X:1
T: the Marlborough
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: reel
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.345
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The time signature is actually just "2", then just "3".
N: The next-to-last bar is missing an 8th-note, fixed by interpreting the (fuzzy) e grace note as an initial e.
N: Repeats not added, due to the ambiguities in doing so correctly.
M: 2/2
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Marlborough.abc	 2025-04-13 160338 UT
K: C
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[|\
g2ef g2ef | gfga g2c2 | g2ef g2fe | dcde d4 |\
f2fg a2f2 | a2gf e3f | g2g2 g2fe | decd B2G2 |
c3d (d3c/d/) | e3f (f3e/f/) | g2(cd) d3c | c8 |[M:3/4][L:1/8] g2 |\
e2 c2 g2 | e2 c2 g2 | a2 e2 (fe/f/) | g6 ][ d2 |\
e2 fedc | d2 G2 d2 | e2 fedc | d4 d2 |
g2 d2 e2 | B3 c d2 | cB A3 G | G4 g2 |\
e2 c2 g2 | e2 c2 g2 | a2 e2 (fe/f/) | g4 g2 |\
agfedc | B2 G2 e2 | ed d3 c | c6 |]
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%%text Note: Each Strain twice over.
%%begintext align
%% The 1. man and 2. wo. Set to each other, and then Figure the whole Figure round their own partners
%% .| The other two do the same :| Then 1. man turns the 2. wo. cross with the Minuet Step, the other
%% two the same; Then hands quite round; Then turn hands sides half round and back again; the 1. couple
%% being at the top, both cast off and turn.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
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