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Dance The Soldier's Joy 6182

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 213)

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Intensity
800 888 800 880 = 58% (1 turn), 44% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
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Soldier's Joy

The tunes ‘Soldier’s Joy” and “Sodger Laddie” were used by Robert Burns as settings for two songs in his cantata “Love and Liberty” or, as it is better known today, “The Jolly Beggars”.

“Sodger Laddie” (See also “Sodger Laddie”) was used for the song that begins:

I once was a maid, tho’ I cannot tell when,
And still my delight is in proper young men.
Some one of a troop of dragoons was my daddie:
No wonder I’m fond of a sodger laddie!
  Sing, lal de dal, etc.

“Soldier’s Joy” was the setting for:

I am a son of Mars, who have been in many wars,
  And show my cuts and scars wherever I come:
This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,
  When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
    Lal de daudle, etc.

The Soldier's Joy 3/4L · R32
1–
1c cast off two places and lead up the middle
9–
1c+2c+3c RHA ; LHA
17–
1c lead down the middle and up
25–
1c+2c Poussette (2,1,3).
The Soldier's Joy 3/4L · R32
1-8
1s cast & dance down own side below 3s & lead up to places
9-16
1s+2s+3s dance RH across & LH back to places
17-24
1s lead down the middle & back to top
25-32
1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1 3

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NameDateOwnerLast changed
Saturday Evening Dance Programme Corinne Hilpert Feb. 5, 2016, 6:18 p.m.
2018-07-02 Nürnberg 2018-07-02 Annette Lotz July 3, 2018, 4:37 p.m.
Montpellier - February 2016 2016-02-13 Corinne Hilpert Nov. 27, 2015, 11:42 a.m.
Darmstadt_2017_03_20 2017-03-20 OnYourToes Darmstadt March 17, 2017, 12:18 a.m.
Summer Dance in Brussels 2018-07-24 Jette Rossen June 14, 2018, 9:43 a.m.
RSCDS Book 02 Martina Mueller-Franz June 8, 2016, 2:20 p.m.
RSCDS Book 2 Ward Fleri Dec. 2, 2020, 2:43 a.m.
Meaudre 2019 - vendredi 2019-05-24 Cynthia Rawyler April 23, 2019, 8:39 a.m.
Montpellier - February 2016 2016-02-13 Corinne Hilpert Nov. 27, 2015, 11:42 a.m.
Richmond, VA - Christmas Party 2014-12-13 Peter Price Nov. 27, 2014, 12:02 p.m.
Manual - Dances with Tunes good for step practice Margaret Chambers Aug. 20, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
Miltonduff Rally dances 2024-02-13 William Legge Feb. 7, 2024, 8:15 p.m.
Miltonduff Rally dances 2024-02-13 William Legge Feb. 7, 2024, 8:15 p.m.
SCD Reel (Longway 3+4) Marc Hagebölling Oct. 27, 2023, 2:35 p.m.
2023 Jan-June / BDS / Summary weekly class 1st half Jette Rossen May 10, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Chemnitz_Tuesday SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m.
Chemnitz_Tuesday SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m.
Chemnitz_Tuesday SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m.

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