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T: Hemp dresser
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.110 #161 (219)
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.60
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Dance description is in a 4-section, 2-column layout, indicated here with ## and a tab for indentation.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Hemp_dresser.abc	 2025-04-14 171251 UT
K: none
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B>cd d2c  | B>cd D>E^F | G2G G2A | B3 c3 |][|\
B>AB G>AB | A>GA D>E^F | G2G G2A | B3 c3 |]
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%%begintext align
%% Lead up all a D. forward and back .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		First Man change Places with the 2d Wo. .| Then with the 3d
%%		Man :| Then with the 4t Wo. :| Then with the 5th Man :|:|
%%		Then with the 6th and so to the last .
%%endtext
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%% Sides all :| Lead up as before.
%% ##
%%		As before, the We. doing it :| :| All do this, changing as before :|
%%endtext
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%% Sides all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		First Cu. cross over fall into the 2d Place .:| Cross again, fall
%%		into the 3d Place :| Cross again, fall into the 4th Place :|
%%		And so to the End, every Cu. doing the like.
%%endtext
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%% Arms all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		Turn your own Wo. changing Places :| Turn each the 2d
%%		:| Turn each the 3d :| Turn each the 4th and so to the
%%		last, the rest following.
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% Lead up all a D. forward and back .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		First man change places with the 2. wo .| Then with the 3. man :|
%%		Then with the 4. wo .:| then with the 5. man :|:| Then with the
%%		6. And so to the last.
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Sides all .| Lead up as before.
%% ##
%%		As before, the we doing it :|:| All do this changing as before :|
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% Sides all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		First cu. cross over, fall into the 2. place .:| Cross again, fall into
%%		the 3. place :| Cross again, fall into the 4. place .:| And so to the
%%		end, every cu. doing the like.
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Arms all .| That again :|
%% ##
%%		Turn your own wo. changing places .| Turn each the second :|
%%		Turn each the third .:| Turn each the fourth, and so to the last;
%%		the rest following.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
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