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T: Dull Sir John
P: Figure Dance for eight
%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.139 #183 (277)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Walsh omits the diagram for this dance, which is in square formation.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Dull_Sir_John.abc	 2025-04-13 055929 UT
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%% The 1st Cu. lead in and cast off to their Places the Man going between the 2d Cu.
%% and the Wo. between the 4th. The 3d Cu. as much .| The 2d Cu. as much and the 4th
%% as much :| The 1st and 3d Man Change Places a cross, their We. as
%% much, Hands all four either round or cross and go round to your Places .|
%% The 2d and 4th Cu. as much :| And fall the last four, the Men behind the We :|
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% The 4th and 2d Man standing behind their We. the 1st Cu. pass into the 3d
%% Place the Man going between the 2d Cu. and the Wo. between the 4th whilst the
%% 3d Cu. lead right over and fall into the 1st Place, this back again to their Places,
%% the 1st Cu. doing as the 3d did and the 3d as the 1st, the 4th as much :|
%% Then the 1st and 3d Cu. the S. Hey twice to your Places, the We. who stand
%% before their Men leading it .| The other four as much :|
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% Men cast off and going on the outside their own We. fall into each other's Place,
%% We. as much, Men as much again, We. as much :| First and 3d Cu. meet
%% go about each other, We. back to back not turning your Faces, give
%% right Hands to the cu. We. and left Hands to your own and so stay in
%% your own Places as at first, the other four doing the like .:|
%%endtext
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