29: Murry |
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a round (square) dance only
for 8 [everyone facing their partners] |
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mms pages 59 to 61 |
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Playford
version: none |
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Music: |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A |
1: |
Couples 1 and 3 slide
inward [a double] (towards each other), while couples 2 and 4 slide outward
[a double] |
2: |
[everyone turn single] |
Verse 1, Part B |
1: |
Everyone slide back to
their places |
2: |
Everyone turn single |
Chorus 1, Part
A |
1-2: |
Every man sets [and turns]
to his partner (step left, step right [turn single]) |
3-4: |
Every man circles his
partner |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1-2: |
Every man sets (step left,
step right) [and turns single] to the woman on his left |
3-4: |
Every man circles that
woman |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Couples 1 and 3 do a hey
with each other, two counts per change |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Couples 2 and 4 do a hey
with each other, two counts per change |
Chorus 2, Parts
A & B |
1-8: |
Everyone does a handed hey,
switching places with each person they meet by this manner: "they shall
turne but halfe round" (which I believe is just how you would usually
switch in a handed hey) |
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However, when you meet your
own partner (every fourth change if you start by switching with your corner),
you turn them once and a half around. |
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This continues as long as
you wish it to: "and soe after this manner, they shall goe round as
often as they please, the tune is played akording 4 or 5 goings
round". Once through the chorus
will get you to the opposite side of the square, so a second time through
will return you to your place. |
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Conclusions: |
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Not knowing the structure
of the music for this dance makes it very hard to reconstruct. I'm not absolutely sure whether the verses
are correct - the structure of the second verse sort of hints that I've got
it right, but I'm only guessing in the first verse about the slip, turn,
slip, turn (I think the author is trying to say what I reconstructed, but he
didn't do a very good job of it) |
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The choruses are even
harder - it would be more likely that the chorus would be a 16-beat strain
repeated twice, rather than an 8-beat strain repeated twice, because it seems
somewhat easier to set and turn in 8 counts, then circle in 8 counts. |
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This would also mean that
the second chorus would return you to your starting position in one full BB
repeat of the chorus, rather than two whole playings of it, and also make the
whole "4 or 5 goings round" mean 4 or 5 repeats of the normal chorus,
rather than 8 or 10 repeats ... |
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Which is why I've
reconstructed it that way. |
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