OAKEN LEAVES

Round for eight; in three parts (4th Ed., 1670). Numbering clockwise.

MUSICMOVEMENTS



First Part.
A11–4Hands-all, eight slips clockwise.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–4Hands-all, eight slips counter-clockwise to places.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A31–2First and second men change places (r.s.).
3–4First and second women change places (r.s.).
5–8First and second couples circular-hey to places, two changes, partners facing.
A41–8Third and fourth couples do likewise.
N.B. — This Part can, if desired, be made equal in length to each of the subsequent Parts, if the movements in A3 and A4 be repeated, respectively, by the first and fourth couples and by the second and third couples.



Second Part.
A11–4Partners side.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–4All that again.
A31–4Men lead their partners out a double, away from the centre, change hands, and lead them back again.
5–8Men, passing in front of their partners, turn the next woman on their right once round.
A4, A5, A6Movement in A3 repeated three times to places, the men in each repetition leading out the woman they have just turned.



Third Part.
A11–4Partners arm with the right.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–4Partners arm with the left.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A31–4The men move forward a double to the centre and fall back a double to places.
5–8Each man turns the woman on his left once-and-a-half round, and moves into her partner’s place.
A4, A5, A6Movement in A3 repeated three times to places, the men in each repetition turning the woman on their left and passing on, clockwise, into the next man’s place.

Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart