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INTRODUCTION.	1
HISTORICAL.	4
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.	9
DRESS.	9
BELLS.	10
HANDKERCHIEFS.	11
STICKS.	11
OTHER PARAPHERNALIA.	11
MORRIS DANCE TUNES.	12
NOTES ON MORRIS TUNES.	13
THE DANCE.	15
THE MORRIS STEP.	15
DIAGRAMS OF MORRIS STEPS.	17
POSITIONS, AND CHANGE OF POSITION.	19
EVOLUTIONS.	20
DOWN-AND-BACK; AND UP-AND-BACK.	20
THE CHAIN.	21
CROSS-OVER.	22
BACK-TO-BACK.	22
GO-AND-COME.	22
THE RING.	23
STEPS IN FOREGOING EVOLUTIONS.	23
THE JUMP.	23
THE HANDS.	24
THE CALL.	25
LENGTH OF DANCES.	25
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR VARIOUS DANCES.	25
DIBBING.	26
COUNTRY GARDENS (HANDKERCHIEF DANCE).	26
CONSTANT BILLY (STICK DANCE).	26
RIGS O’ MARLOW (STICK DANCE).	27
BLUFF KING HAL.	28
HOW D’YE DO (CORNER DANCE).	28
SHEPHERD’S HEY.	29
HAND-CLAPPING.	29
ON HOLDING STICKS.	30
NOTATION.	30
THE END.	43

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