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Longways Country Dance, triple minor
Whitaker and Companys Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1824

DOUBLE FIGURE #2
16 bars	HALF FIGURE ON ALL SIDES: the first couple half figure down their own side (in between the second couple, out around the third couple); then half figure across the bottom of the minor set (back in between the third couple, then around the corner person); then half figure up the opposite side (out between the second and third opposites); then half figure across the top (down through the second couple, and return outside back home)
8 bars	The first couple start a chain figure of six around the set
8 bars	The first couple join hands and slip down the middle and return to second place, seconds moving up; then the first couple allemande turns (back to back)
8 bars	The first couple swing partner, then first corner, then partner and then second corner
4 bars	The first couple two hand turn
4 bars	Swap diagonals at the top passing near shoulder each time; begin with the first man and second lady, the couples passing back-to-back
Repeat whole dance from progressed position

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