Longways for six; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
Running-step throughout the dance. | ||
First Part | ||
A | 1–4 | All lead up a double and fall back a double to places. |
5–8 | That again. | |
B1 | 1–4 | First and second women and second and third men fall back two steps, cross over and change places, first woman with second man and second woman with third man. |
5–8 | First man and third woman cross over and change places. | |
B2 | 1–8 | All that again, to places. |
Second Part | ||
A | 1–4 | Partners side. |
5–8 | That again. | |
B1 | 1–4 | The men take hands, fall back a double and move forward a double to places; while the women do the same. |
5–8 | First & third men, first & third women, second man & second woman, arm with the right and fall back to places. | |
B2 | 1–4 | As in B1. |
5–8 | Partners turn. | |
Third Part | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners arm with the right. |
5–8 | Partners arm with the left. | |
B1 | 1–4 | The men go four slips up, while the women go four slips down, so that third man faces first women. |
5–8 | Progressive hey, handing, three changes, to places, third man and first woman beginning the movement. (In the third and last change, second man turns his partner once round with the right hand, while first and third men turn their partners three-quarters round.) | |
B2 | 1–8 | Same movement as in B1, except that the men slip down and the women slip up, and first man and third woman begin the progressive hey. |
Note: This text is from the first edition. Later editions cut "fall back two steps," from B1 in the first part and added ", giving left hands" for the start of the final progressive hey (third part, B2).
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart