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The Flora Dance (also called Furry Dance) sung and danced on or around Flora Day (May 8) in the UK. (source)
Lyrics
(Folk song from England)
First of May’s the Flora Day,
Can you dance the Flora?
Yes I can with a gentleman,
I can dance the Flora.
Tra la la la…
Folk Dance
Formation: Two lines facing each other, Person A in the left line, Person B in the right line
First Verse
Ms. 1-2 = Person A Head of line walks or skips forward, then bows.
Ms. 3-4 = Person A Head walks or skips back to original place.
Ms. 5-8 = Person B Head does the same thing.
Second Verse
Ms. 1-4 = Head Couple joins hands and walks or skips down between the lines, then back up where they started.
Ms. 5-8 = Head Couple walks or skips back down to the end of the line and move back into place, this time at the end of the lines.
Repeat at a faster tempo with a new Head Couple.
See also
- Country: England
- Activity: folk dance
- Meter: 4
- Scale: hexachord
- Tempo: fast
- Tones: drmfsld’
- Source: Twice 55 games with music: The red book, Peter William Dykema, 1924
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
