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Title:	Molly Put The Kettle On, or Barney Leave The Girls Alone
Description:	Longways Country Dance, duple minor

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2:16:Both couples set to their neighbour, the ladies join hands and change sides with the men; then all set to their neighbour and return^26:16:The first couple lead down the middle and back, and cast off into second place^48:0:Repeat whole dance from progressed position^

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Source:	Dances Reels & Waltzes, No 1
Authority:	Button, Samuel James & Purday, Thomas
Year:	1806 circa
Tune:	Molly Put The Kettle On, or Barney Leave The Girls Alone
Notes:	For further information, see here.

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