There are versions of the broom dance all over England. The Bampton Morris Men have a broom dance in their reportoire. Someone has already mentioned the broom dance workshop at the Dartmoor Folk Festival, and I have seen the dance done in Cornwall. Scan Tester in Sussex used to play for the broom dance. The favourite tune appears to be the Keep Row. I have also seen it in Wales as a clog dance. I used to dance it myself, but anno domini gets in the way no (no 'leg over' jokes, please). There are all sorts of local variations but no evidence of an 'original' version. The link to the Scottish sword dance and Bacca Pipes jig is fairly obvious.

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