X:1
T: New Year's Eve
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig,waltz
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.34 #62
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.9 "B 4"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each Strain twice" instruction.
N: "Tune the Bass String to a 4th." This implies "scordatura" violin tuning, with notes below C sounding a step higher.
N: DMDfD has a sharp before the low C sharp in bar 2 (written as B sharp); CCDM1 lacks this sharp.
N: The last note in bar 2 is A, in CCDM1, and G, in CCDM1.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/New_Years_Eve.abc	 2024-06-03 165734 UT
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D |\
(FA)A A>AB | (AF)E ^B,2G, |\
(B,E)E E2D | (B,E)E d>f e/d/ |\
c(B/A/)G FdF | fdc d2 :|
|: F/G/ |\
A (G/F/) (E/D/) G>AB | A (G/F/) (E/D/) G>AB |\
ef2 d2c | dB2 A>Bc |\
d>cB A2 (G/F/) (E/D/) | E(G,B,) D2 :|
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%%center Note, Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.
%%begintext align
%% First Man take the second Woman by the right Hand, and lead
%% between the second Man and first Woman; cast off into their Places,
%% and turn; the first Couple run the Figure between the second,
%% turn your own, first Man standing in his own Place; first
%% Man and second woman cross and go round.  The first Man round
%% his Woman into his own Place, and second Woman round her
%% Man into her Place; Hands half round; the second Couple cast
%% off; first Man cross over with the second Woman, the second
%% Man cross over with the first Woman then turn your own.
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 500
%%begintext align
%% First man take the 2. wo. by the right hand, and lead between the 2. man and 1. wo. cast off into their
%% places, and turn, 1. cu. run the Figure between the 2. turn your own, 1. man standing in his own place;
%% 1. man and 2. wo. cross and go round : the 1. man round his wo. into his own place, and 2. wo.
%% round her man into her place, hands half round; 2. cu. cast off; 1. man cross over with the 2. wo.
%% 2. man cross over with the 1. wo. turn your own.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 8 500