X:1
T: Irish Boree
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: reel, march
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.146 #198 (292)
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.200
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeat sign added to match DMDfD instructions.
N: The tunes are identical, but the beaming is different. DMDfD beams notes into quarter-notes; CCDM1 beams notes into half-notes.
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Irish_Boree.abc 2025-04-13 183420 UT
K: Dm
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e2 |\
f3e d2^c2 | d2(ef) (ga)(gf) | e6 e2 |\
f3e d2^c2 | d2(ef) (gf)(ed) | d6 :|\
A2 |\
E3E F2G2 | A2(GF) (AB)c2 | E4- E2A2 |\
F3E F2G2 | A2(GF) (GF)(ED) | D6 |]
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%%begintext align
%% The 1st Wo. cast off below the 2d Wo. and slip up the middle into
%% her own Place, then the 1st Man go on the outside of the 2d Man
%% and slip up into his own Place, then cast off below the 2d Man, and
%% slip up the middle into his own Place again; then the 1st Wo. follow
%% the 1st Man, and slip up the Outside of the 2d Wo. into her own Place
%% :| The 1st Man change Places with the 2d Man, the other two do
%% the same; then all four Hands half round and cast off :|
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
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%%sep 1 1 500
%%begintext align
%% The 1. wo. cast off below the 2. wo. and slip up the middle into her own place, then the 1. man go
%% on the out-side of the 2. man and slip up into his own place, then cast off below the 2. man, and slip up
%% the middle into his own place again; then the 1. wo. follow the 1. man, and slip up the out-side of the
%% 2. wo. into her own place. This to the first Strain played twice.
%% The 1. man change places with the 2. man, the other two do the same; then all four hands half
%% round and cast off.
%%endtext
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