In my Soger Laddie.
William Stenhouse notes: “Both the words and music of this song appear in Thomson’s Orpheus Caledonius, 1725, from whence they were copied into the Museum. The tune must therefore have been known long before that period by the name of ‘My Soldier Laddie,’ which is the title prefixed to it in Thomson’s work.”
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodger Laddie | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 12. | LP+ | 9 | J32 4 | 2:25 | 36.2 | |
| Sodger Laddie | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | Book 12. | CD | 9 | J32 8 | 4:41 | 35.1 |
Sodger Laddie 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1W+2c & 1M+3c Reel3 (Rsh to 1cnr person, 1M passes down in front of 1W to begin)
- 9–
- 1W+3c & 1M+2c Reel3 (Lsh to 2cnr person), end in middle facing W side, 1M above 1W
- 17–
- 1c lead out between 2W & 3W, cross and cast round them to meet in the middle ; 1c lead between 2M & 3M and cast round them, 1M dancing up the middle and 1W across (to 1,2,3)
- 25–
- 1c dance BtoB ; cast off (2c up) | turn RH to (2,1,3)
Sodger Laddie 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s cross down to face 1st corners & dance reels of 3 across giving RSh to 1st corners
- 9-16
- 1s dance reels of 3 with other couples giving LSh to 2nd corners
- 17-24
- 1s lead out between 2L+3L, 1L casts up 1M down, meet & lead out between 2M+3M, 1L casts up to original place as 1M casts down & up to pl
- 25-32
- 1s dance DoSiDo, cast to 2nd places & turn RH
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potters Pairs Weekend 2017 - Advanced Class | 2017-05-06 | Cord Walter | April 15, 2018, 11:18 p.m. |
| RSCDS Book 12 | Ward Fleri | Oct. 12, 2021, 9:37 p.m. | |
| Summer School 2018 Week 4 Very Advanced Technically Challenging (2) | 2018-08-06 | SchloBDancers Heidelberg | Aug. 26, 2018, 9:21 p.m. |
| Dancing Together Again Collection (RSCDS dances) | 2021-04-30 | Dance ForFun | April 10, 2021, 9:11 p.m. |
| Dancing Together Again Collection | 2021-10-01 | Dance ForFun | Oct. 5, 2021, 4:27 p.m. |
