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The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England — John Shaqi

The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of EnglandSharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

History

The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England

Name: The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England
Author: Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

Morris dance

|   "
                     |                                      |
    B3.              |                                      |
Bars 1 to 4.         |Hand-striking.                        |   "
                     |                                      |
Bars 5 to 8.         |Hand-striking, repeated               |   "
                     |                                      |
    C2.              |Back-to-back.                         |   "
                     |                                      |
    B4.              |                                      |
Bars 1 to 4.         |Hand-striking.                        |   "
                     |                                      |
Bars 5 to 7.         |Hand-striking, repeated. Beginning    |   "
                     |  of bar 5, leader calls "All in."    |
                     |                                      |
Bar 8.               |Beat 1, all j. (giving Col.           | Column.
                     |  formation). Half-bar, all throw     |
                     |  up hands.                           |
                     |                                      |
                     |              ALL IN.                 |




MUSIC.               |           MOVEMENTS.                 | FORMATION.
                     |                                      |
                     |    CONSTANT BILLY (STICK DANCE).     |
                     |                                      |
Once to yourself     |Partners tap across, last half-bar.   | Column.
                     |                                      |
    A1.              |Down-and-back, Ju.                    |    "
                     |                                      |
                     |Up-and-back, j. (forming Front).      | Col. to
                     |                                      | Front.
                     |Partners tap at half-bar in bars 4    |
                     |  and 8.                              |
                     |                                      |
    B1.              |                                      |
Bars 1 to 4          |Tapping (_see_ diagram, p. 54).       |    "
                     |                                      |
Bars 5 to 8          |Half-Chain. Tap on half-bar in        | Column.
                     |  bar 8.                              |
                     |                                      |
Bars 9 to 12         |Tapping, as in first 4 bars.          | Front.
                     |                                      |
Bars 13 to 16        |Complete Chain. Tap on last           | Column.
                     |  half-bar.                           |
                     |                                      |
    A2.              |Chain. Tap at half-bar in bars 4      |    "
                     |  and 8.                              |
                     |                                      |
    B2.

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The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England

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