| Me: Hunsdon House | |
| Arrangment: 4 couples in a square | |
| Music: Hunsdon House (Apollo's Banquet) | |
| Lansdowne 1115 mms - first dance | |
| Playford version in 3rd-A (1657) to 18th (1728) editions | |
| Part 1 | |
| Verse 1, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double; evens (facing their partner) fall back a double from their partner. |
| 2: | Odds split and take their contrary and fall out of the square on their own sides into the evens' places; evens meet their contraries on their own sides in the odds' places. |
| Verse 1, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double; odds (facing their contrary) fall back a double from each other. |
| 2: | Evens split and take their partner with them as they fall back out of the square into their original places; odds meet their partners in their original places. |
| Chorus 1, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double. |
| 2: | Odds turn single. |
| 3: | Odd men pass each other as they double into the other man's original place in the square. |
| 4: | Odd women pass each other as they double into the other woman's original place in the square. |
| Chorus 1, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double. |
| 2: | Evens turn single. |
| 3: | Even men pass each other as they double into the other man's original place in the square. |
| 4: | Even women pass each other as they double into the other woman's original place in the square. |
| Chorus 1, Part C | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double. |
| 2: | Odds turn single. |
| 3: | Odd men pass each other as they double into their original place in the square. |
| 4: | Odd women pass each other as they double into their original place in the square. |
| Chorus 1, Part D | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double. |
| 2: | Evens turn single. |
| 3: | Even men pass each other as they double into their original place in the square. |
| 4: | Even women pass each other as they double into their original place in the square. |
| Part 2 | |
| Verse 2, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double; evens (facing their partner) fall back a double from their partner. |
| 2: | Odds split and take their contrary and fall out of the square on their own sides into the evens' places; evens meet their contraries on their own sides in the odds' places. |
| Verse 2, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double; odds (facing their contrary) fall back a double from each other. |
| 2: | Evens split and take their partner with them as they fall back out of the square into their original places; odds meet their partners in their original places. |
| Chorus 2, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double. |
| 2: | Odds turn back to back, then take hands around. |
| 3: | Odds circle halfway around, drop hands |
| 4: | [Odds double out of the square on the opposite side.} |
| Chorus 2, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double. |
| 2: | Evens turn back to back, then take hands around. |
| 3: | Evens circle halfway around, drop hands |
| 4: | [Evens double out of the square on the opposite side.} |
| Chorus 2, Part C | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double. |
| 2: | Odds turn back to back, then take hands around. |
| 3: | Odds circle halfway around, drop hands |
| 4: | [Odds double out of the square back to their original places.} |
| Chorus 2, Part D | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double. |
| 2: | Evens turn back to back, then take hands around. |
| 3: | Evens circle halfway around, drop hands |
| 4: | [Evens double out of the square back to their original places.} |
| Part 3 | |
| Verse 3, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double; evens (facing their partner) fall back a double from their partner. |
| 2: | Odds split and take their contrary and fall out of the square on their own sides into the evens' places; evens meet their contraries on their own sides in the odds' places. |
| Verse 3, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double; odds (facing their contrary) fall back a double from each other. |
| 2: | Evens split and take their partner with them as they fall back out of the square into their original places; odds meet their partners in their original places. |
| Chorus 3, Part A | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double, then face their partner. |
| 2: | Honor (bow to) your partner. |
| 3: | Odds give right hands to their contrary and switch places in a double. |
| 4: | Odds give left hands to their partners and switch places in a double (i.e. half of a handed hey), falling back into the square on their opposite sides. |
| Chorus 3, Part B | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double, then face their partner. |
| 2: | Honor (bow to) your partner. |
| 3: | Evens give right hands to their contrary and switch places in a double. |
| 4: | Evens give left hands to their partners and switch places in a double (i.e. half of a handed hey), falling back into the square on their opposite sides. |
| Chorus 3, Part C | |
| 1: | Odds meet a double, then face their contrary. |
| 2: | Honor (bow to) your contrary. |
| 3: | Odds give right hands to their partner and switch places in a double. |
| 4: | Odds give left hands to their contaroes and switch places in a double, falling back into the square on their correct sides. |
| Chorus 3, Part D | |
| 1: | Evens meet a double, then face their contrary. |
| 2: | Honor (bow to) your contrary. |
| 3: | Evens give right hands to their partner and switch places in a double. |
| 4: | Evens give left hands to their contraries and switch places in a double, falling back into the square on their correct sides. |