Swedish Folk Dances

From the INTRODUCTION. It is significant that the folk dance has come to fill a large place in the life of the people of the city. Country men and women coming to the town have left behind them the dances that have formed part of their lives and much of their pleasure, because city conditions were different and country traits unbecoming. Our own country dances "The Lady of the Lake," "Hi! Jim Along," and even the "Virginia Reel" have not survived a separation from their birthplaces. Foreign...