====== Cuckolds All a Row ======
("Hey Boys, Up Go We")\\
Lovelace Manuscript around 1621~1649\\
Playford 1651 \\
Cecil Sharp 1911, \\
2 couples facing\\
[[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#HeyBoys|animation of this dance]]\\
Recording: {{ ::music:hey_boys_up_go_we-068-bn12pb06.mp3.zip |}}\\
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First Figure
A1&2 16 Forward a double and back twice
B1 8 Whole gyp with opposite, clockwise
8 Then counter-clockwise
B2 16 Same with partner
Second Figure
A1 8 Side with partner
A2 8 Side with opposite
B1 8 Men change places, ladies change
8 Hands four once around
B2 8 Ladies change places, men change
8 Hands four once around
Third Figure
A1 8 Arm right with partner
A2 8 Arm left with opposite
B1 8 Half-poussette with opposite to change places
8 Men cast to right and back to present place, followed by partners
B2 8 Complete the poussette
8 Men cast to left and back to place, followed by partners
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX5fWHz_gTI
Another version:
Part I
A 1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
B1 1-4 Men gipsy with opposite women, facing out, clockwise.
5-8 Men gipsy with same women, facing in, counter-clockwise.
B2 1-8 Repeat B1 with partner.
Part II
A 1-4 Partners side.
5-8 Opposites side.
B1 1-4 Men change places (1-2), then women change places (3-4).
5-8 Circle four-hands once around.
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, women changing first.
Part III
A 1-4 Partners arm right.
5-8 Opposites arm left.
B1 1-4 Men poussette opposite women half-way clockwise {ist man push}.
5-8 Men cast outward to right and move back to same place,
partners following.
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, continuing poussette clockwise to original
place {lst man pull}, then cast outward to left.
Hey Boys, Up Go We
2 couples
Couples meet and fall back; repeat.
Contraries gipsy R; then L. Repeat both with partners.
Partners side; contraries side.
Men cross, women cross; hands-4 once round. Women cross, men cross; hands-4 once round.
Partners arm R; contraries arm L.
Half poussette with contrary, men pushing, so that couples change places; men cast off to R, once round,
followed by their partners. Half-poussette back to places; men cast off to L, once round, followed by their
partners.
**CUCKOLDS ALL A ROW" OR "HEY BOYS UP GO**\\
Judging from the "Hey, boys" reference in the lyric to "Green sleeves
and Pudding Pies" Sharp might have been better advised
{o keep the "Cuckolds" title, as "Hey, boys" has even more suggestive
content. A cuckold is the unsuspecting husband of an unfaithful wife.
often signified in the visual arts by a pair of horns,