X:1
T: Princess
T: Princes
N: DMDfD has the title with only one 's', but it's the same tune and dance as CCDM1's "Princess".
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.62 #92
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.281 "B b 3"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "[Each] Strain twice" instructions in DMDfD.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Princess.abc 2025-04-13 113103 UT
K: Gm
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G |\
b2b b>ag | a2a a2d | g2g g>ba | ^f>ga d2d |\
f2f f>ed | e2e e>fg | c2c c>de | d>cB B2 :|
|: f |\
d2d d>cB | f2f f2c | e2e e>dc | g2g g2G |\
B2B B>AG | d2D =E>^FG | ^F2d A>Bc | B>AG G2 :|
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%% The two 1st Men and two 1st We. fall back, and meet,
%% and turn all single; the 1st Cu. lead down the Middle and
%% sett to their Partners, the 2d Cu. do the same :| The 1st
%% Cu. take Hands and 2d Cu. take Hands and draw their Partners
%% into each other's Place; the 1st Cu. lead thro the 2d
%% Cu. and come into the 2d Cu Place; the right and left
%% quite round, and turn their own Partners 'till the Tune
%% is done :|
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
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%%begintext align
%% The two first men and two first women fall back, and meet and turn all single, the 1st. couple lead
%% down the Middle and set to their Partners, the second couple do the same. First Strain twice.
%% The first man and woman take hands, and the second man and second woman take hands and draw
%% their Partners into each others place, the 1st. man and 1st. woman lead through the second couple and
%% come into the second couples place, then right and left quite round, and turn their own Partners till
%% the Tune is done. The second Strain twice.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
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