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 Theme code Index    112 423
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 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dancing Master 11th edition
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 248
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1701
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 Score   (1)   



X: 1 T: Wooly and Georgey T: Woolly and Georgey P: Longways for as many as will %R: minuet B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740 S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.112 #159 (223) B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709 S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.248 Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: Repeats added to match the instructions. M: 3/4 L: 1/16 K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |:\ G4 (GAB2) A2G2 | c2A2 (ABc2) B2A2 | B3A G3A B3c | (d6 e2) D4 | G4 (GA)B2 (dB)(AG) | A4 c2d2 e3f | g2e2 (dfdB) A2G2 | G6 A2 B4 :| [|c3d e2d2 g2d2 | B3c d2B2 e2d2 | G3A B2c2 d2G2 | F4 A4 A4 | D6 E2 D2B,2 | G6 E3 D2B,2 | d6 B2 A2G2 | G6 A2 B4 |] % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - %%text Note. The first Strain is to be play'd twice and the last but once. %%begintext align %% The 1st Cu cast off and Figure in, the 2d Cu. do the same; then all four %% Hands half round and cast up, then back again and cast up, then 1st Man %% and 2d Wo. change Places, the other Cu. do the same; then sett all four %% and turn S. and lead thro' the 3d Cu. into the 2d Cu. Place; the rest do %% the same. %% [CCDM1] %%endtext %%sep 1 1 500 %%begintext align %% The 1. cu cast off and Figure in, the 2. cu do the same; then all four hands half round and cast up, %% then back again and cast up, then 1. man and 2. woman change places, the other cu. do the same, then %% set all four and turn S. and lead through the 3. cu. into the 2. cu. place; the rest do the same. %% [DMDfD] %%endtext %%text Note: The 1. Strain must be played twice, and the 2. but once. %%sep 1 8 500


X:1 T:Wooly and Georgey M:3/4 L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B: (London, 1740, No. 159) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 (G/A/B) AG|cA (A/B/c) BA|B>AG>A B>c|(d3e)D2| G2 (G/A/)B (d/B/)(A/G/)|A2 cd e>f|ge (d/e/d/B) AG|G3AB2|| c>d edgd|B>c dBed|G>A BcdG|^F2A2A2| D3E DB,|G3E DB,|d3B AG|G3AB2||