Country: Himmerland, Denmark
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold, facing in LOD.
Steps: polka,
stamp
Sheet music:
(1) 358:23,
(2) Hamborg, Svend/ 'Søde ven kom herom' in:
Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp. 31-32.
(3) 'heidilit turn around' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 94.
[Same tune as Norsk fjældmarsch, but 2/4 time.]
Recordings:
Bror Kalles kapel 'Te æ fja' si'e' [Internet Archive];
Gangspil 2 cd 1 track 07;
Lars Lilholts jule-folkband 'Så går vi den ååen vej' Lad julen vare længe track 08 [YouTube];
'Heiditlit 1' [sic] Original music from Denmark [YouTube];
Thy Spillemandslaug 'Søde ven kom herom' Thetop track A8 [YouTube];
'Så går vi den anden vej' [WWW].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| One M is chosen to lead the dance. He signals each coming change by singing "Heidilit, kom herom" and a stamp on the last beat.
Couples should maintain their place in the circle [ie no passing]. |
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| 1-8 | (a) | Polka CW in LOD: All couples dance 8 polka steps, turning CW, moving in LOD, ie CCW in the circle. |
| 1-8 | (b) | Polka CCW in LOD: All couples dance 8 polka steps, turning CCW, moving in LOD, ie CCW in the circle. |
| 9-16 | (c) | Polka CW in RLOD: All couples dance 8 polka steps, turning CW, moving in RLOD, ie CW in the circle. |
| 9-16 | (d) | Polka CCW in RLOD: All couples dance 8 polka steps, turning CCW, moving in RLOD, ie CW in the circle.
Repeat from (a) as desired. Lyrics:
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See YouTube video with 'Så går vi den anden vej' - Rebild spillemænd 2009; 'Så går vi den anden vej' - Rejseorkestret 2011; 'Te a fje side' - Rebild Spillemændene 2012 (at 1:24); 'Te æ fja' si'e' - Rebild Spillemændene 2013; 'Så går vi den anden vej' - Herlev Gamle Danse 2022
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte II. 6:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1995, p. 8.
See also:
-- Hamborg, Svend/ 'Søde ven kom herom' in:
Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp. 5, 31-32.
-- 'heidilit, come about' in: Hanson, Lida Saboni & Laura Wolcott Goldsmith (trans.)/
Old Danish folk dances described by the Association for the Promotion of Folk Dances (Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme). -[ first part].
Copenhagen: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1906. p. 18.
-- 'heidilit turn around' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 94.
-- 'heidilit, come about' in: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Danish folk dances.
Trans. by Viggo Bovbjerg [Chicago, IL]: Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1917. p. 11.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2014-08-27, rev. 2023-08-12.
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