Ed Butenhof
Name of the tune Sheebeg and Sheemore,
Square
Tune: Bonny Cuckoo?

Figure
Al 1-4 Head couples forward and back (two waltz measures forward and
       two back, no turning, just holding inside hands, swinging them
       comfortably and naturally, always facing across the set or at
       partner),
   5-8 Same two couples cross over in four turning waltzes (passing to
       the right of the other couple, and assuming their position).
A2 1-8 Same two couples separate and dance individually halfway around
       the square back to place. (Ed says "Six measures to do this, then two
       more to ‘play’ with partner, making an exaggerated bow to partner,
       then moving to corner.”)
Bl & B2 Same two couples turning waltz with corner all the way around the
        square back to the man’s original position.
Repeat this figure 3 more times: for the heads again, and then twice for the sides, all with
the following insertions.

Introduction, Break and End
Dance this Introduction at the beginning of the dance, after the heads have danced the
figure twice, and then at the end after the sides have had their turn.

Al 1-4 In square formation, partners face and chassée into the center for
       two steps and out;
   5-8 In ballroom position (closed dance position) waltz with partner one
       quarter of the way around the square,
A2,B1,B2 Repeat with same partner three times, returning to original place
         in the square.

The feeling of this dance should be smooth and dignified, not rushed. Ed Carolan’s Sheebeg and Sheemore as well as the traditional tune, The Star of the County Down, for this dance. Thomas Moore used the air Sheebeg and Sheemore for his song about the Irish hero, O’Donohue,