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Controversy surrounds the origin of this dance. On the one hand, ballroom dance experts generally accept that it was
the invention of a Spanish teacher, Desire, who introduced it to Paris in about 1953. On the other hand, folk-dance writers
assume a Scandinavian folk origin. Two versions of the tune were wedded together by Ashley Hutchings, the first from Harry
Cockerill of Askrigg, Yorkshire, and the second from Hereford fiddler Stephen Baldwin.
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