Hunt the Squirrel

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Hunt the Squirrel
Dancers: 6
Sticks: one 19“ (short) stick
Stepping: Headington double-steps, cross-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: 2\ bars sticking: O^T/E_B¹⁾ E^T/O_B O^T/E_B E^T/O_B
bar #3: two steps back (bowing), bar #4: caper and clash (tips). Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up

dances:headington:1_hunt_the_squirrel.abc
dances:headington:1_hunt_the_squirrel.mid
dances:headington:1_hunt_the_squirrel.pdf

X:1
T:Hunt the Squirrel
C:traditional
M:C
L:1/8
S:Bacon
A:Headington
O:English
R:Reel
P:A.(AB)4
K:G major
Q:C3=76
%%MIDI channel 1
%%MIDI control 7 100	% volume = 100
%%MIDI program 41       % General MIDI violin
%%MIDI transpose 0
%%MIDI gchordoff
P:A
|: GABc d2 B2 | GABc d2 B2 | GABc d2 B2 | AGAB G4 ::
P:B
d2 g2 f2 a2 | g2 b2 d4 | d3 e dcBA |1 G2 B2 d4 :|2 G2 B2 G4 |]

¹⁾

O = odd (master) side; E = even (apprentice) side; T = tips; B = butts