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Heel and Toe Polka
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BACKGROUND
Information: A dance.
Region: England and the United States
PUBLICATIONS
- American Squares, a magazine. Olson, Arvid, ed. Chicago, Il.: Dec. 1953: p.14, Heel and Toe Polka.
- J.W. Pepper's Universal Dancing Master, Prompter's Call Book and Violinist's Guide.Carpenter, Lucien O. Philadelphia, Penn.: 1882. Heel and Toe Polka, p.32, 104.
- The country dance book: the old-fashioned square dance, its history, lore, variations & its callers, complete & joyful instructions. Written by Beth Tolman and Ralph Page; illustrated with drawings by F.W.P. Tolman. Guilford, Vt.: Countryman Press, 1937; Weston, Vt.: Countryman Press, 1937; New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937; New York: Barnes, 1937. Heel and Toe Polka, p.33-4.
- The country dance book: the best of the early contras and squares, their history, lore, callers, tunes & joyful instructions, by Beth Tolman and Ralph Page; ill. by F.W.P. Tolman. Brattleboro, Vt.: Greene Press, 1976.
- Dances From Near and Far, vol. 1-8. Folk Dance Federation of California. Berkeley, Cal.: California Book Co., 1945-1958. Heel and Toe Polka Square, p.46, and Arkansas Heel and Toe Square, p.41.
- "Heel and Toe," in Dance Magazine, Draper, Paul. June 1955, p.84-5
- Folk games and gymnastic play for kindergarten, primary and playground. Dagny Pedersen and Neva L. Boyd. Harmonizing of music in this book by Gertrude Shoemaker. Chicago: Saul Brothers, 1914, 43 p. (score). (OCLC 4225214); FitzSimons, 1932, 43p. (OCLC 5978703, OCLC 20811891). Heel and Toe, p. 18.
- Traditional Music in America. Ford, I.W. New York: Dutton, 1940. Heel and Toe Polka, p.165, 232-3.
- Dances for a Party. Humphreys, Beatrice & Wyn. London: English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1957. 28p. Music.
- Rosin the Bow, 4:9 (4th Q, 1952, p.37: Arkansas Heel and Toe Square.
- The Round Dance Book. Shaw, Lloyd. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton, 1948. History and instructions for more than 100 American couple dances. Has Heel and Toe Polka.
- The Art of Dancing. Sause, Judson. Chicago: 1889. The Bohemian, p.99-100.
- The Square Dance. U.S. Works Progress Administration – Illinois. Chicago, 1940, p. 219-20, Heel and Toe Polka.
- Dancing. Wilson, Marguerite. Philadelphia, Penn.: 1907. Bohemienne, on p. 120-1.
LYRICS
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Heel-toe and away you go Heel-toe and away you go Heel-toe and away you go And now you do the polk-e-o |
DOCUMENTS
- England, a country.
- Ron Houston, an article.
- United States, a country.
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