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| Chorus 1: | Arming (The
Shepherd's Crook)
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| Stand when not moving.
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| 1-4 | 1&2 sidestep right and
left.
On beat 4, the same people turn left one quarter and take
arm hold right.
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| 5-7 | 1&2 turn halfway to change places, looking at each other.
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| 8 | 1&2 drop hands and turn left one
quarter to face the next person in the line.
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| 9-16 | 4&1 and 2&3 repeat beats 1-8.
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| 17-24 | 6&1, 4&3 and 2&5 repeat beats 1-8.
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| 25-31 | 8&1, 6&3, 4&5 and 2&7 repeat beats
1-7.
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| 32 | All drop hands but do not turn, leaving
odds facing up and evens facing down.
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| Figure 1: | Cross and Chase (Away to Me)
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| 1-8 | Cross and chase right.
Start by crossing into two lines rather than a circle.
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| 9 | Cross left shoulders.
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| 10 | Quarter turn left.
| Top
<- 7 5 3 1
2 4 6 8 -> |
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| 11-15 | (After crossing left, instead of
chasing left)
The person at the front of each line (7 and 8) leads tightly around to
the right so that they meet again in the middle, facing up and down.
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| 16 | All turn left 45°.
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| 17 | Move forward a small step so that 7&8
are in line with one another.
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| 18 | Turn right 90°.
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| 19 | Move forward so that the two lines
cross over and 5&8 and 7&6 are left shoulder to left shoulder.
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| 20-30 | Continue alternately turning and moving
until the lines have passed through one another, finishing
turning right.
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| 31 | Move forward a small step so that all 8
dancers are in line.
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| 32 | Turn right 135° to face the middle
of the line.
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| Chorus 2: | Arming
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| Identical to chorus 1, except:
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| 32 | Turn to face the person you have
arm hold with, slipping
from arm hold to wrist hold.
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| Figure 2: | Pull By (Come By)
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| 1-12 | Pull
by into full stomach turn to
wrist hold 3 times, moving on one person each time.
When you
reach the end of the line, pull by as normal and take 4 steps to loop
around to the right slowly, coming back in again for the next swing.
When you come in again you need to be moving in as fast as the person
coming towards you otherwise the set spreads out too much.
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| 13-16 | Another pull
by into full stomach turn to
wrist hold, but on 16 the end couples
(4&6 and 5&3) raise right hands to form an arch, side-by-side, facing
the top (4 and 5) or the bottom (6 and 3)
and stand.
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| 17-20 | 8 and 7 pull
by into stomach turn once and a quarter to
wrist hold with each other.
2 and 1 pull by right, go through
the arch, dance round the set to the right and come back to the side,
ready for 7 and 8.
End couples stand still for 3
steps, then on step 20 turn to face one another and slip
into wrist hold.
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| 21-24 | 8 and 7 pull
by into full stomach turn to
wrist hold with 1 and 2 respectively.
4&6 and 5&3 pull by right
and go one quarter round the outside of the
set. 4&5 and 6&3 take right wrist hold at the side of the set and
turn one quarter. This bit is quite fast!
At this point we have 8 people in a line as in the first half of this
figure.
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| 25-28 | All pull
by, 5 and 6 into a loop round at the end of the line as before and
everyone else into a full
stomach turn to wrist hold.
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| 29-32 | All except 5 and
6 pull by, 5 and 6 joining 8 and 7
respectively for everyone to do a
full stomach turn, finishing facing
the centre of the new line.
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| Chorus 3: | Gypsy (Eyeing)
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| Stand when not moving.
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| 1-4 | 1&2 sidestep right and
left.
On beat 4, the same people turn left 45° and stare at one another!
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| 5-7 | 1&2 slowly dance round one another by
the right shoulder halfway to change places, finishing facing one another.
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| 8 | 1&2 back turn to face the next person in
the line.
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| 9-16 | 3&1 and 2&4 repeat beats 1-8.
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| 17-24 | 8&1, 3&4 and 2&7 repeat beats 1-8.
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| 25-28 | 6&1, 8&4, 3&7 and 2&5 repeat beats 1-4.
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| 29-32 | 1 and 2 pass their current partner by
the right shoulder, dance round to the right, and dance one sixth of the way round
the circumference of a circle with the current set as its diameter
(position 1).
Everyone else repeat beats 5-7, then turn right one quarter and
take right arm hold with the person then to the right (originally
behind).
6 and 5 need to dance around a ghost during this move.
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| Figure 3: | The Roundel (The London Underground Sign / Theta / The Shedding Pen)
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| 1-2 | 1 and 2 dance another sixth of the way
round the circumference of the circle (position 2).
Everybody else change places by turning halfway with the right arm on
beat 1, then on beat 2 drop right arm and take left
arm hold with the person to the left if present.
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| 3-4 | 1 and 2 continue dancing round the
circle, taking right arm hold with 8 and 7 respectively as they reach
the ends of the line.
4 and 3 dance to position 1 round the circle.
6&7 and 8&5 left arm turn halfway and take
right arm hold with the people to their right.
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| 5-16 | Repeat 1-4 three more times from new
places.
As 1 and 2 start going round the circle again they must go slower.
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| 17-24 | Continue to alternate right and left
arm turns in the line, dropping off into a circle as each dancer
reaches the end.
The third person at each end (7 and 8) must turn around as they do
this since they will be facing in the wrong direction.
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| 25-27 | Dance round the circle much faster.
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| 28 | Quarter turn right to face the centre.
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| 29-32 | Pass left shoulder through centre of
set to opposite place in a larger circle.
Finish with hoy.
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| Lead off
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| Follow the person to the right in a circle, 1
leading off.
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