Oranges and Lemons
As in “The Playford Ball”
Square for 4 couples
ORANGES AND LEMONS HM p. 24 music: HM
Recording: oranges_and_lemons--010.mp3.zip
Part I
AA 1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
B1 1-2 Men: honor partners (1), honor corners (2).
3-6 Men circle four-hands clockwise half-way and
fall into opposite place.
7-8 Women: honor men on left (7), honor men on right (8);
9-12 Women circle four-hands clockwise half-way and
fall into opposite place beside partner.
B2 1-12 Repeat B1, but with circles going counter-clockwise.
Part II
AA 1-8 Partners side twice.
B1 1 Partners take right hands, raise them and
release with a slow set to the right.
2 Partners take left hands, raise them
and release with a slow set to the left.
3-6 Right-and-left, two changes, beginning with partners.
7-12 Repeat B1, 1-6.
B2 1-12 Repeat B1 lo place.
Part III
AA 1-8 Partners arm right, then arm left, ending in
diagonal lines with head couples facing couples
on the left. {head men and side women will be on
the ends of the lines. }
B1 1-2 All honor opposite (1); honor partner (2).
3-6 With opposite couple, circle four-hands half-way;
head men drop hands with side women to open in a
line on the other diagonal, facing line formed by
the other couples.
7-12 Repeat 1-6.
B2 1-12 Repeat B1 to place.
{this is a stately dance.}
Oranges and Lemons
Square set
Meet and fall back; repeat.
Honour partner, honour corner; men hands-4 half way round clockwise.
Women honour current partner, then corner; hands-4 half way round clockwise.
Men honour partner, corner; men return hands-4 anticlockwise.
Women honour current partner, corner; women return hands-4 anticlockwise.
Side; repeat.
Take R hand with partner, raise it while taking one step R, then
(letting go the R hand) the same with L;
circular hey 2 changes, giving R and L hands.
Take R hand with new person, then L as before; continue to places.
Arm R; arm L.
Head couples face the couple on their left,
forming diagonal lines across the set, couples honour,
then partners honour; hands-4 half way, opening out into
lines on the other diagonal. Continue, heads moving
one place clockwise each time, sides one place anticlockwise.
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_NEJy6-_0A&t=56s
History: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Oranges_and_Lemons
ORANGES AND LEMONS
The nursery rhyme now associated with this title does
not fit the sophisticated tune which accompanies this
courtly dance, but the two may share common ancestry in
the old singing game.
“Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements “You owe me five farthings,' say the bells of St. Martin's “When will you pay me?“ say the bells of Old Bailey. “When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch. ‘When will that be? say the bells of Stepney.
The game is played in a fashion similar to “London Bridge.” The makers of the arch determine in secret which shall be an ‘orange’ and which a ‘lemon.’ Each captive chooses a side, and when all sides are chosen, a tug of war Both St. Clement Eastcheap and St. Clement Danes claim to be the first church in question,