Dance The Alewife and her Barrel 76
Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- David Rutherford (1759)
- Intensity
- 80 88 44 66 = 68% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 19 [4]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 19 to 24 (Combined A5 edition) [4]
- Pocket: Books 19,20,21 [4]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [3] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [3] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [3] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
The Alewife and her Barrel
Once called The Yillwife and her Barrles, the following is a slightly later version of a husband’s lament:
My mind is vexed and sair perplex’d,
I’ll tell you a’ that grieves me;
A drunken wife I ha’e at hame,
Her noisome din aye deaves me.
Chorus
The alewife, the ale drunken wife,
The alewife she grieves me;
My wife and her bar-re-lie
They’ll ruin me and deave me.
She takes her barrel on her back,
Her pint stoup in her hand, O,
And she is tae the market gane,
For to set up a stand, O.
And when she does come hame again,
She wades through girse and corn;
Says, “I maun hae anither pint,
Though I should bed the morn.”
She sets her barrel on the ground,
And travels but and ben, O;
I canna get my wifie keepit
Here awa’ at home, O.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Alewife and her Barrel | Jim Johnstone and his Band | A Scottish Choice | LP | 11 | R32 3 | 1:43 | 34.3 | |
| The Alewife and her Barrel | Ron Kerr Quintet | Book 19. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | MC | 4 | R32 8 | 4:38 | 34.8 | |
| The Alewife and her Barrel | Ron Kerr Quintet | Book 19. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD | 4 | R32 8 | 4:38 | 34.8 | |
| The Alewife and her Barrel | Ron Gonnella & Iain MacPhail | Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 2 | LP | 5 | R32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
The Alewife and her Barrel 2/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c cast off | turn RH and face out ; cast up | turn LH
- 9–
- 1c+2c set | ½RHA ; set | ½LHA (1,2)
- 17–
- 1M+2W set advancing, turn RH, 1M finishes in 2M place (2M up) ; 1W+2M repeat LH, 1W finishing in 2W place (2W up) (2,1)
- 25–
- 1M+2W cross RH | 1W+2M repeat ; 1c+2c ½R&L
The Alewife and her Barrel 2/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s cast 1 place & turn RH, cast up to places & turn LH
- 9-16
- 1s+2s set & RH across 1/2 way, set & dance LH across 1/2 way to places
- 17-24
- 1M+2L set adv & turn RH ending in 2nd places (2M step up), 2M+1L set adv & turn LH & 1L ends in 2nd place (2L steps up)
- 25-32
- 1M changes places RH with 2L, 2M changes places RH with 1L, 1s+2s 1/2 R&L
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Added on: 2020-02-11 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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Added on: 2020-04-02 (Murrough Landon)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| November Course 2018 - Kuckucksnest | 2018-11-23 | Martina Mueller-Franz | Nov. 24, 2018, 4:59 p.m. |
| 20230917 - International Online Class - Blaine | 2023-09-17 | Zsofia Jozsef | Sept. 17, 2023, 6:44 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 15. Oktober 2019 (F) | 2019-10-15 | Anselm Lingnau | Sept. 23, 2019, 6:28 p.m. |
| RSCDS-LA Zoom Class, June 19, 2020 | 2020-06-19 | Tony McQuilkin | Sept. 17, 2020, 5:47 a.m. |
| FSCDC Class 29 October 2019 | 2019-10-29 | Anselm Lingnau | Oct. 30, 2019, 1:32 a.m. |
| Jena 18.09.2023 | 2023-09-18 | Kathrin Kraume | Jan. 30, 2024, 6:58 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 31.10.2023 | 2023-10-31 | Zoltán Gräff | Oct. 30, 2023, 4:33 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 6. Dezember 2019 (MZ) | 2019-12-06 | Narhalla Dancers | Nov. 17, 2019, 10:17 p.m. |
| Twin Cities Grand Ball 2001 | Janet McKernan | Sept. 10, 2020, 12:34 a.m. | |
| 2-Couple Dances A - C | Meinhard Reiser | Feb. 27, 2019, 4:49 p.m. | |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 4. November 2019 (DA) | 2019-11-04 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Sept. 29, 2019, 9:30 a.m. |
| Chemnitz_Friday | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. | |
| Chemnitz_regular | 2021-07-16 | SCD Chemnitz | May 30, 2023, 2 p.m. |
| Chemnitz_Tuesday | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m. |
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