Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Sharp

Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Hume (3 in 5) Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Hume (Quadruple) Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Hume (Triple) Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Hume Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Sharp

Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Sharp is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1687 in The Dancing Master, First Appendix to the 7th Edition, London. It was interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website) in 1916 and published in The Country Dance Book (Part 4). It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 16 bars.

Playford writes:
The 1. man turn the 2. wo. and the 1. wo. turn the 2. man, then cross over below the 2. cu. then below the 3. cu. and lead through both cu. and cast off.
Then we. fall back, and the men follow them, and turn S. then men fall back, and the we. follow them and turn S.
Clap hands, side, then all four turn S. then clap hands with your own Partner, and so cast off.

Sharp describes this as a dance with two parts, one a triple minor, and one a duple minor. I tend to think it is easier to assume both sections are triple minor, and Playford doesn't mention 3s in the second part because they don't do anything. Something fairly common for the 3s in a triple minor.

On the other hand, the threes do nothing in either part of the dance, so you could easily convert the whole thing to a duple minor.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

I.A1-4M1+W2 two hand turn
5-8W1+M2 two hand turn
I.B1-81s cross, go below, cross again go below 3s lead up to top and cast down to 2nd place, the 2s moving up
II.A1-2Women 1+2 fall back a double, as men move forward
3-4All four turn single
5-6Men 1+2 fall back, as women move forward
7-8Turn single
II.B1-4Clap, and partners side right
5-6Turn single
7-8Clap partner's hands, then 1s cast down as 2s lead up

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