Playford's Progeny

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====== Enfield Common ======

Playford's Dancing Master in 1701\\ 
Interpreted by Philippe Callens  in 1999.\\ 
Proper duple minor longways dance.\\
Tune: Enfield Common  DM 1701 duple, 3/4
<code>
A1  1-2  Nbrs. face, set Rt. & Lt.
    3-4	 Nbrs. turn Rt-h once round
A2  1-2	 Nbrs. set
    3-4	 Nbrs. turn Lt-h once round
B1  1-4	 M. lead  thro' W and cast back meet & turn S away
    5-8	 W. lead thro' M, cast, meet and turn S away
B2  1-4	 H-4 halfway round, and cloverleaf turn S, 1stC down, 2ndC up, ending facing Nbrs.
    5-8	 Three changes Rts. & Lts, starting Rt. with Nbr.
</code>

Recording: {{ ::music:enfield_common-069-bn13mbt-13.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:enfield_common-055-rsl06.mp3.zip |}}\\
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qpimoqVzA&t=102s\\

====== ENFIELD COMMON ======

The Dancing Master  1701\\
Nicolas Broadbridge 1995\\
Duple Minor longways\\

<code>
Al 1—4 All face neighbour, set right and left and turn right hand once
       round. (Note: The first step is on the 4th note of music).
A2 1—4 All face neighbous set left and right and turn left hand once round.
Bl 1—4 Men lead between the Women and cast back to places and half turn
       single away (1st Man-right and 2nd Man-left) to face partner.
   5-8 Women lead between the Men and cast back to places and half turn
       single away (1st Woman-left and 2nd Woman-right) to face partner.
B2 l-4 Circle four to left half way round, then all face neighbour and
       2 changes of a square hey with hands, starting right hand with
       neighbour.
   5-8 lst couple long cast down to 2nd place, starting by dancing in
       towards each other, and 2nd couple leading up in bars 7 and 8.</code>


Thomas D'Urfey printed it as the vehicle for a ribald song in his Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 4 (1719-1720). It begins:
<code>
On Enfield Common, I met a Woman,
A bringing North Hall Water to the Town;
Said I, fair Maiden, you're heavily laden,
I'll light and give you ease in a Green Gown;
Says she, 'tis good Sir, to stir the Blood, Sir,
For the Green-sickness, Friend, will make me like it;
Then in a Minute I left my Gennett,
And went aside with her into a Thicket:
Then with her leave there, a Dose I gave her,
She straight confess'd her Sickness I did nick it.</code>