X: 79
T: the Penitent Nun
T: Longways for as many as will.
%R: reel
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.40
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats modified to match the "Each strain twice" instruction.
N: Reduced "to to" to just "to" in the dance description.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: F
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FGAB c2c2 | fgag f2dc | BAG2 F3G | A6 F2 |\
c2G2 A2F2 | c2G2 A2F2 | fed2 d3c | c8 :|
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c2de f3A | Bcd2 c3c | def2 e3f | g6 G2 |\
c2G2 A2F2 | c2G2 A3c | def2 f3e | f8 :|
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%%center Each strain twice
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%% The 1st Man and 2d Wo. take their Handkerchiefs to
%% their Eyes as if Crying, and turn single & then
%% turn her .| Then the 2d Man do the same :| Cross over
%% and Figure thro' the 1st Cu. then Right & Left quite
%% round .| Then lead thro' the 3d Cu. & thro' the 2d
%% Cu. then cast off and turn your Partners.
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