COMICAL FELLOW
(1776 Thompson), duple long, 40 bar jig)
Porter, Hefner, Hefner 1931
A1 1st M sets forward to 2nd W and falls back
and turns her 2 hands
A2 1st W same
B1 1-8 1st C lead down middle, dance back and cast 1 place
9-12 all clap R, clap L and 2 hand turn partner half way
B2 1-8 Circle hands 4, L and R
9-12 all clap R, clap L and 2 hand turn partner half way
Recording: comical_fellow--009.mp3.zip
comical_fellow-dndabl01.mp3.zip
comical_fellow-priprec01.mp3.zip
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT37IrYdItM
William Bates (fl. 1730-1790), with tune “COMICAL FELLOW” won the coveted annual prize of the “Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club“ which had been founded in 1761 to encourage music-making among the genteel.
So well-known was this trifle that caricaturist Robert Dighton (1754–1812) depicted it as the song of choice in his merciless satire on the well-born amateurs of the Catch Club, fifteen years later.
On Catch Club here:
https://regrom.com/2023/07/28/regency-pastimes-the-noblemans-catch-club-and-the-glee-club/