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 ====== The Happy Captive ====== ====== The Happy Captive ======
-to tune for 'The Dusky Night'+origninally ​to tune for 'The Dusky Night'
  
 A triple minor longways dance from Thompson, Twenty Four Country Dance, 1777. A triple minor longways dance from Thompson, Twenty Four Country Dance, 1777.
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 <​code>​ <​code>​
-   A1 Lead dow thro' the 3.d Cu. & cast up one into middle ​1s back-to-back by r.sh. the Gent.n hands round 3 at bottom & his Partner at top (M circle below W above) +A1 Lead down thro' the 3.d Cu. & cast up one into middle ​ 
-   ​A2 Lead up thro' the 2.d & cast off.to 2nd place 1s back-to-back by l.sh.the Gent.n hands round three at top & his partner at bottom (M circle above, W below) +   1s back-to-back by r.sh.;  
-   ​B1 1s lead down & up, & and cast off one place +   the Gent.n hands round 3 at bottom & his Partner at top  
-   ​B2 (lead outsides) Holding hands in long lines, fall back with 4 steps, come forward with 4 steps and 2h turn partner with 8 steps. +   (M circle below W above) 
-   The Apted editors, possibly in order to make the dance more interesting and put to use a prettier tune which had a tedious dance they did not wish to use, switched tunes to the longer 'The Dusky Night' and added a turn single in A1 to fill out tune. Yo +A2 Lead up thro' the 2.d & cast off.to 2nd place  
-   If you like the tune 'The Dusky Night' ​and would like to try the dance which Thompson originally linked with it, then here it is:+   1s back-to-back by l.sh. 
 +   the Gent.n hands round three at top & his partner at bottom ​ 
 +   (M circle above, W below) 
 +B1 1s lead down & up, & and cast off one place 
 +B2 (lead outsides) Holding hands in long lines, fall back with 4 steps, ​ 
 +   come forward with 4 steps and 2h turn partner with 8 steps. 
 +</​code> ​  ​ 
 +    
 +The Apted editors, possibly in order to make the dance more interesting and  
 +put to use a prettier tune which had a tedious dance they did not wish to use,  
 +switched tunes to the longer 'The Dusky Night' and added a turn single in A1  
 +to fill out tune.  
 + 
 +For the tune 'The Dusky Night' which Thompson originally linked with it, use: 
 +<​code>​
    A1 Cast off two Cu. and up again    A1 Cast off two Cu. and up again
    A2 Cross over two Cu. up again and cast off    A2 Cross over two Cu. up again and cast off
    B1 hands 4 to left quite round at bottom and back to right    B1 hands 4 to left quite round at bottom and back to right
    B2 right and left at top</​code>​    B2 right and left at top</​code>​
 +</​code>​
  
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