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dances:headington:constant-billy

Constant Billy

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Constant Billy
Dancers: 6
Sticks: two 19“ (short) sticks
Stepping: Headington double-steps, cross-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: sticking together-right-together-left-together-right-left-right, half hey. Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up

X:1
T:Constant Billy
C:traditional
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bacon (MDT)
A:Headington
O:English
R:Jig
P:A.(AB)4
K:G
Q:C3=76
V:1     clef=treble
%%MIDI channel 1
%%MIDI control 7 100	% volume = 100
%%MIDI program 41       % General MIDI violin
%%MIDI transpose 0
%%MIDI gchordoff
P:A
|: D | G2 d B>GB | c2 A A>FD | B>AG EFG | DEF  G2 ::
P:B
d \
%%setbarnb 5
| B>cd e2 e | A>Bc d2 d | B>cd eee | ABc  d2 D |
G2 d B>GB | c2 A A>FD | B>AG EFG | DEF  G2 :|
dances/headington/constant-billy.txt · Last modified: 2008/02/21 09:53 by Jeff Bigler