X: 1
T:Nine Elms. PFD3.162
B:Playford, Dancing Master Vol 3, 2nd Ed, c1726
W:Longways for as many as will
M:3/2
L:1/4
Z:village music project. Peter Dunk 2015
Q:1/2=120
K:G
GGG|d2 e/f/g e(d/c/)|c3 BAB|G3A/B/ cB|A3 GGG|d2 (e/f/)g e(d/c/)|c3A B^c|
d3(e/d/) (^c/d/) (e/d/)|d3|:dcB|c2 BA BG|c3 BAB|G2 (G/A/)B GF|G3:|
W:
W:Note: The First Strain is to be Play'd but once, and the last twice. (Repeat marks added for clarity)
W:
W:Cross over, the first Man and second Woman Back to Back, and the second Man and first
W:Woman at the same time go the half figure, and turn Hands in the second Couples Place .|
W:Lead thro' the third Couple and cast up into the second Couples Place .| Lead through the
W:first Couple and cast off |:
NINE ELMS. English, Country Dance Tune and Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. wikipedia:Nine_Elms is a district in south west London on the Thames. Nine Elms Lane was named around the year 1645, from a row of elm trees bordering the road that was probably built up from a path that existed between York House and Vauxhall from the 1200s.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985; p. 62. John Walsh (The Compleat Country Dancing-Master), 1731; p. 29 (also 1754, p. 144). John Young (The Third Volume of the Dancing Master, 2nd edition), c. 1726, London; p. 162.
