1: Moll Peatlye |
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longways for only (?) [8?] |
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mms pages 3 and 4 |
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Playford
version: from 4th edition to 10th edition. |
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Music: |
Track 34 of Playing with
Fire by the Folger Consort, though it needs to be massaged to fit properly
(the CD is AABx4, where it needs to be AABBx3 (or so) |
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Track 2 (2nd in the medley)
of The Food of Love by various artists - again, AAB, needs to be AABB (and
extracted from the medley) |
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Part 1 |
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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: |
The first and last men set
to their partners |
2: |
then the first man sets to
woman 2, while the last man sets to
woman 3 |
3-5: |
Then the first man and the
two lowest women [3 and 4] hey, with the first man ending up in the last
man's place, with the last man doing the same with the top two women [1 and
2] and ending up at the top |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
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Reverse it all to end up
back where you started: |
1: |
Last and first men set to
the first and last women, |
2: |
then to the next (2nd and
3rd) |
3-5: |
Then hey with the two women
not yet danced with, to end up back at the top (or bottom) of the line |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Side [left to line up right
shoulders] |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Side [right to line up left
shoulders] |
Chorus 2, Part
A |
1: |
The first and last woman
set to their partners |
2: |
Then to the next down or up
(1st to 2nd man, 4th to 3rd man) |
3-5: |
And hey with the two men
not danced with yet, remaining at the bottom or top as appropriate |
Chorus 2, Part
B |
1: |
The last and first women
set to the first and last man |
2: |
Then to the next down or up
(4th to 2nd man, 1st to 2rd man) |
3-5: |
And hey with the two men
not danced with yet, remaining at the top or bottom as appropriate |
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Part 3 |
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Verse 3, Part A |
1-2: |
Arm [left (right arms, walk
left)], or "halfe turne" - a variation on arming? |
Verse 3, Part B |
1-2: |
Arm [right (left arms, walk
right)], or "halfe turne" - a variation on arming? |
Chorus 3, Part
A |
1-5: |
As in Chorus 1 (men setting
down or up and heying) |
Chorus 3, Part
B |
1-5: |
As in Chorus 1 (men setting
up or down and heying) |
Note: |
The dance instruction ends
with "and soe on as you please" - is this an invitation to continue
doing the dance over and over until you've had enough, or just a general
sign-off that Lovelace (or Pattricke) used? |
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Comparison to
the Playford version (version 1, 4th to 10th
editions) |
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These two versions are (as
best as I can tell) identical save for 1 piece - the "halfe turne"
of the 3rd verse. |
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Interestingly, the last
chorus seems to indicate that the dance is intended to be done multiple times
with different people as the active first and last couples: |
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"Cast of and meet
below" (at least, that's how I would interpret the instruction, even
though it is given after an "or" that may actually be some other
word I can't make out on the facsimilie). |
Conclusion: |
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Exactly the same dance with
only the minorest of variation. |
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