11: Lightly Love
longways for as many as you please
mms pages 16 to 18
Playford version: none
Music: Light o'Love
Structure:  for N couples, it comes out to: ((AABBx6))xN)xN + AABB 
Part 1
Verse, Part A
1: Lead up [a double]
2: [Fall back a double]
3-4: Lead up [a double and fall back a double] again
Verse, Part B
1-2: Set [and turn, left]
3-4: Set [and turn, right]
Chorus, Part A
1-4: The first man goes to the bottom of the set to stand near the last lady.  The length of the line of couples says whether this is a straight dash, or a flirtingly casual amble.
Chorus, Part B
1-2: The first man sets [and turns, left] to the last woman.
3-4: The last man sets [and turns, left] to his partner.
Chorus, Part C
1-2: The first man sets [and turns, right] to the last woman [amping it up!].
3-4: The last man sets [and turns, right] to his partner again, trying to keep her interested
Chorus, Part D
1-2: The first man turns the last woman all the way around
3-4: The last man turns his partner all the way around
Chorus, Part E
1-2: The first man sets [and turns, left] to the last woman [one last triumphant time]
3-4: The last man sets [and turns, left] to his partner again [possibly defeated]
Chorus, Part F
1-2: The first man turns the last woman all the way around again [as a victory lap!]
3-4: and this time leads her up to the top and puts her in his partner's place, the other women slipping down a place to make room
Continuation:
The dance continues until the first man brings up his partner again, and then "There is nothing but the same till every man shall have done all the woemen rounde", meaning that the "first man" position must change once he leads up his own original partner again.
But that's not all - there is an additional instruction that says that the first man may, "only if he please", salute (kiss) the lady he is dancing with "(if he like her,)", but if he does, then the last man must do the same.
To finish up:
Empirical evidence suggests that the verse needs to be done one more time (a last repeat of the AABB music) so that the last man, having fetched up his original partner, can return to last place again.
Conclusion:
This is a kidnapping dance, like Chirping of the Nightingall.  The posturing that happens as the first man "woos" the last woman, and the last man tries to keep her attention, is likely what makes this dance even more interesting.
And then, there's the extra competition of the 'salute' and forcing the last man to copy the gesture.  Intriguing!
Music:
Light o'Love is a Broadside Ballad tune that works well with this dance, which makes this one of the few "new" period ECDs we are able to dance in the 21st century!