Hit and Miss

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Hit and Miss    John Playford, 1651   2 couples

First figure:
A1/2:   Lead partner forward a double and back.  That again.

B1/2:   Lead partner in; lead neighbour out to the wall.  Change hands, lead neighbour in; fall back with partner.

C1/2:   Women pass R shoulder: full hey for four across the hall.

Second figure: As before but side R and L with partner.

Third figure: As before but arm R and L with partner.

Cecil Sharp wrongly interpreted Playford's “The Single Hey all four” as his invented “circular hey”.
See notes at http://colinhume.com/instr.htm#Hit_Miss