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T: Drive the cold Winter away
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
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.86 #125 (171)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The dance description is odd:  It's in two columns, with the parts after the :| being on the right, here marked by "##".
M: 6/8
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Drive_the_cold_Winter_away.abc	 2025-04-14 045126 UT
K: Dm
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D |\
F>ED A2d | c>BA f2F |\
G2A B>cB | A3- A2 |]\
d |\
cAF c2d | B>AG B2c |
A>GF E2D | f3- f2d |\
cAF c2d | B>AG B2c |\
A>GF E>DE | D3- D2 |]
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%%begintext align
%% Lead up all forward and back .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	First Man back a D. then go down between the rest and
%%	turn the last Wo. but one, then Men the last, and stay
%%	there while the other Men go between the 2d and 3d We.
%%	and go towards the left Hand, and fall down to tHe 1st
%%	Man .| First Man back, then go up between the rest, and
%%	turn the 2d Wo. then the 1st Wo. while the Men to
%%	between the two last We. turn toward the right Hand,
%%	and go up to your Places
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Sides all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	This as before, the We. doing it :|
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Arms all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	As at the first :|
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% Lead up all forward and back .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	First an back a D. then go down between the rest and turn the last
%%	wo. but one, then men the last, and stay there while the other men go
%%	between the 2. and 3. we.  and go towards the left-hand, and fall down to
%%	the 1. man .| First man back, then go up between the rest, and turn the
%%	2. wo. then the 1. wo. while the men to between the two last we.
%%	turn toward the right-hand, and go up to your Places.
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Sides all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	This as before, the we. doing it :|
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Arms all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%	As at the first :|
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 8 500