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T: Vendosme's Retreat
%R: reel
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM2 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.2 (179)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each strain twice" instruction.
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Vendosmes_Retreat.abc	 2025-04-14 111658 UT
K: C
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ef |\
g4 g4 | g6 ef | g2fe a2gf | e3d c2d2 |\
e2dc fedc | d2G2 d4 | d3e e3d | d6 :|
|: Bc |\
d4 d4 | d6 e2 | d2cB A2d2 | B3A G2AB |\
c2Bc d2cd | e2de f2ef | g2c2 c3B | c6 :|
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%%center Each strain twice
%%begintext align
%% The 1st Man cast off behind the 2d Man and turn to
%% his own Place again .| The 1st Wo. do the same :|
%% Then go the whole figure of eight with the 2d Cu. .|
%% Then being at the Top clap hands with your Partner
%% and cast off and turn her :|
%%endtext
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