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'''CUSHION DANCE [3], THE'''. English, Country Dance (6/8 time). C Major/A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The melody and dance date to the late 16th century. "The Cushion Dance" was a Barley Brake ("a blatant, if rather silly, mating display", says Merryweater {1989. See also the air "Barley-Break" for more information}), a dance game in which in which the men chose a partner by laying a cushion on the floor before the woman, upon which she would kneel and receive a kiss. She would then arise, take up the cushion, and the couple would dance while singing:
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''Prinkum-prnkum is a fine dance,''<br>
''And shall we go dance again.''<br>
''Once again and once again,''<br>
''And shall we go dance again.''<br>
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''Printed source:'' Merryweather ('''Merryweather's Tunes for the English Bagpipe'''), 1989; p. 30.
 
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'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
 
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Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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 Theme code Index    3311 3311
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Merryweather
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Merryweather's Tunes for the English Bagpipe
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 30
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1989
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