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
Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)
Morris dance
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Bar 6 |Beginning, Nos. 1 and 6 reach | "
| opposite corners. |
|Half-bar, Nos. 1 and 6 Ju. |
|Nos. 1 and 6 have now changed |
| corners. |
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C1. (Capers) | |
(2nd time). |Nos. 2 and 5 change corners as | "
| Nos. 1 and 6 in C, 1st time. |
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C1. (Capers) | |
(3rd time). |Nos. 3 and 4 change places as | "
| Nos. 1 and 6 in C, first time. |
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A1. (repeat). |Chain. | Column.
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B1. (repeat). |As before, with the difference only | Front.
(3 times). | that pairs start with right foot |
| so that, in bar 4, they stamp |
| and strike together the left feet. |
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C1. (repeat). |As before, All change places | Front.
(3 times). | again, returning, therefore, to |
| original stations. |
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A2. |Cross-over. | "
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B2. |As in B1. Pairs start with left | "
(3 times). | feet, and stamp and strike right |
| feet in bar 4. |
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C2. (Capers). | |
(3 times). |As in C1, except that pairs, in | "
Slower, except | changing places, step rather |
in last two | higher to the slower music, also |
bars, played | in the last two bars of normal |
in original | time. The High Step is to be |
time. | reserved for the Slow Capers in |
| C3, and repeat. |
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A2. (repeat). |Back-to-back. | "
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B2 (repeat). |As in B1 (repeat), pairs start with | "
(3 times). | right feet so that, in bar 4, they |
| stamp and strike the left feet. |
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C2 (repeat).
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