| Formation: Lines of three, preferably one boy in the middle with two girls, or one girl in the middle with two boys; facing LOD, near hands joined. |
| DANCE |
| Meas. (4 counts per meas.; i.e., 1-4 = 16 counts) |
| l- 4 All walk forward in a leisurely manner for 16 steps; |
| 5-6 Center dancer hooks right elbows with right-hand partner, and they turn once or twice around with 8 skipping steps or running steps; |
| 7- 8 Repeat Meas. 5-6 with center dancer turning left-hand partner with left elbows hooked. |
| After several repetitions, put a different person in the center of the line. After several more repetitions, put the third person in the center. |
| Variation |
| After the dance is learned, let the center dancer move forward each time to dance with a new pair of partners. |
| Note: On Meas. 1-4 the children are imitating workers walking home after a hard day in the wheat fields. On Meas. 5-8, they are imitating the workers celebrating the harvest. |
