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ID:1189
Title:The Fit's come on me now
The Bishop of Chester's Jig
Formation: LW duple
Summary:Go round neighbour
Two hand turn
Grand square and reverse
Cross over
Half figure of 8 down
Turn single
Cast (others move up)
Composer:Henry Purcell
Music:The Dancing Master 1686
CDs:Purcell, Encore! by Assembly Players
ECD from Playford by Broadside Band
John Playford's Secret Ball by Belshazzar's Feast
Author:
Sources:Dancing Master 7th Ed. 1686, The
Elizabethan Country Dances
Purcell's Dancing Master
Purcell Playford
Country Dance Book, The
Barnes Book of ECD Tunes (Vol. 1)
Website: http://round.soc.srcf.net/d...

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