Round for eight; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
First Part | ||
A1 | 1–4 | All take hands, move forward a double, and fall back a double to places (r.s.). |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A2 | 1–8 | All that again. |
B1 | 1–2 | Men move forward and meet (r.s.). |
3–4 | Women move forward and meet, while men fall back to places (r.s.). | |
5–8 | Women fall back to places; while men meet and hands-four once round to places. | |
B2 | 1–2 | Women meet (r.s.). |
3–4 | Men meet, while women fall back to places (r.s.). | |
5–8 | Men fall back to places; while women meet and hands-four once round to places. | |
Second Part | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners side. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A2 | 1–8 | All that again. |
B1 | 1–2 | First and third couples move forward and meet. |
3–4 | Second and fourth couples meet; while first and third couples fall back to places. | |
5–8 | Second and fourth couples fall back to places; while first and third couples meet and hands-four once round to places. | |
B2 | 1–8 | Same as B1, second and fourth couples meeting first. |
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 | 1–8 | Men meet and hands-four once round to places facing outward (r.s.); while women skip round them counter-clockwise, not joining hands. |
B2 | 1–8 | Women meet and hands-four to places, facing outward (r.s.); while men skip round them to places, counter-clockwise, not joining hands. |
The final figure (rapid back ring whilst people skip round outside it) is usually very messy. Andrew Shaw suggests that in the final figure's A2 during the last turn single the women spiral in a bit to stand in the middle of the set facing out and the men spiral out a bit to face anticlockwise, and then in B1 the men skip round the set, finishing with approximately a half gypsy left with partner so in B2 the women can skip round while the men stand in the middle. At the end, as the women get back to place partners can approximately do a quarter gypsy left to finish in home places and honour partners.
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart