what is the modern equivalent of { Barnaby } ?
An old dance to a quick movement.,
Bounce cry the port-holes, out they fly,
And make the world dance Barnaby.

Question

what is the modern equivalent of { Barnaby } ?
An old dance to a quick movement., 
Bounce cry the port-holes, out they fly, 
And make the world dance Barnaby.

Answer

"Barnaby" is  old Cockney slang which is not used nowadays.  It means n old dance to a quick movement. Cotton, in his Virgil Travesti; where, speaking of Eolus he has these lines,

Bounce cry the port-holes, out they fly,
          And make the world dance Barnaby.

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