Country: Denmark
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: chassé, polka, walk
Music: 358:341,
efter Børge Christensen or
gram i hu hopsa pubished 1902.
Recordings:
Baltinget Sving egen cd 2 track 01;
Fynbokvartetten Folkedans for begyndere track A12;
Hvalsø Spillemændene Kom ind track B1;
Lad os danse track 15;
Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavsaften track A7;
Spillemands Gruppen Lunterne track 17;
Spullemandslauget Tramp track B8;
Thy Spillemandslaug 2 track A6.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| :1-8: | 1 (a) | Circle CW with 16 walking steps; circle CCW with 16 walking steps. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Couples take waltz hold, and dance 1 chassé and 2 walking steps into the centre of the circle. |
| 11-12 | and 1 chassé and 2 walking steps backwards to place. | |
| 13-16 | 4 polka steps turning CW and moving in LOD. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat 1 (b). | |
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Right-hand chain, 32 walking steps. Stop at the person giving R hand at the end of the repeat. |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Repeat 1 (b). |
| Sequence 2 ((a) and (b)) repeat as desired. |
See YouTube videos as played by Skralleklubben and by Lang Linken.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 48-49
See also Sørensen, Per.
Totur fra Vejle in:
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 9. October 1996. [in Danish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2011-12-12, rev. 2020-08-18.
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