The great thing about a strong melody line is that once you've learned it, you can play it in whatever dance rhythm your dancers like--

I have played a good deal of Balkan dance music, and I know that the itinerant musicians to fill out there dance repertoire by simply taking melodies they knew and playing them in the dance meter that people wanted--

We used to play "Jingle Bells" in a 7/8 Bugarian medley and no one would ever notice--

Jim Lucas, you mentioned "I'm a Little Teapot" have you ever noticed how much it sounds like "Hatikvah"?