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ID:3288
Title:The Siege of Limerick
Formation: LW duple
Summary:Cast
Go round corner
Partners back to back
Square hey, 4 changes
Lead down, lead back and cast
Composer:Henry Purcell
Music:The Prophetess, 1st act tune, hornpipe
CDs:A Purcell Ball by Assembly Players
For Your Pleasure by Peter Jenkins tapes
Hold the Mustard by Hold the Mustard
Purcell Playford and the ECD by Tape
Author:
Sources:Dancing Master 9th Ed. 1695, The
Walsh 1740
Country Dance Book, The
Purcell's Dancing Master
Purcell Playford
Playford Assembly, The
Barnes Book of ECD Tunes (Vol. 1)
Website: http://round.soc.srcf.net/d...

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