Lady Round Lady

Lady Round the Lady and the Gent Round the Gent

Formation: Traditional Square
Music: “Swanee River”, Lloyd Shaw 521/522

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First Couple lead to the right,
    Lady go round the lady, Gent go round the gent,
    Gent go round the lady and lady go round the gent,
Circle four half way round, Couple #1 duck right thru,
Swing your lady round in the middle and take her on with you.

Repeats:
— The first couple visits couple three and then couple four.
— Each of the other couples have a turn to visit the other three.

Variations in cueing:
    She go round She, He go round He.
    Ma go round Ma, Pa go round Pa.

Description:
In spite of the wording, which has been reversed in the third line for rhyming, the lady goes first both times. The lady splits the inactive couple and goes around the lady. The gent follows her between but he goes around the gent. The lady again leads between the inactive couple but this time she goes around the gent while the gent goes around the lady.

Lady Round Two, the Gent Cut Thru

First couple lead out to the right,
    Lady round two, the gent cut thru,
    Gent around two, the lady cut thru,
Circle up four, half way round,
Actives dive thru on to the next two.

Description:
Couple #1 walks to their right towards couple #2. Lady #1 goes around and behind gent #2, going around both gent and lady #2. The first gent follows, but he cuts through couple #2, coming into the center in front of his lady. Then, gent #1 leads around behind gent #2, passing around both the gent and the lady #2, while lady #1 follows him, but takes a shortcut back to the middle through couple #2.

Lady Round the Lady, Gent Also

First couple lead out to the right,
    Lady round the lady, the gent also,
    Lady round the gent, the gent don’t go,
Circle up four, half way round,
Actives dive thru on to the next two.

Description:
Lady #1 splits couple #2, and goes around lady #2 with gent #1 following her. Then Lady #1 again splits couple #2. She goes around gent #2, but gent #1 just waits for her.

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