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Jacob Hall's Jig\\
Playford, //The Dancing Master//, 1695-1728.\\
Cecil Sharp, //The Country Dance Book, Part IV//, 1916.\\
Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer, //The Playford Ball// (CDSS), 1994.\\

Playford, "Under and Over", //The Dancing Master//, 1652-1728.\\
6/8, AABB, F/E/G minor

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proper duple-minor longways

A1 1-2 First corners right-hand turn once around while
       first woman cross to her partner's place.
   3-4 Ones left-hand turn once around.  First woman change hands and flip around.
   5-8 These three (ones with the second woman) circle right once around.
A2 1-2 Second corners left-hand turn once around while
       second woman cross to her partner's place.
   3-4 Twos right-hand turn once around.  Second woman change hands and flip around.
   5-8 These three (twos with the first woman) circle left once around.
B1 1-2 Ones lead down a double.
   3-4 Ones change hands and lead up between the twos
       to form a line of four across the set.
   5-8 Lines lead up a double and fall back into a ring.
B2 1-4 Circle left once around.
   5-8 Ones lead up and cast down to progressed place.
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Cecil Sharp added the turns with partners in A1 and A2.\\
Danced in the 1996 movie //Emma//. /* But I can't find the video. JN */


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X:1
T:Under and Over
T:for the dance "Jacob Hall's Jig"
C:Playford
O:1652-1728
S:Peter Barnes, "English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 1", p59
S:transposed from the original key of G minor
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:E minor
Q:3/8=120
"Em"E2ed2^c|"G"B3"D"A3|"Em"G3/2A/BA2G|"D(Bm)"F3D3|"Em"E2ed2e|"Bm"f3B2B|"A"^c3/2d/e "Bm"ed2|"Em"e3-e2z:|
|:"G"d2d d3/2^c/B|"D"A2AA2F|"Em"G3/2A/BA2G|"Bm"F3D3|"Em"E2ed2e|"Bm"f3B2B|"A"^c3/2d/e "Bm"ed2|"Em"e3-e2z:|
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