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Greenwich Park

Playford's Dancing Master of 1698.
Adapted by Cecil Sharp in 1922.
Proper duple minor dance.
Tune: Greenwich Park

   A1    8  First couple lead up for eight, and turn to face
         6  Lead down
         2  and go outside seconds, who move in and up
   A2   16  Second couple repeat all that
   B1    8  First couple pass right and go below
         8  ..then turn crossed-hands 1 1/2 while moving up the middle
   B2    8  Partners back to back
         4  Clap hands with partner (own, rights, own, lefts)
         4  First couple cast, second lead up

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZFLCEYdBN4

Greenwich Park

Thompson 1779
Longways for three couples

Al 1-4 1st couple cast below the 2nd couple, 2nd couple moving up
     5-8 All two hand turn partners
A2 1-4 1st couple, giving nearest hand to 3rd couple (gates) lead
       through the 3rd couple and cast back to the middle
   5-8 1st couple repeat leading up and cast to middle
Bl 1-8 1st and 3rd couples right hand star and back with the left hand
B2 1-8 1st and 2nd couples right and left through (four changes). 
       1st couple lead to the bottom as the 3rd couple cast up.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPwfHNFwq7w
Greenwich Park is the oldest of London's nine royal parks, first enclosed by the Duke Humphrey of Gloucester as a hunting ground in 1433.

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