X:1
T: Mermaid
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.108 #155 (215)
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containind 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.105
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Illegible words on left edge deciphered using http://deriv.nls.uk/dcn30/8975/89752483.30.jpg
N: The dance descriptions in DMDfD and CCDM1 are identical except for minor spelling and punctuation differences.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Mermaid.abc 2025-04-13 022246 UT
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B>cd e>dc | BG2- G2A/B/ | c2E E>FG | F3- F2F/G/ |\
A>Bc B>cd | eE2 E>FG | F>GA A>GF | G3- G2 |]
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A2B AFG | A2A A>Bc | dBe e2^d | e3 g3 |\
dBG E>FG | AD2- D>dB | eA/B/c A2G | G3- G2 |]
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%% Honour to the Presence, then to your We. lead up forward
%% and back, that again.
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%%begintext align
%% The 1st Cu. give right Hands to one another, then their Left to the
%% 2d Cu. and fall back, then Face to Face, then Back to Back with your
%% own We., then the two We. cast off into their own Men's Places, and
%% the Men follow them, making no Stop till they come into their own
%% Places; then the two Men Back to Back, and the two We. Back to
%% Back; the two Men put their right Hands across and turn the We. 'till
%% you come into their own Places, and turn S. then the 1st Cu. cast off
%% into the 2d Cu. Places, then into their own, and go the Figure of 8;
%% then the Men take right Hands, and We. right Hands at the same
%% Time, and turn round into the 2d Cu. Place, then turn your own
%% with your left Hand, and so on 'till you come into your own Places.
%%endtext
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