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Hey Boys, Up GO WE

(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).

Hey Boys, Up GO WE

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.    
ins_hey_boys_up_go.txt · Last modified: 2025/07/01 03:11 by mar4uscha