The Morris Book, Part 1 eBook

Cecil Sharp
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Morris Book, Part 1.

The Morris Book, Part 1 eBook

Cecil Sharp
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Morris Book, Part 1.
| and throw up both hands. | | | | ALL IN. |
MUSIC.               |           MOVEMENTS.                 | FORMATION.
|                                      |
|       BLUE-EYED STRANGER             |
|      (HANDKERCHIEF DANCE).           |
|                                      |
Once to yourself.    |Ju. last half-bar.                    | Column.
|                                      |
A1.              |Down-and-back, Ju.                    |    "
|Up-and-back, j. (forming Fr.)         | Col. to Fr.
|                                      |
B1.              |All dance at 4/3 step, mark time;     | Front. 
Bars 1 to 8.         |  swinging hands back and forth       |
|  together in time.  Bars 7 and 8      |
|  to be danced in 4/2 step.           |
|                                      |
B1.              |Chain.                                | Column. 
Bars 9 to 16.        |                                      |
|                                      |
A2.              |As previously in B1, bars 1 to 8.     | Front.
|                                      |
B2.              |                                      |
Bars 1 to 8.         |Cross-over.                           |   "
|                                      |
B2.              |                                      |
Bars 9 to 16.        |As previously in B1, bars 1 to 8.     |   "
|                                      |
A1.              |                                      |
(2nd time).          |Back-to-back.                         |   "
|                                      |
B1.              |                                      |
Bars 1 to 8.         |As previously in B1, bars 1 to 8,     |   "
(2nd time).          |  until bar 7, when leader call       |
|  “All in.”  All then draw into        |
|  Ring in centre, throw up hands      | Fr. to Ring.
|  on half-bar of bar 8, and Call.     |
|  (To extend this dance to full       | Ring.
|  length of music, see note p. 50.) |
|                                      |
|             ALL IN.                  |

MORRIS OFF.

This, as the name denotes, is the tune to which the dancers step as they leave the scene—­be it stage, or high road, or village green—­of their performance.  Its execution is very simple, and there is no limit to the number of times the eight-bar measure may be played—­or rather, the limit is set according to the fancy of the leader, for he may, if he pleases, and if the audience manifests no impatience, lead his side back and forth in a serpentine track, round and round for ever so long, till finally they wind from the scene.

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