Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide

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Ed. 1-10 Longways – 3 Couples
F Major 3 x AABB

Note: If 5, 7, or 9 Couples are dancing, this dance can be treated as a Triple Minor Longways dance, except the 1^st Couple progresses down two places each time.

I.

A1 1-2: Lead up all a Double.
A1 3-4: Still facing the Presence, change places with your Partner, Men slipping behind the Women.

A2 1-4: Men face the wall and take hands, the Women the same, and 1^st Man lead the other Men down the outside to the bottom, the Women the same, to stand all abreast to the Presence, the 1^st Couple in the middle.

B1 1-4: All lead up abreast a Double and back.

B2 1-2: Women slip right past the Men, while the Men slip left behind them.
B2 3-4: 1^st Couple lead your lines back up to your original places.

II.

A1 1-4: 1^st Couple lead up a Double, change hands and lead back down.

A2 1-2: 1^st Couple take hands with the 2^nd Couple and all four go halfway round.
A2 3-4: 1^st Man and 2^nd Woman change places.

B1 1-4: Women cross through the two Men, going to stand behind them.

B2 1-2: Men change places by the right hands.
B2 3-4: Change places with your Partner by the left hand, 1^st Couple turning into the 2^nd place, all proper.

III.

A1 1-2: 1^st Couple cross up through the 2^nd Couple and go down behind to the 2^nd place.
A1 3-4: Then change places back.

A2 1-2: Top three Men take hands, the Women the same, and fall back a Double.
A2 3-4: 1^st Couple, being in the middle Meet in a Double, while the other two Couples change places, to end as in Greenwood, with the middle Couple of the three improper.

B1 1-4: 1^st Couple lead up through the 2^nd Couple and cast down to the 3^rd place, while the 2^nd and 3^rd Men change places, the Women the same.

B2 1-4: 2^nd and 3^rd Couples take hands and go halfway around, while the 1^st Couple Arms right.

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