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Amarillis

Playford's Dancing Master of 1670
Cecil Sharp, 1911
Du Minor longways

Introduction / Conclusion
   A   1-8  Partners up a dbl and back, repeat
   B   1-4  Men set fwd to partner and back (women not!)
       5-8  Men take ptnr RH and turn clockwise under R arm twice.

   Part 1
   A   1-4 C1 cross and down to 2ns posn improper, C2 lead up.
       5-8 Repeat with C2
   B   1-2 1st cnrs cross
       3-4 2nd cnrs cross
       5-8 Circle 4 once
   Part 2 (new C2 for C1)
   A   1-4 C2 lead up middle, then still facing, 4 slip steps out, man L, lady R
       5-8 C2 4 steps back, face, 4 steps in to place
   B   1-4 C1 lead down middle, cast up 
       5-8 C1 cast while C2 lead up

Amarillis

Playford's Dancing Master of 1670
Cecil Sharp, 1911
Du Minor longways

Introduction (This part is done only at the beginning and end of the dance}
A 1-8 Partners lead up a double and fall back a double: That again:
B 1-4 Men set forward to partners and fall back: (Partner does not set.}
  5-8 Men take partners by right hand, turn them clockwise under their right arms, twice.

Part I
A 1-4 Ist couple cross and move down outside to 2nd couple's place {improper}
       while 2nd couple lead up center into first place:
   5-8 Repeat movement: 2nd couple cross 1st couple lead.
B 1-2 lst man and 2nd woman change places:
  3-4 Ist woman and 2nd man change places:
  5-8 Circle four-hands once around.

Part II {Ist couple is now progressed one place and dances with new 2nd couple.}
A 1-4 2nd couple lead up center and, still facing up separate with 4 slips out, 
      man to left, woman to right
  5-8 2nd couple fall back down outside 4 steps, face partner, forward 4 steps to place. 
B 1-4 Ist couple lead down center and cast up to first place.
  5-8 1st couple cast down one place, 2nd couple moving up

Recording: amarillis-063_bn6atb-08.mp3.zip
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDLZvChVtOo

AMARILLIS
It probably takes Its name from a pastoral song for Maria and a chorus written by John Bannister for Thomas Porter's The Villain (1663, 1i.1). The lyric, which fits the tune only with many repeats of the phrases, begins:
Amarillis told her swain,
That in love he should be plaine,

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