Jockey and Jenny

Jockey and Jenny or Flora's Vagaries ~ Cook is an English Country Dance. It was devised by Nathaniel Kynaston in 1716 and published in Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716. It was interpreted by Tom Cook in 1975 and published in Come Let's Be Merry. Originally proper this version is a 3 Couple Longways dance with the 1s improper. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 231. The minor set lasts 56 bars. The tune is a jig. It is in the key: A Minor.

Originally devised by Kynaston and published by Walsh in 1716 as "Floras Fagarys", it was republished by John Young in 1718 as "Flora's Fagaries", by Young in 1726 as "Jockey and Jenney" and finally by Young in 1728 as "Flora's Vagaries".

Kynaston) writes:

Note. Each strain twice.

The 1^st. cu. take hands, set to the 2^d. cu. and cast off, then set to the 3^d. cu. and turn single the 1^st. cu. cross up to the top, and figure through the 2^d. cu. the 1^st. cu. set, 1^st. man cast off, and go below the 3^d. man, the 1^st. wo. follow him below the 2^d. man at the same time the 1^st. wo. cast up and figure round the 2^d. wo. the 1^st. man at the same time follow her above the 2^d. man both cast off

John Young) writes:

Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.

First Cu. take Hands, Sett to the 2d Cu. and cast off, then Sett to the 3d Cu. and turn single First Cu. cross up to the Top and Figure thro' the 2d Cu. First Cu. Sett, first Man cast off and go below the 3d Man, the first Wo. follow him below the 2d Man at the same Time First Wo. cast up and Figure round the 2d Wo. the first Man at the same Time follow her above the 2d Man, then both cast off

John Walsh published the music with a dance, Flora's Fagaries devised by Kynaston, and the music was synthesized using Colin Hume's software.

The animation plays at 113 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 (no music plays during this slow set). 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.

The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), set, turn single, cast, lead, figure eight, siding, cross go below, (and probably others).

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1975 by Tom Cook. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2022 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Jockey and Jenny

Flora's Vagaries ~ Cook

Flora's Fagarys