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====== Hey Boys, Up GO WE ======

(The Way to Norwich)”\\
The Dancing Master 1695\\
Douglas and Helen Kennedy 1929\\
Duple Minor longways\\
Tune: Hey Boys, Up GO WE
<code>
Base line in Birthday Song for King James II, :
A  1-4 1st couple and 2nd Woman circle left once round.
   5—8 Ist couple and 2nd Man circle left once round.
Bl 1-4 All fall back a double and move forward turning single.
   5—8 All back to hack right shoulder with neighbour.
B2 1-2 Ist couple face and clap hands (together-right-together-left).
   3-4 Ist couple cast down into 2nd place, 2nd couple moving up.
   5-6 1st and 2nd Men face and clap as in B2 1-2.
   7-8 Ist and 2nd Women face and clap their own hands together twice and
       then both hands with each other once.</code>
       
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-qjBAcePTo\\
 * Douglas and Helen Kennedy re-named this dance ‘The Way to
Norwich’ to avoid confusion with the dance ‘Cuckolds all a row’ (The
English Dancing Master 1651) which Cecil Sharp had re-named
when he published it under the title ‘Hey, Boys, up go we’ (The
Country Dance Book Part II 1911).       
       
====== Hey Boys, Up GO WE ======      
Cecil Sharp, 1911\\
Two couples facing\\
<code> 
Part I
A  1-8 All forward a double and fall back 8 double. That again.
Bl 1-4 Men gipsy with opposite women, facing out, clockwise.
   5-8 Men gipsy with same women, facing in, counter-clockwise.
B2 1-8 Repeat Bl with partner

Part II
A  1-4 Partners side.
   5-8 Opposites side.
Bl 1-4 Men change places (1-2) then women change places (3-4).
   5-8 Circle four-hands once around.
Bl 1-4 Repeat BI, women changing first

Part III
A  1-4 Partners arm right
   5-8 Opposites arm left
Bl 1-4 Men poussette opposite women half-way clockwise {Ist man push}.
   5-8 Men cast outward to right and move back to same place, partners following.
B2 1-8 Repeat Bl, continuing poussette clockwise to original place {Ist man pull}
, then cast outward to left.    </code>

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