18: The Boone Companion
longways for 6 or 8
mms page 36
Playford version: none
(2nd reconstruction)
Music:
Part 1
Verse 1, Part A
1: Lead up [a double]
2: [Fall back] down again [a double]
3: Man 1 leades his partner down to the bottom of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the bottom of the set and they take their places there
Verse 1, Part B
1: Lead up [a double]
2: [Fall back] down again [a double]
3: Man 1 leades his partner back up to the top of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the top of the set and they take their places there
Chorus 1, Part A
1: The men set to their partners
2: The men fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The men go around their partners [with two doubles]
Chorus 1, Part B
1: The women set to their partners
2: The women fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The women go around their partners [with two doubles]
Part 2
Verse 2, Part A
1-2: Side [left to line up right shoulders]
3: Man 1 leades his partner down to the bottom of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the bottom of the set and they take their places there
Verse 2, Part B
1-2: Side [right to line up left shoulders]
3: Man 1 leades his partner back up to the top of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the top of the set and they take their places there
Chorus 2, Part A
1: The men set to their partners
2: The men fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The men go around their partners [with two doubles]
Chorus 2, Part B
1: The women set to their partners
2: The women fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The women go around their partners [with two doubles]
Part 3
Verse 3, Part A
1-2: Arm [left - take right arms and walk all the way around to the left in two doubles]
3: Man 1 leades his partner down to the bottom of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the bottom of the set and they take their places there
Verse 3, Part B
1-2: Arm [right- take left arms and walk all the way around to the right in two doubles]
3: Man 1 leades his partner back up to the top of the set
4: Man 1 turns his partner at the top of the set and they take their places there
Chorus 3, Part A
1: The men set to their partners
2: The men fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The men go around their partners [with two doubles]
Chorus 3, Part B
1: The women set to their partners
2: The women fall back [a double] from their partners
3-4: The women go around their partners [with two doubles]
It should be noted:
that there are no further instructions beyond the end of the second verse.  However, the last instruction is "like as was done before".  My current elision theory may very well extend these instructions utterly logically to complete the dance in the "customary way", which is what I've done here.
Conclusion:
While just about half of this dance comes from the "customary way" to do an ECD, it could be logical that if you get to the last point where something different needs to be said to clarify the progression, and that's the end of a page, then why not let elision conclude the dance?