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Longways for as many as wS.
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Honour to the Prefence, then to your we. Lead up all forward and back, that again.
The i. cu,give right- hands to one another, then their left to the 2. cu.and fall back, then face to face,
then back to back with your own we. then the two we. calt off into their own men's places, and the
men follow them, making no ftop till they come into their own places, then the two men back to
back, and the two we. back to back, the two men put their right- hands a-crofs and turn the we. till
you come into their own places and turn S. then the 1. cu. caft off into the 2. cu. places, then into
their own, and go the Figure of 8. then the men take right hands,and the we. right-hands at the fame
time, and turn round into the 2. cu. places, then turn your own with you left-hand, and fo on till
you come into your own places.
=*5
( ioj )
Longways for as many as wS.
®O®0
Honour to the Prefence, then to your we. Lead up all forward and back, that again.
The i. cu,give right- hands to one another, then their left to the 2. cu.and fall back, then face to face,
then back to back with your own we. then the two we. calt off into their own men's places, and the
men follow them, making no ftop till they come into their own places, then the two men back to
back, and the two we. back to back, the two men put their right- hands a-crofs and turn the we. till
you come into their own places and turn S. then the 1. cu. caft off into the 2. cu. places, then into
their own, and go the Figure of 8. then the men take right hands,and the we. right-hands at the fame
time, and turn round into the 2. cu. places, then turn your own with you left-hand, and fo on till
you come into your own places.
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| Description | With the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin. London : Printed by W. Pearson, 1709. 'The fourteenth edition, containing above 350 of the choicest old and new tunes now used at court, and other public places. The whole work revised and done in the new ty’d note, and much more correct than any former edition'. [Includes tunes followed by directions for each dance.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.33 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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