Note that the dance that most sides call "The Lollipop Man" is danced by us to a different tune as "Boys Of The Bunch".
"The Lollipop Man" can be performed in single or double file, with as many or as few dancers as required (read: "as turn up"). The A's and B's are repeated as many times as the Foreman decides (i.e. not many!). The whole dance is performed facing the direction of travel; the speed of forward motion should be reasonably constant throughout, although this policy has to be modified when we find ourselves processing behind Rogue Morris at Kirtlington Lamb Ale.
On a long procession, bursts of dancing are interspersed with progressively longer stretches of walking-in-time-to-the-music. In such a case, we let the musician play the whole tune through, coming in with the two plain capers of the Once-To-Yourself at the end of a B-music.
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| A1 | Once-To-Yourself. All start on the left foot. | |
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| A | Six double-steps, two half-capers. | |
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| B | Short sidestep left and right, two half-capers; short sidestep left and right, two half-capers. To finish the dance, replace the final two half capers with four plain capers. | |
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