The Idiot

Dance: The Drunken Idiot

We typically do this dance accompanied by singing rather than playing instruments. When we do, we use a song composed by Jon Berger, John Barleycorn, set to the tune, The Idiot, a song by Stan Rogers.

T:The Idiot
R:hornpipe
H:Dance composed by the Hounds in the style of Red Stags
C:Stan Rogers, music
C:Jon Berger, lyrics
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
d/2e/2 | fa ag/2f/2 ((3ede) fA | Bddc B3 A | Bd dc/2B/2 Ad d>e |
|1 ((3fga) gf e3 :|2 ((3fga) fe d3 || d | bb ba/2g/2 aa a>g| 
((3fed) de f3 d | bb ba/2g/2 aa a>g | ((3fed) gf e3 d/2e/2 |
fa ag/2f/2 ((3ede) fA | Bddc B3 A | Bd dc/2B/2 Ad d>e | ((3fga) fe d3 ||