Country: Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music. Side couples:
couple 3 stands to the right of couple 1, and couple 4 faces couple 3.
Steps:
chassé (change step),
hurretrin (buzz step), walk.
Sheet music: Sørensen, Pia & Per/ II - 26 gamle folkedanse fra forskellige egne. Kolding:s.n., 2003. p. 16,
A variant of
Længe nok har jeg bondepige været. Melody from 1700s, lyrics 'Længe nok' by Kristen Karstensen, 1852.
Same tune as for
den toppede høne [for 3],
Molinasky, and
Nummer 7.
Recordings:
Danish Dia Delight Live track 03;
Folkstow track A1 [YouTube];
Kim & Hallo Harmonika [YouTube];
Jacobsen, Finn & Peter Hougaard Kom! lad os danse track 17;
Lamb, Jensen & Bugge Live in Denmark 2013 part 2 track 15;
Løager, Anders & Jan Ilsø På vores måde track 12;
Maribo, Erik Den toppede høne [YouTube];
Musica Ficta 'Længe nok har jeg bondepige været' [YouTube];
Rumlekvadrillen Spillemandsmusik med Rumlekvadrillen track B1;
Rummelpot [YouTube];
Sheahan, John et al [YouTube];
Spillemandslauget Tramp 2 track 21;
Spæmenninir Burturav track 16;
Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur Gillesdanser i Norden - Danska track A2;
Syddansk Folkemusik Talentskole [YouTube];
Thomsen, Evald [YouTube] &
Thomsen, Evald; en spillemand blandt unge, 1967 [YouTube at 0:00 & 11:40];
Beat Bouet Trio 'Génération Y' Révolution rurale [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle and circle CW, 4 chassé steps. Ditto CCW, 4 chassé steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Advance & retire: Head couples advance with 1 chassé step and 2 walking steps, curtsey/bow to opposite, and retire ditto. |
| 9-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 1-8 | (c) | Circle in 2-hand hold: All couples take 2-hand hold [butterfly hold] with partner and circle CW, 4 chassé steps (M backwards}. [Rocking arms alternately towards and away from centre of set with each chassé step.] |
| 1-8 | Still in 2-hand hold [butterfly hold] with partner, circle CCW, 4 chassé steps (W backwards}, to return to place. | |
| |:9-16:| | (d) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain around the set, 16 walking steps. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot, waltz hold, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W back basket: All 4 W form back basket and circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M circle: All 4 M [in closed circle] circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W back basket: All 4 W form back basket and circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M circle: All 4 M [in closed circle] circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W back basket: All 4 W form back basket and circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M circle: All 4 M [in closed circle] circle CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | Circle: The dance finishes with all couples forming closed circle, and circling CW with 4 chassé steps. Ditto CCW, 4 chassé steps |
See video from Varde 2019 and on YouTube with Duo Visti with friends, RejseOrkestret.
Provenance: description published by Godvin, Carl "Roskilde-egnens gamle danse"
pp. 142-156 in Aarbog udgivet af Historisk Samfund for Københavns Amt (med Gamle Roskilde Amt), 1917. According to Godvin, Engelsk molevit was
danced in the parishes south and west of Roskilde.
Printed source: Sørensen, Pia & Per/ II - 26 gamle folkedanse fra forskellige egne. Kolding:s.n., 2003. pp. 16-17.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-09-01, rev. 2022-02-02.
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