X:1
T: Ducks and Draks
%R: jig
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM2 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.2 (141)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each strain twice" instruction (phrased oddly for this dance).
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Ducks_and_Draks.abc 2025-04-12 205646 UT
K: Dm
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e |\
fed agf | efd ^c2e | fed agf | efd ^c2d |\
eAe fef | gcg aga | bag c'ef | gg2 f2 :|
|: c |\
ABc cBA | GEc GEC | FGA AGF | EFD A2e |\
fAA =BdG | g=BB ^c2e | aAB AGF | Ed^c D2 :|
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%%center Each strain is to be play'd twice and repeat each Time
%%begintext align
%% The two 1st Cu. lead to the Wall and Back again then the 1st
%% Cu. cast off and turn Hands .| Then lead to the wall and
%% back again the 1st Cu. cast up and turn Hands in their own
%% Places :| The 1st Man cross over with the 2d Wo. and the
%% 2d Man with the 1st Wo. the two Men lead thro the two
%% We. then the two We. lead thro the two Men .| The 1st
%% Man cast up round the 2 Man into his proper Place the
%% 2d Wo. casts off in to hers at the same Time then the 2d
%% Man cast off into his proper Place the 1st Wo. casts up
%% into hers at the same Time then the 1st Cu. cast off and
%% turn Hands :|
%%endtext
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