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Upon a Summer's Day



Source: Playford (1651), TPB.

Recordings: {{ ::music:upon_a_summer_s_day--016.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:upon_a_summers_day-priprec11.mp3.zip |}}



Setting: A longways set of 3 couples.



Version: 1.0



<code>
    1- 4  Double forward (up the hall), double back,
    5- 8   set and turn single.
    9-16  Repeat 1-8.
   17-20  Take hands in lines, double forward (towards the other line)
          and back,
   21-24   bottom two men and bottom two women raise their joined hands
           to form an arch, while the first man and first woman go
           down the set in the center, go out through the arch on their
           own side, and meet at the bottom.
   25-40  Repeat 17-24 twice, until all are in their original places.
    1-16  Siding.
   17-40  Repeat chorus.
    1-16  Arming.
   17-40  Repeat chorus.</code>

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