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+====== SCOTCH JEMMY ======
+Kynaston /Walsh. 1711. \\
+Modern interpretation by Tom Cook a (1979). \\
+Longways for three couples,  proper.\\
+Tune: SCOTCH JENNY
+<code>
+A1  1-8   While first man casts down and goes quite round the second couple
+          into his partner's place and 3rd woman casts up and likewise goes
+          round second couple into her partner's place, first woman and third
+          man in bar 1 balance back (not setting) then follow their partners
+          round until first woman is below and third man above the second
+          couple when they turn Left hand into their partner's original places.
+A2  1-8   First and third couples repeat the movement in A1, all four doing as
+          their partners then did.
+B1  1-8   Second couple go half figure of 8 down through third couple, cross in
+          middle places and cast up to the top proper. First couple lead down
+          in bars 7 and 8 into hands four with third couple.
+-16  While first and third couples circle L half way, second couple turn half
+          way. All fall back in progressed places, improper. Then partners turn
+          half and fall back proper.
+B2. 1-8   Third couple (in middle places) half left hand turn, then half figure of
+down through first couple, both finishing on the center line of the set
+          with L shoulders adjacent (man below woman).
+-10  Third couple take two steps back (not setting) to middle places, then
+-16 Cast up to the top and turn with crossed hands down the middle to
+          middle places, proper. All are progressed.
+Repeat the whole twice to leave all in original places. </code>
+Note: First couple in A1 and A2 move along a track similar to that which starts ‘Corn
+Riggs', except that the man leads round first. Third couple simultaneously perform
+diametrically opposite movement.

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