X: 1
T: the Merry Milk-maids
P: Longways for as eight
%R: jig
B: "The Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.16 #27
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.27
N: The dance is formatted in two columns; ## is used to indicate the column boundary.
Z: 2012-2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: C
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%% Lead up a D. forward and back, Set and turn S .|  That again :| ##
%% First and third Cu. meet your own, slip between the other, take
%% Hands across and go round each four .|  The other four as much :|
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%% Sides all, sett and turn S .|  That again :| ##
%% First Man cast off, go to the lower End and stay, the rest following,
%% the We. as much, sett and turn S .|  All that back again :|
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%% Arms all, Sett and turn S.|  That again :| ##
%% Men back, and go the S. Hey .|  We. as much :|
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