ins_mr_cosgills_delight
MR COSGILL'S DELIGHT
Walsh 1728
Douglas and Helen Kennedy, 1929
Duple minor longways
A1 1-4 C1 and C2 Rt hands across A2 1-4 Lt B1 1 1st corners change places 2 2nd corners change places 3-4 all circle clockwise (to lt 1/2 way to original places) (original says no hands) B2 1-4 face partners and 3 changes of circular hey)
MR COSGILL'S DELIGHT
Al 1-4 1st and 2nd couples right hands-across. A2 1-4 1st and 2nd couples left hands-across. Bl 1-2 1st comers change places, then 2nd corners change places. 3-4 All circle clockwise half-way around without hands. B2 1-4 Partners face and circular hey, three changes.
(A walking step, two to a measure, is suggested. A catch step (1-2-3) may be used occasionally to maintain the necessary drive and flow.}
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kRYyg5JOqo
MR. COSGILL'S DELIGHT
The music is the final movement 'Gavotta' from
Archangelo Corelli's Trio Sonata, op. 2, no. 1, dedicated
in 1685 to Cardinal Panfilio in Rome.
music -
ins_mr_cosgills_delight.txt · Last modified: 2025/08/06 22:51 by mar4uscha