ROW WELL, YE MARINERS

Longways for as many as will; in two parts (1st Ed., 1650).

MUSICMOVEMENTS



First Part.
A1–4All lead up a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
5–8That again.
B1First man faces up and moves two slips to his left.
2First woman faces up and moves two slips to her right.
3First man slips back to his place.
4First woman slips back to her place.
C1–4First man and first woman face each other, fall back a double, and move forward a double to places (r.s.).
D1First man and first woman clap hands on the first beat of the bar, and strike their right hands together on the middle beat.
2Same again, striking left hands together.
3First man claps hands on the first beat of the bar, and strikes his chest with both hands on the middle beat; while the first woman does the same.
4First man and first woman strike both their hands together (right on left and left on right) on the first beat of the bar.
5–8All that again, striking left hands first.



Second Part.
(Duple minor-set.)
A1–4First and second men side; while first and second women do the same (r.s.).
5–8First and second men go a single to the right and honour, and then change places, passing by the left; while first and second women do the same (progressive).
B1–4As in First Part, first and second men doing as the first man did, first and second women as the first woman did.
C1–4All four fall back a double and move forward a double to places (r.s.).
D1–8Both couples do as first man and first woman did in First Part.

It will probably be found more effective to omit the First Part altogether.



Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart