X: 1
T: Excuse me
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.126 #189 (251)
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.115 "L 4"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "[Each] Strain played twice" instructions.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: Gm
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|:\
G2G G2g | f2e d2e | f>gf cdB | A3 F3 |\
f>ed e>dc | d>ed c>BA | B>AG A^F2 | G3- G3 :|
|: B2c dBG | B2c dBG | B2c d2g | ^f3 d3 :|\
|: ABc c>dc | f2c A2A | Bcd d>ed |
g2f =e>dc | f2f f>ed | c2B A2^f |\
[1 g>ag gdc | B3 G3 :|\
[2 g2d =e>dc | =B3 G3 |]
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%%text [The 1st ending of the 3rd Strain is from CCDM1; the 2nd ending is from DMDfD.]
%%begintext align
%% First Man and 1st Wo. cross over and pass into the 2d Cu. Place, then take Hands and
%% turn round 'till the 1st Man is in the 2d Man's Place, and the 1st Wo. in the 2d Wo. Place
%% then the 2d Cu. do this over as the 1st Cu. did the rest doing the same :| Then the
%% 1st Man and 2d Wo. meet and fall back, and turn S. and the 1st Wo. and 2d Man meet
%% and fall back, and turn S :| Then the 1st Cu. cast off and go down on the Outside off [sic]
%% the 2d Cu. and go the whole Figure, 'till the 1st Wo. comes into the 2d Wo. place,
%% and the 1st Man into the 2d Man's place, then the 2d Cu. cast off and go the whole
%% Figure of 8 between the 1st Cu. 'till they come into the 3d Cu. place, and slip up
%% the Middle, 'till they come to their own places again, the rest doing the like .|
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%sep 1 1 500
%%begintext align
%% First man and 1. wo. cross over and pass into the 2. cu. place, then take hands and turn round till the 1. man is in the 2.
%% man's place, and the 1. wo in the 2. wo. place, then the 2. cu do this over as the 1. cu. did, the rest doing the same.
%% This is to the first Strain played twice.
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Then the 1. man and 2. wo. meet and fall back, and turn S. and the 1. wo. an 2. man meet and fall back, and turn S.
%% This to the second Strain played twice.
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% Then the 1. cu cast off and go down on the out-side of the 2. cu. and go the whole Figure, till the 1. wo. comes into the 2.
%% wo. place, and the 1. man into the 2. man's place, then the 2. cu. cast off and go the whole Figure of 8 between the 1. cu. till
%% they come into the 3. cu. place, and slip up in the middle till they come into their own places again, the rest do the like.
%% This to the third Strain played twice.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 8 500