The Collier's Daughter
or THE DUKE OF RUTLAND'S DELIGHT
Duple minor longways, G minor, 2/2
The Dancing Master, Vol. 2, 4th Ed. (Young), 1728. The Country Dance Book,
Part IV, Cecil J. Sharp (H. E. Styles), 1985.
Revision 2025-7-25 based on videos and timing (JN)
A1 8 First couple cross and go below, second couple move up.
A2 8 First couple turn partner (Now improper).
ALTERNATE: Turn 1.5
A2 8 First couple cross and go below NEXT couple, who do NOT move up.
NOTE: Couple out at top can do this cross, cast and turn.
A2 8 First couple turn partners (Now proper).
ALTERNATE, Turn 1.5. Must end proper, including extra "first couple"
B1 4 First couple leads up to "progressed" place,
8 First couple circle with original seconds.
4 All turn single (left).
B2 8 Circular hey.
8 Turn partners.
There is another version from “Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, 1730”
A1 1-8 M1 hey with women
A2 1-8 W1 hey with men
B1 1-4 C1 "cross over 2 couples" skipping
5-8 C1 lead to top and cast off 1 place
B2 1-8 C1 and C2 4 changes R&L
Note that these latter instructions do not define the cross over 2 couples. Cold_and_Raw_or_Juice_of_Barley–036.mp3.zip Suggestion: Cross over and go down past 2 couples, then lead to top and cross and cast 1 place. Or cross, cast 1, cross, cast 1. (Latter quite demanding in time.)
Recording: colliers_daughter-bnbc7-12.mp3.zip
colliers_daughter-054-engech-04.mp3.zip
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNt1APkZ_hA&t=37s
Cunningham's Songs of Scotland (1825); where Ramsay's lass, Cinderella-like, is won by her smitten young laird, the folk heroine prefers a “collier lad” If the creation of the dance somewhat preceded its publication by Playford, as seems likely, the Duke in question would have been the eminent John Manners (1638-1711), staunch ally of the Whigs, who was created Duke of Rutland and Marquess of Granby in 1703.