For four; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
| MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
| First Part. | ||
| A | 1–2 | Couples advance a double and meet (w.s.). |
| 3–4 | First man and first woman move sideways four slips up; while second man and second woman move sideways four slips down. | |
| 5–6 | All fall back a double (w.s.). | |
| 7–8 | First man and first woman move sideways four slips down; while second man and second woman move sideways four slips up. | |
| B1 | 1–2 | The two men rise on the first beat of the bar (i.e., standing with feet parallel and close together, they rise on the toes of both feet, and then lower the heels to the ground). The two women rise on the first beat of the second bar. |
| 3–4 | All rise four times, on the first and middle beats of each bar. | |
| 5–8 | First man turns second woman; while second man turns first woman. | |
| B2 | 1–2 | The two women rise on the first beat of the first bar. The two men rise on the first beat of the second bar. |
| 3–8 | The same as in B1. | |
| Second Part. | ||
| A | 1–2 | Couples move forward a double and meet (w.s.). |
| 3–4 | First man leads second woman up a double; while second man leads first woman down a double (r.s.). | |
| 5–6 | All four turn round, face in the opposite direction, and change hands. First man then leads second woman down a double; while the second man leads first woman up a double (r.s.). | |
| 7–8 | All release hands and partners fall back to places, holding right hands. | |
| B1 | 1 | The two men meet (sk.s.), and take right hands. |
| 2 | Releasing right hands, they clasp left hands. | |
| 3–4 | First man passes second man by the left, turns second woman with his right hand and moves into second man's place; while second man turns first woman with his right hand and moves into first man's place (sk.s.). | |
| 5–6 | The two men meet again, clasp right, and then left hands. | |
| 7–8 | Passing each other, by the left, first man turns his partner with his right hand and returns to his place; while second man does the same (sk.s.). | |
| B2 | 1 | The two women meet (sk.s.), and take left hands. |
| 2 | They release left and join right hands. | |
| 3–4 | First woman, passing second woman by the right, turns second man with her left hand and moves into second woman's place; while second woman turns first man with her left hand and moves into first woman's place (sk.s.). | |
| 5–6 | The two women meet (sk.s.), clasp left hands and then right. | |
| 7–8 | Passing each other, by the right, each woman turns her partner with her left hand and moves into her place (sk.s.). | |
| Third Part. | ||
| A | 1–2 | The two men face their partners, take them by both hands, move sideways four slips toward each other, and meet. |
| 3–4 | First man faces second woman, takes her by both hands and moves sideways four slips up; while second man faces first woman, takes her by both hands and moves four slips down. | |
| 5–6 | The same couples move sideways four slips towards each other and meet. | |
| 7–8 | First man takes his partner by the right hand and falls back to his place; while second man does the same with his partner (w.s.). | |
| B1 | 1–2 | First man turns his partner with his right hand; while second man does the same with his partner (sk.s.). |
| 3–4 | The two men cross over and change places (sk.s.). | |
| 5–8 | Partners face, and all dance the circular-hey (two changes) (Fig.10, p.49) (sk.s.); whereupon each man turns his partner half-way round and changes places with her. | |
| B2 | 1–2 | First and second men turn their partners with the left hands. |
| 3–4 | The two women cross over and change places passing by the left (sk.s.). | |
| 5–8 | Partners face, and all dance the circular-hey (two changes) (sk.s.); whereupon each man turns his partner half-way round and changes places with her. |
[Note that this is essentially:
Introduction, with zero hands; figure led by men, figure led by women.
Introduction, with one hand; figure led by men, figure led by women.
Introduction, with two hands; figure led by men, figure led by women.
The second figure is simply an open men’s chain, followed by an open women’s chain.
The third figure is basically right hand turn your partner, with the men crossing
(wide, right), on the end of that phrase of music; then three changes of a hey, with a cheating
half-turn on the last change. This leaves the set rotated for the figure-led-by-women: left
turn your partner, women crossing wide on the end; followed by three changes home.
Thinking of this as turn, cross, two changes, half turn is fatal since you only have music for turn once and a quarter, three changes.
The Round decrees that the four rises in Part 1 are nods to corner, other person of the same sex, partner
and corner — this way people are nodding back to you, and you are left facing the corner you are
about to turn.
The Round generally interprets the kerfuffle on the chains as offerring the wrong hand in an
attempt to persuade the other dancer to fall for it, and then switching to the correct one at
the last moment (except if there is a risk of him falling for the dummy we just do a men’s
chain/women’s chain). In EFDSS circles people tend to give the correct hand, but attempt to
clap each other’s hands in passing with the spare hand.]
There is a school of thought that says that in the last figure Playford says "go all the S Hey" (where S might mean Straight, or Single) you should do:
Turn partner right, men pass left into half a straight hey across the set, meeting your partner on the other side with a quarter turn right into opposite place. Then turn partner left and women start the straight hey home.
This is certainly tider (none of the set rotating a quarter of the Cecil Sharp version), and a lot less rushed; but those who have taught their autopilots to cope with the Cecil Sharp version will be disappointed not to have the chance to show it.
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart