====== Maiden Lane ======
Playford, 1651\\
Recording: {{ ::music:maiden_lane-073-bnecd-03.mp3.zip |}}\\
Sets of three couples.  4/4<code>
   1-4      f&bD, that again
   5-6      everyone facing men's wall, f&bD
   7-8      f&bD, ending with M facing W
   9-12    set and TS, that again
   13-16  siding
   17-18  fall back two steps and change places, passing left shoulders
   19-20  (17-18) repeat
   21-24  (9-12)  set and TS, that again
   25-28  arming
   29       M#1 and W#2 change places
   30       W#1 and M#2 change places while C#3 switches
   31       M#1 and W#3 change places
   32       W#1 and M#3 change places while C#2 switches
   33-36  (9-12) set and TS, that again
   dance repeats twice with new couple in front</code>

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAvsymSlM80

====== Maiden Lane ======
Sharp, 1912, modified
<code>
Part I 
Al, A2 Partners lead up a double and fall back, twice
Bi, B2 Whole parallel heys on the sides, 1s and 2s passing neighbor by right shoulder to begin.
C1, C2 Partners set right and left, then turn single right; that again. 

Part 11 
A1, A2 Partners side (Cecil Sharp style), twice.
Bl, B2 Partners balance back, then change places; that again to places.
C1, C2 Partners set and turn single, twice, as in C1, C2 of Part I.

Part III 
Al,A2 Partners arm right, then arm left.
B1    Ist man and 2nd woman change places, then 1st woman and 2nd man change places,
      while 3s change with partner.
B2   1st man and 3rd woman change places, then 1st woman and 3rd man change places, 
     while 2s (at the top) change places with partner. P)
C1,C2 Partners set and turn single, twice, as in C1, C2 of Part I. </code>

MAIDEN LANE
Common variant: Sharp's interpretation, hewing closely to the original, calls for dancers, in Part I, 
to move toward the men's wall, fall back, and then dance half
a hey. In Part Il, 1s would then make their diagonal progression back up the set. The widely danced 
variant chosen here allows each couple to lead the dance in
rapid succession. Some callers prefer a mirror hey in I: BI, B2. 

The origin of the name of
this street in Covent Garden is unclear, but it seems to date from the 1630s
and may pertain to the ladies of the court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria
(Henrietta Street abutted it on the north side); it was later the location of
the Bedford Head Coffee House and the Cider Cellars tavern. Voltaire, in his
1726-28 sojourn in London, lodged at the White Peruke on Maiden Lane.