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====== New Boe-Peep ======

The New Boe-Peep, or Pickadilly, is an english country dance 
published in The English Dancing Master, London, 1651

Proper longways set as many as will


**Couplet 1: Lines**
<code>
1-4: Lead up all a Double forward and back
</code>

**Chorus 1: Women**
<code>
1-2: Women turn away and go all a Double towards the wall
3-4: Men follow them a double
5-8: Men peep four times over the Women’s shoulders, alternating right and left
9-10: All fall back to own places 
11-12: Turn single until proper
</code>

**Couplet 2: Sides**
<code>
1-4: Side rirht with your partner
</code>

**Chorus 2: Men**
<code>
1-2: Men turn away and go all a Double towards the wall
3-4: Women follow them a double
5-8: Women peep four times over the Men’s shoulders, alternating right and left
9-10: All fall back to own places 
11-12: Turn single until proper
</code>

**Couplet 3: Arms**
<code>
1-4: Arm Right with your partner
</code>

**Chorus 1: Women**
<code>
Repeat all 3 one more time, changing the choruses in turn: Men, Women, Men
</code>

**Variation:** on Chorus Men or Women do not follow own partnes, but chose any other partner they want

In the original description every couplet repeats twice, right and left side; and every chorus repeats twice, for women and for men, but this version of music does not allow it.


Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W2_ZItkmjk 

Other music version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgifcSTtIpE

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