X: 1
T: Row well, ye Mariners
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
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.65 "G 2"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The rhythms at the ends of the strains don't match.
N: The dance description is odd, with two sections, the first having four columns, the second being full width.
N: ## is used to mark the columns of the first section.
N: All four (short) sections of the tune are probably repeated.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: G
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G | F2E F2G | A3- A2B | cdc BAB | A2G G2 |][| d | ded A2B | cdB A2 |]
G | GAG F2G | AFD G2 |][| d3 A3 | d3 A3 | d2e d2c | B2A G3 |]
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%%begintext align
%% Lead up a D. forwards and back .| That again.
%% ##
%% First man two slips cross the room one way, the woman the other .| Back again to your places :|
%% ##
%% Fall back both .| Meet again :|
%% ##
%% Clap both your own hands, then clap each other's right-hands against one-anothers; clap both your own hands again, then clap
%% left-hands, then clap both hands again, then clap your breasts, then meet both your hands against one-another .| The same
%% again, only clap left-hands first :|
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 300
%%begintext align
%% First man sides with the next wo. and his wo. with the next man, doing the like till you come to
%% your own places, the rest following and doing the same.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 8 500