MAGE ON A CREE.*

Round for eight; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650). Numbering clockwise.

MUSIC.MOVEMENTS

First Part.
A11-4All take hands, move forward a double, and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
5-8Partners set and turn single.
A21-8All that again.
A31-4Men hands-four once round to places, facing outward (sl.s.).
5-8Each man turns the woman on his left, i.e., first man turns second woman, second man turns third woman, etc. (sk.s.).
A41-4Women meet and hands-four once round to places, facing outward (sl.s.).
5-8Men turn their partners (sk.s.).

Second Part.
A11-4Partners side (r.s.).
5-8Partners set and turn single.
A21-8All that again.
A31-4Men skip half-way round, clockwise, and fall into opposite places, each passing before the first woman on his left, and behind the second.
5-8Women move forward a double, and fall back a double to places, turning single as they do so (r.s.).
A41-4Men skip half-way round, clockwise, to places places, passing before the woman on his left, and behind their partners.
5-8Same as in A3.

Third Part.
A11-4Partners arm with the right.
5-8Partners set and turn single.
A21-8Partners arm with the left, set and turn single.
A31-4Each man turns the woman on his left once round, and moves round one place clockwise (sk.s.).
5-8Each man turns the next woman once round, and moves round another place clockwise (sk.s.).
A41-8Movement continued, as in A3, to places.

*In the 17th edition the title is "Madge on a Tree or Margery Cree."

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