This is an easy 17th century country dance in a longways set.
The Formation
Longways set, for as many as will.
A line of Leads facing a line of Follows, Leads on the left when facing the top.
Sets of two couples (first and second) down the line from the top.
The Figures
Dos à Dos with Partners (8 counts): Partners advance, passing by the right shoulder, pass back to back, and retreat, passing by the left shoulder.
Turn Partners (8 counts): Partners take both hands, rotate 360 degrees clockwise, and fall back to place.
Leads Half Figure Eight (8 counts): In sets of two couples from the top of the hall, Leads walk between the two Follows (top-most Lead first), around their opposite, and back to the other Lead's place in front of their opposites.
Clap and Circle Left (8 counts): Clap hands, then take hands four, and circle left for 8 counts, 360 degrees.
Follows Half Figure Eight (8 counts): Follows walk between the two Leads (top-most Follow first), around their partner, and back to place in front of their partners.
Clap and Circle Left (8 counts): Clap hands, then take hands four, and circle left for 8 counts, 360 degrees.
By the end, you've changed place with the other couple, the upper couple progressing toward the bottom, and the lower couple progressing toward the top. The second time through, you dance with the next lowest or highest couple, continuing the same way you were going, until you reach the bottom or top, at which point you sit out a round of dancing, then begin progressing the opposite way.*
* Like all longways progressive dances, if there are an even number of couples, the longways set can be closed up into a double circle, as in the Sicilian Circle, with everyone dancing every time, although this would be considered a modern adaptation.
The 1. cu. go back to back with their Partners, and the 2. cu. do the same at the same time.
The 1. cu. take hands with his Partner and turn her round, the 2. cu. doing the same at the same time.
The two we. stand still whilst the 1. man goes round about the 2. wo. into the 2. man's place, and the 2. man goes round about the 1. wo. into the 1. man's place, then all clap hands, then all take four hands and go quite round, the we. doing the like.
