TRANSCRIPT

A Country Dance
A short story from 'Pioneer Tales and Other Human Stories'
By H.B. Adshead

Part 3

His calls would often be in a sort of rhyme to the music, and in the third set or breakdown (I never knew just why it was called a breakdown), he excelled himself. To the vivacious tune of 'The Irish Washerwoman' he would call:
'Ladies lead up to the right of the ring,
And when you get there you may balance and swing;
Then back to your place, remember the call,
Allemande left and promenade all.'