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Forward Six and Back - Pistol Packin' Mama - Donald "Jake" Jacoby

Creator: Donald "Jake" Jacoby (January 5, 1974)

Recorded by Bob Dalsemer, January 5, 1974 at the Maryland Line Fire Hall, Maryland Line, MD.
Caller: Donald "Jake" Jacoby
Band: The Saw Mill Boys

This popular and widespread old time square dance figure is sometimes called Six Hands Forward Up and Back or Right Hand High and Left Hand Low.

Subjects: Northern / Singing
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Item Relations

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Citation

Donald "Jake" Jacoby, “Forward Six and Back - Pistol Packin' Mama - Donald "Jake" Jacoby,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/564.
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