Country: Hornslet, Randers, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, waltz hold
Steps: chassé (change step),
totrin (pivot)
Sheet music: (1) 358:504,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4:e opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 7-8.
Recordings:
Fin Alfred Larsen Matrosens glade liv [YouTube];
'Jesper Spillemand' [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Advance, retire & turn: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance 1 chassé forward in LOD (1). Ditto 1 chassé backwards in RLOD (2). |
| 3-4 | All change to closed waist-shoulder hold and dance 4 small pivot steps, turning CW. | |
| 5-6 | (b) | Advance, retire & stamp: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance 1 chassé forward in LOD (5). Ditto 1 chassé backwards in RLOD (6). |
| 7-8 | All stamp 3 times with outside foot (ML/WR). | |
| 9-16 | Repeat from (a). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
Provenance: The tune 'Den sømand han må lide' [trans: A sailor must suffer] is from a musical 'Peer kommer hjem' [trans: Per comes home], by Adolph v.d. Recke, and performed once in Copenhagen on Sept. 17, 1849.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4:e opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 7-8.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-09-15 rev. 2022-11-06.
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See also:
-- Sørensen, Per.
Den hvide mær fra Randers og Per Jensens vals fra Sjælland in:
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 6. June 1996. [in Danish]