Dissembling Love

The Lost Heart

Dissembling Love or The Lost Heart is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website) in 1922 and published in The Country Dance Book (Part 6). It is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. There is no progression in this dance. It is a USA dance. The dance lasts 60 bars. It is in the key: D Minor.

Playford writes:
Lead up forward and back That again First cu. cross over and fall into the 2. place, cross again and fall into last place Every cu. do thus

Sides all That again Half the S. Hey on each side, set and turn S. All do this Change

Arms all That again Men hands and go half round, we. as much All do this Change

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color.

I.A1-4Up a double and back
5-8Up a Double, back (again)
I.B11-21s cross go below as 2s lead up
3-41s cross again go below as 3s lead up
I.B21-22s cross go below as 3s lead up
3-42s cross again go below as 1s lead up
I.B31-23s cross go below as 1s lead up
3-43s cross again go below as 2s lead up
II.A1-4Right shoulder siding
5-8Left shoulder siding
II.B11-21s start two changes of right shoulder heys on the sides
3-4Turn single
II.B21-22s start two changes of right shoulder heys on the sides
3-4Turn single
II.B31-23s start two changes of right shoulder heys on the sides
3-4Turn single
III.A1-4Arm right
5-8Arm left
III.B11-2Men circle three left a third, women right a third
3-4Turn single
III.B21-2Men circle three left a third, women right a third
3-4Turn single
III.B31-2Men circle three left a third, women right a third
3-4Turn single

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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