13: The Old Man with a Bed Full of Bones |
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longways for 6 or 8 |
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mms pages 21 to 23 |
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Playford
version: from 1st edition to 18th edition. |
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Music: |
Food of Love by Hesperus - not enough repeats |
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New New Nothing by Shulamit Kleinerman - also not enough
repeats (needs to be 18) |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, left] |
Verse 1, Part B |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, right] |
Chorus 1, Part
A |
1: |
Couple 1 take both hands
and slip down toward the bottom of the set "very fast" |
2: |
They slip back up a little |
3: |
They slip back down until
they are at the bottom of the set |
4: |
They turn in place, and man
1 puts his partner in the last woman's place, taking her by both hands into
the center |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1: |
Man 1 and the last woman
slip up toward the top |
2: |
They slip back down a
little |
3: |
They slip up all the way to
the top |
4: |
Then man 1 turns her all
the way around and puts her in his partner's place |
Chorus 1, Part
C |
1: |
The last man and woman 1
take both hands and slip up toward the top of the set |
2: |
They slip back down a
little |
3: |
They slip up again until
they are at the top of the set |
4: |
They turn in place, and the
last man puts woman 1 back in her place, taking his original partner by both
hands into the center |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1: |
The last man and the last
woman slip down the set |
2: |
They slip back up a little |
3: |
They slip all the way to
the bottom |
4: |
Then the last man turns her
all the way around and puts her in her proper place |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Side [left to line up right
shoulders] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, left] |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Side [right to line up left
shoulders] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, right] |
Chorus 1, Part
A |
1: |
The last couple take both
hands and slip up toward the top of the set |
2: |
They slip back down a
little |
3: |
They slip back up until
they are at the top of the set |
4: |
They turn in place, and the
last man puts his partner in the woman 1's place, taking woman 1 by both
hands into the center |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1: |
The last man and first
woman slip down toward the bottom of the set |
2: |
They slip back up a little |
3: |
They slip down all the way
to the bottom |
4: |
Then the last man turns her
all the way around and puts her in his partner's place |
Chorus 1, Part
C |
1: |
Man 1 and the last woman
take both hands and slip down the set |
2: |
They slip back up a little |
3: |
They slip down again until
they are at the bottom of the set |
4: |
They turn in place, and man
1 puts the last woman back in her place, taking his original partner by both
hands into the center |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1: |
Couple 1 slip up the set |
2: |
They slip back down a
little |
3: |
They slip all the way to
the top |
4: |
Then they turn all the way
around and man 1 puts woman 1 in her proper place |
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Part 3 |
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Verse 3, Part A |
1-2: |
Half-turn |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, left] |
Verse 3, Part B |
1-2: |
Half-turn |
3-4: |
Set [and turn, right] |
Chorus 3 |
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Repeat chorus 1, except
"if you please", the man may spin his partner as they move up and
down the set by this means: "turne her arme over her head". Additionally, the man may salute her
("if you like your mate") when turning them around at the top or
bottom of the set. |
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Comparison to
the Playford version (1st to 18th editions) |
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Again, we have a massively
popular dance from Playford's time, and this time this pre-Playford version
is very much a direct ancestor. All of
the necessary parts coorespond, from the basic pattern of the verse, to the
basic pattern of the chorus. |
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Minor differences exist -
the substitution of an arming verse with a "half turn" verse, and
the middle chorus has the bottom starting the pattern, instead of the more
identical-to-the-first-chorus of Playford with some crossed hands. The final chorus even has the extra
"spin and kiss" instruction! |
Conclusion: |
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Definitely qualifies as the
same dance, aside from some minor variations. |
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Music: |
While we have music from
Playford that will perfectly fit this, there are actually instructions in
this manuscript that instruct that "Cooke Laurrel would needes have the
divill his quest" is the tune for this dance. Perhaps this instruction gives another name
for the Playford music? |
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