Slide a foot, man [Polka Mazurka]
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
June 1967
Track ID
22501
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1967.148
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song sung while dancing the Polka Mazurka; the lyrics are instructions on which moves to perform:
Slide a foot, man
Gae roon aboot, man
Gie a hoch, man
An then a hooch, man
The dance master would also call 'Strae fit' or 'Hay fit' to indicate which foot should be moving.
Item Notes
The tune played for the Polka Mazurka is 'Marr's Mazurka' (aka 'The Galloway').
The "strae fit/hay fit" directions refer to putting a piece of straw in the left shoe, and hay in the right, giving the dance instructor a way to indicate which foot should be in motion.
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair