A dance for 8, arranged in a square
Take hands, leap and squeak, set and turn to your partner. Twice.
First figure:
Heads: Odds cross by R, Evens cross by R, all four take R hands to to cross with partner, take L hands to cross to home.
Sides the same
Side your partner, set and turn. Twice.
Second figure:
Heads lead in while Sides take hands to form arch. Heads take inside hands with neighbor to walk under arch, cast out of set to home, 2 hands CW around (only the 2 active pairs turn).
Sides the same.
Arm R your partner, set and turn, arm L your partner, set and turn.
Third figure, while singing (lyrics below):
Tops and Bottoms cross neighbor with R hand, L partner, R neighbor, L partner to home.
Sides the same.
Crumpled option in the third figure:
Everyone moves for the box figure, Tops and Bottoms starting across the set with R hands while Sides start with their partner by R. Keep to the inside or outside lanes along your rectangle to create sufficient space. When you get home after 4 crosses, reverse direction along the same path. Continue R-L-R-L to home.
Lyrics:
If all the world were paper
And all the seas were ink
And all the trees were bread and cheese
What would we have to drink?
If all the bottles leak-ed
And none but had a crack
And Spanish apes ate all the grapes
What would we do for sack?