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 do the same as the men. |
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.)
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart