(Original version)
Tune: Chanctonbury Ring
Music: 32 bar jig/reel
Form: Big circle, women on partner's right, mixer
A1 Circle left and right A2 Into middle and out. Repeat B1 Balance to partner and pass by (pass by right shoulder). Repeat with next person (new partner). B2 Gallop into the middle and out. swing.
(Brian Scarow version)
Music: 32 bar jig/reel Form: Circle
A1 Long circle left A2 Into middle and out (8 steps each way) B1 Balance in line and pass left hand girl to your right under your arm. Repeat. this with a second girl. B2 Chassee into the middle and out, swing partner.
Music: 32 bar jig/reel
Form: Circle Dance, all facing the centre.
A1 All join hands and circle left and right. A2 Into the centre and back twice. B1 Set twice and pass the lady on your left forward and and across to your night. Set twice and pass the new left hand lady over to your right (New partner). B2 Take ballroom hold with this new partner and .... Chasse two steps towards the centre and out then .... Swing your new partner Finish with this lady on your right ready to start again.
The dance was written as a thank-you to Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men. “Tradition says, if you run around Chanctonbury Ring seven times on May Eve, the Devil will come out and grant whatever you wish”.