COTTON - EYED  JOE
	© 2008    Larry E.Taylor
	This non-progressive, 16-bar two-hand is danced in sweetheart hold (across the shoulders).
	The dance is often danced in a country-western setting.
	A tune other than the Cotton-Eyed Joe is sometimes played for dancing.  Musicians often
	increase the speed of the music during the final portion of the music.
	Couples take positions around the perimeter of the dance floor with gents having their
	left side toward the center;  the line of dance is anticlockwise.  The dance may also
	be danced free in the available space while others are dancing another two-hand dance.
	Dance a gentle kick and an ordinary polka step (down-2-3).
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
	Documentation is based upon a video workshop taught by Allen Meyers.  Other
	versions are danced.
	Edition of April 22, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

COTTON-EYED JOE     (VARIABLE BARS)

	Dance a gentle kick and an ordinary polka step -- down-2-3.
	KICK TWICE THEN DOWN-2-3
	gently kick twice with the leading foot (gent's left, lady's right)1;
	beginning with the kicking-foot, dance down-2-3 once1;
	gently kick twice with the other foot (gent's right, lady's left)1;
	beginning with the kicking-foot, dance down-2-3 once1;
	repeat from      4;
	LEAD AROUND
	lead around anticlockwise dancing down-2-3,still in sweetheart hold8;
	REPEAT
	repeat from      as desired.