Longways for Eight; in Three parts (1st Ed., 1650).

MUSIC.		MOVEMENTS.
		First Part.
A1	1-4	All lead up a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
	5-8	Partners set and turn single.
A1	1-8	All that again.
B1	1-2	First man and first woman take two steps back, meet, and take both hands; while third man and third woman do the same (r.s.).
	3-4	First and second couples change places, first couple slipping down between second man and second woman; while third and fourth couples change places in like manner.
	5-8	All fall back a double and move forward a double to places (r.s.).
	9-12	First and second couples right-hands-across; while third and fourth couples do the same (r.s.).
B2	1-2	Second man and second woman take two steps back, meet and take both hands; while fourth man and fourth woman do the same (r.s.).
	3-4	First and second couples change places, second couple slipping down between first man and first woman; while third and fourth couples change places in like manner.
	5-12	Same as in B1.
		Second Part.
A1	1-4	Partners side (r.s.).
	5-8	Partners set and turn single.
A1	1-8	All that again.
B1	1-4	First man, followed by second, third and fourth men, turns out to his left, and casts down to the lower end (sk.s.).
	5-8	First woman, followed by second, third and fourth women, turns out to her right and casts down to lower end (sk.s.).
	9-12	Partners set and turn single.
B1	1-4	First man turns out to his right and, followed by the rest of the men, casts up to the top (sk.s.).
	5-8	First woman turns out to her left and, followed by the rest of the women, casts up to the top (sk.s.).
	9-12	Partners set and turn single.
		Third Part.
A1	1-4	Partners arm with the right.
	5-8	Partners set and turn single.
A2	1-4	Partners arm with the left.
	5-8	Partners set and turn single.
B1	1-4	Men fall back a double and move forward a double to places (r.s.).
	5-12	Men the Straight-hey (Fig. 12, p.29), first and second men facing each other, third and fourth men the same (sk.s.).
B2	1-12	Women fo the same as the men.

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Given my policy is to apply the corrections Novello published to the first edition I have done so in B of Part 1. However, since some people complain that the fall back and meet before the couples slip down makes the dance over-busy, I shall point out that this was a 'correction', and in the first edition Cecil Sharp simply said couples meet, without the preceding fall back. (The other complaint is that Cecil Sharp added a fall back and come forward before the star, to be consistent with the third part, but others think that to pad out Playford's hands-across we should have right hand star, left hand star instead of fall back, come forward and star right.)

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