The Fine Companion

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The Fine Companion    John Playford, 1651   Square

First figure:
A1:   Take hands: in and back.  Set and turn single.

A2:   Same.

B1:   Men in; men fall back as women go in.  Women fall back as men go in and circle left.

B2:   Women same.

Second figure:
A1/2:   Siding, etc.

B1:   Heads in; sides in.  Heads circle.

B2:   Sides same.

Third figure:
A1/2:   Arming, etc.

B1:   Men meet, face out (4 steps); women dance single file clockwise around them and then men fall back to place (12 steps).

B2:   The same, reversing roles.

Cecil Sharp has a back-ring in the third figure, but Playford just says “Men meet, turne back to back”.