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ID:3273
Title:Short and Sweet
Orlabear's Maggot
Formation: LW duple
Summary:Siding into line
Turn single L
Turn single R
RH turn
Cast
LH turn
Back to back
Half figure of 8 up
Composer:Henry Purcell
Music:The Gordian Knot Unty'd, jig
CDs:A Purcell Ball by Assembly Players
Lovers Luck by Sociall Musick
Author:
Sources:Bray 1699
Purcell's Dancing Master
Lovers Luck, The
Another Look at Playford
Dances from Barnes Two
Website: www.ottawaenglishdance.org/...

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