This is dance #19211 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Bonny Lad

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate Van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single
Tunes: Because I was a bonny lad

Figures:

A1

(4) Ones go down outside

(4) Ones go up outside

(3) Ones pass through across (1R)

(3) Ones cast down || Twos move up

(2) Ones two-hand turn 1/2
A2

(16) [Ones and twos] Square through 4 (PR;NL;PR;NL)
B1

(16) Ones modified set to contra corners:

(4) Ones set to partner, moving forward

(4) Ones fall back to place

(4) Ones set to first contra corner, moving forward

(4) Ones fall back to place
B2

(16) Lead out sides:

(4) Turn alone

(4) In lines of three, lead out

(4) Turn alone

(4) In lines of three, lead in
Appearances: Contra Dances from New Hampshire 1783, p 63