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Title:	The Bridesmaid
Description:	Longways Country Dance, duple minor

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2:8:The first couple dance a whole figure-of-eight around the second couple^26:8:The first couple join hands and slip down the middle and return to second place, the second couple move up^42:8:The first couple pousette with the second couple once around^54:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^

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Source:	Keith's Choice Annual Selection of Twenty Four Country Dances, Quadrilles, Waltzes, &c for the Year 1825
Authority:	Hare, G.W.
Year:	1825
Tune:	The Bridesmaid

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