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+====== The Lover’s Knot ======
+Or, The Diamond Jubilee
+By Jim Kitch, Philadelphia, PA
+Published in GEMS, 1993
+Formation: Longways duple minor IMPROPER
+Tune: Black and Grey (also used for Trip to Kilburn), Dancing Master 7 th Edition, 1686
+Meter: 2/2
+Key: Am
+<code>
+A1 1-4 W1 move down the center & up the outside to place,
+       M1 move down the outside & up the center to place
+       WHILE
+       W2 move up the center & down the outside,
+       M2 move up the outside and down the center to place.
+-8 Half-poussette, women pushing to start.
+A2 1-4 Circle L three-quarters.
+-8 Turn partner (Val’s note: along the line!)
+       with 2 hands once & a half around
+       and open facing in.
+B1 1-8 Hey for 4, men passing L shoulders to start.
+       End facing partner (7 changes).
+B2 1-4 R shoulder gypsy with partner once & a half around.
+       (Val’s “anchor” note: gypsy starts on same side of
+        set where dancers started hey.)
+-8 L hands across, women join in behind their partner.
+</code>
+NOTES
+The author notes that partners should maintain eye contact throughout the A1 figure,
+which is similar to the end of Mad Robin. Dancers moving through the center pass face to
+face.

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