| 10: The Goddisses | |
| longways for 10 or more | |
| mms pages 14 to 16 | |
| Playford version: version 1, from 1st edition to 16th edition. | |
| Music: | Track 12 of Shepheards Holyday by Wandering Hands, among others |
| Part 1 | |
| Verse 1, Part A | |
| 1: | Lead up [a double] |
| 2: | [Fall back a double] |
| Verse 1, Part B | |
| 1: | Lead up [a double] |
| 2: | [Fall back a double] |
| Chorus 1, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 1, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1-2: | The first man leads the rest around the women, no farther than the last woman |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1-2: | The men go back to their places |
| Chorus 2, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 2, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1-2: | The first woman leads the rest around the men, no farther than the last man |
| Verse 3, Part B | |
| 1-2: | The women go back to their places |
| Chorus 3, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 3, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 4 | |
| Verse 4, Part A | |
| 1-2: | The first man leads the rest around the women, and when they reach halfway, they "make a little stand" |
| Verse 4, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Then the men continue in the same direction to finish circling the women and return to their own places |
| Chorus 4, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 4, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 5 | |
| Verse 5, Part A | |
| 1-2: | The first woman leads the rest around the men, and when they reach halfway, they "make a little stand" |
| Verse 5, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Then the women continue in the same direction to finish circling the men and return to their own places |
| Chorus 5, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 5, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 6 | |
| Verse 6, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The men do a hey "backwards and forwards" until they return to their places |
| Chorus 6, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 6, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 7 | |
| Verse 7, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The women do a hey "backwards and forwards" until they return to their places |
| Chorus 7, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 7, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 8 | |
| Verse 8, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The men take hands in a circle and go around [two doubles] and back again [two doubles] |
| Chorus 8, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 8, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 9 | |
| Verse 9, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The women take hands in a circle and go around [two doubles] and back again [two doubles] |
| Chorus 9, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 9, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 10 | |
| Verse 10, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The men take hands backwards in a circle and go around [two doubles] and back again [two doubles] |
| Chorus 10, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 10, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Part 11 | |
| Verse 11, Parts A and B | |
| 1-4: | The women take hands backwards in a circle and go around [two doubles] and back again [two doubles] |
| Chorus 11, Part A | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off, the rest following, to invert the line |
| Chorus 11, Part B | |
| 1-2: | First couple cast off (from the bottom), the rest following, to re-vert the line |
| Comparison to the Playford version (Goddesses, version 1, 1st to 16th editions) | |
| The only differences between this dance and the Playford version are very minor: leading instead of holding hands as you arc and then circle in parts 2-5; the lack of a "double hey" and an "all circle" figure, the latter replaces by each half of the set doing a backwards circle. | |
| Conclusion: | |
| Exactly the same dance with only the minorest of variations - it even ends up with the same number of repeats despite missing 2 of the Playford figures. | |