| 26: Natly | |
| for as many as you please, a long dance (presumably longways, as well as lengthy) | |
| mms pages 53 to 55 | |
| Playford version: none | |
| Music: | |
| Intro, Part A | |
| 1: | Lead up [a double] |
| 2: | [Fall back a double] |
| 3-4: | That again |
| Intro, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Set [and turn single, left] |
| 3-4: | Set [and turn single, right] |
| Figure 1, Part A | |
| 1: | Couples 1 and 2 lead toward each other |
| 2: | Fall back from each other |
| 3-4: | Couples 1 and 2 change places [in two doubles], couple 1 going between/under/through couple 2 |
| Figure 1, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Man 1 and woman 2 turn each other all the way around |
| 3-4: | Woman 1 and man 2 turn each other all the way around |
| And so on: | |
| This figure continues in virus-progressive format until everyone is back in their places | |
| Figure 2, Part A | |
| 1: | Couples 1 and 2 lead toward each other |
| 2: | Fall back from each other |
| 3-4: | Couples 1 and 2 change places [in two doubles], couple 1 going between/under/through couple 2 |
| Figure 2, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Couple 2 (who is in couple 1's spot) leads down between couple 1, casts off, and comes around to their new places |
| 3-4: | Couple 1 (who is in couple 2's spot) leads up between couple 2, casts off, and comes around to their new places |
| And so on: | |
| This figure continues in virus-progressive format until everyone is back in their places | |
| Figure 3, Part A | |
| 1: | Couples 1 and 2 lead toward each other |
| 2: | Fall back from each other |
| 3-4: | Couples 1 and 2 change places [in two doubles], couple 1 going between/under/through couple 2 |
| Figure 3, Part B | |
| 1-2: | Couples 1 and 2 take hands around backwards and go all the way around (couple 1 remaining progressed below couple 2) |
| 3-4: | Couples 1 and 2 face their partners and set [and turn, left] |
| And so on: | |
| This figure continues in virus-progressive format until everyone is back in their places | |
| Conclusions: | |
| This is a very nice 3-figure progressive with an introductory figure. It would seem, considering the format of all 4 figures, that the music is probably a verse-chorus arrangement, AABB in structure, with each strain being 8 counts long. | |
| Of course, it could simply be a 16-count strain repeated many, many times, but the structure of the progressive figures, especially - with the actual progression happening first, then some kind of filler going on until the next couple is danced with - sort of points to the former being the case. | |