(The Way to Norwich)”
The Dancing Master 1695
Douglas and Helen Kennedy 1929
Duple Minor longways
Tune: Hey Boys, Up GO WE
Base line in Birthday Song for King James II, : A 1-4 1st couple and 2nd Woman circle left once round. 5—8 Ist couple and 2nd Man circle left once round. Bl 1-4 All fall back a double and move forward turning single. 5—8 All back to hack right shoulder with neighbour. B2 1-2 Ist couple face and clap hands (together-right-together-left). 3-4 Ist couple cast down into 2nd place, 2nd couple moving up. 5-6 1st and 2nd Men face and clap as in B2 1-2. 7-8 Ist and 2nd Women face and clap their own hands together twice and then both hands with each other once.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-qjBAcePTo
* Douglas and Helen Kennedy re-named this dance ‘The Way to
Norwich’ to avoid confusion with the dance ‘Cuckolds all a row’ (The
English Dancing Master 1651) which Cecil Sharp had re-named
when he published it under the title ‘Hey, Boys, up go we’ (The
Country Dance Book Part II 1911).
Cecil Sharp, 1911
Two couples facing
Part I A 1-8 All forward a double and fall back 8 double. That again. Bl 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 Bl with partner Part II A 1-4 Partners side. 5-8 Opposites side. Bl 1-4 Men change places (1-2) then women change places (3-4). 5-8 Circle four-hands once around. Bl 1-4 Repeat BI, women changing first Part III A 1-4 Partners arm right 5-8 Opposites arm left Bl 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 Bl, continuing poussette clockwise to original place {Ist man pull} , then cast outward to left.