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 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjPwLI16zA
+====== CONFESS ======
+Cecil Sharp, 1912\\
+<code>
+Part I -
+A  1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
+Bl 1-4 Men lead both women on their left {their own left-hand partner and right-hand
+       partner of opposite} out 2 double {up or down the hall}, change hands and
+       lead back a double.
+-8 Men turn two-hands ‘once-and-a-half while women turn opposites two-hands once around.
+B2 1-4 Men lead their two original partners out a double to the walls, change hands and lead back.
+-8 All turn opposites two-hands to end in original places:
+Part II
+A  1-8 Ist man and partners, 2nd man and partners, face 1st man's wall, balance back,
+       then forward a double and turn around: Repeat to place:
+Bl 1-2 1st man and left corner woman {on 2nd man's right}, balance back and forward,
+       then make an arch with right hands.
+-8 The others circle four-hands once around 1st man, passing under arch.
+B2 1-8 2nd man and left corner woman {on Ist man's right}, balance back and forward,
+       then make an arch with right hands (1-2). The others circle four-hands once
+       around 2nd man, passing under arch.
+Part III
+A  1-8 Repeat Part II, to 2nd man's wall.
+Bl 1-4 Women lead opposite woman away from set 8 double, change hands and lead back
+       while men face out and move away from set a double, turn around and move back.
+-8 Women circle four-hands around men who turn single right, then left.
+B2 1-8 Repeat Bl, but this time in bars 5-8 the women turn single right, then left,
+       and men turn two-hands once around.
+Part IV
+A  1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
+B1 1-4 1st man lead woman on his left down toward his other woman's place,
+       change hands, lead back making an arch while woman on his right cast
+       up and return to place under the arch.
+       Meanwhile the 2nd man lead woman on his right down a double, change hands,
+       lead back making an arch while woman on his left cast up and return to place
+       under the arch.
+-8 Men turn the same women two-hands while other two women turn two-hands.
+B2 1-8 Repeat Bl, 1st man leading woman on his right, 2nd man the woman on his left,
+       up a double, back and arch, the other women casting down.</code>
+**CONFESS**\\
+Mr. Confesse was a court dancing master active in the
+early seventeenth century. The claborate dance and modal
+tune were simply called "Confesse, his tune" in the table
+of contents of The Dancing Master between 1651 and
+, but in 1670 the title became "Confess, or: The Court
+Lady"