ins_beggar_boy
THE BEGGAR BOY
or LUCINA
Longways for three couples;
in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
See an animation of this dance
Recording: beggar_boy-065_bn8bc-12.mp3.zip
beggar_boy-bsbnd04.mp3.zip
First Part:
A 1-4 All lead up a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
5-8 That again.
B1 1-4 First and third men face the left wall,
move forward a double, and fall back a double to places;
while first and third women face the right wall and do
the same (r.s.). Simultaneously, second man and second woman
advance a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
5-8 Men hands-three, once round; while women do the same on their own side.
B2 1-8 Same as B1.
Second Part:
A 1-4 Partners side (r.s.).
5-8 That again.
B1 1-4 First couple faces down and the third couple up;
they change places, the first couple passing between
the third man and the third woman; while the second man
and the second woman fall back a double and move forward
a double to places (r.s.).
5-8 Third and second couples hands-four, once round; while
first couple set and turn single.
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, to places.
Third Part:
A 1-4 Partners arm with the right.
5-8 Partners arm with the left.
B1 1-4 All fall back a double and then move forward a double to places (r.s.).
5-8 Men the half-hey (Fig.12, p.53); while the women do the same on their own side (r.s.).
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, to places.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHOuUftftNM
Chappell can find no mention of this tune in print before the reign of James I, but both tune and dance would appear to be sixteenth-century.
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