Country: Fyn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, waltz hold, facing in LOD
Steps: chassé (change step),
polka
Sheet music: 358:367 (Mortens polka, or Æ fremad fynbo)
Recordings:
Lang Linken Liv track 13 [YouTube];
Lester Bailey [YouTube];
Spillemandslauget Tramp track B7.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot and facing in LOD, couples dance 2 chassé steps forward in LOD, with a glidimg hop between them. |
| 3-4 | (b) | Couples dance 2 polka steps turning CW. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See YouTube videos with Rebild Spillemændene Mortens polka (at 0:13), Mortens polka and 'Te a fje side'
Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983 pp. 8-9.
Translations: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-10-08.
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