====== Softly Robin ====== Longways, duple minor, improper\\ Wiilliam Pearson, John Young, [1726]\\ Interpreted by Andrew Shaw 2017 A1 1-4 1st cpl. 2-hand turn once round with a pause, bringing feet together on beat 2 of bar 2, then completing the turn, finishing facing nbr. A2 1-4 Nbrs. 2-hand turn once round with a pause, finishing facing across. B1 1-4 1st man and 2nd woman half figure eight through opposite pair. 5-8 1st man and 2nd woman R-hand turn half round, then, releasing hands, 1st man cast down into 2nd place, 2nd woman moving up into 1st place. B2 1-4 Ist woman and 2nd man half figure eight through opposite pair. 5-8 1st woman and 2nd man L-hand. turn half round, then, releasing hands, 1st woman cast into 2nd place, 2nd man moving up into 1st place. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdbOhSXAx0Y Walsh reprinted the dance in his Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1730 under the new title 5underland.