See “The Playford Ball” Tune “Daphne”
Cecil Sharp 1916
Two couples facing

Part I
AA 1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
B1 1-4 All forward again, men lead opposite women away from set.
B2 1-2 Changing hands, men lead same women back.
   3-4 Opposites face, take right hands with partner and fall 
       back a double.
C  1-6 Partners face and circular hey, four changes, beginning 
       with partner, skipping.
Part II
AA     Partners side twice. 
BB & C As in Part I.
Part III
AA     Partners arm right, then lett. 
BB & C As in Part 1.

See an animation of this dance.

Recordings: hit_and_miss-068-bn12pb15.mp3.zip
hit_and_miss--011--011.mp3.zip
hit_and_miss--020.mp3.zip
hit_and_miss-priprec13.mp3.zip

HIT AND MISS and DAPHNE
Although the tune Sharp chose to substitute for this dance was well known, no explanation has been found for the name of the dance.
An early seventeenth-century song retells Ovid's myth of the pursuit of Daphne, who was turned into a laurel tree to prevent violation by Apollo.