SCA Dance Cheat Sheets

All in a Garden Green

Source: Playford (1651), TPB.

Setting: A longways set of 3 couples.

Version: 1.1

Verse:

 1- 4  Double forward and back (up and down the hall),
 5- 8   set and turn single.
 9-16  Repeat 1-8.

Chorus:

17-18  1st man shakes right hands with 1st woman, 
19-20   same with 2nd woman, 
   21   goes to 3rd woman and shakes right hand,
   22   then left hand,  
23-24   kisses her twice,
25-26   turns her.

27-36  1st man shakes hands with 3rd and 2nd women, then shakes hands
        with and kisses 1st woman, and turns her.

Verse:

 1- 4  Siding,
 5- 8   set and turn single.
 9-16  Repeat 1-8.

Chorus:

17-36  1st woman does as above, shaking hands with and kissing the men.

Verse:

 1- 4  Arming,
 5- 8   set and turn single.
 9-16  Repeat 1-8

Chorus:

17-36  1st man shakes hands and kisses again.

Transcription:

Leade up all a D. forwards and back, set and turn S. ?u?.? That again ?u?:?
	First man shake his owne Wo. by the hand, then the 2. then the 3. 
	by one hand, then the other, kisse her twice and turne her ?u?.?
	Shake her by the hand, then the 2. then your owne by one hand, 
	then the by the other; kiss her twice and turn her ?u?:?

Sides all, set and turn S. ?u?.? That again ?u?:?
	This as before, the We. doing it ?u?:?

Armes all, set and turn S. ?u?.? That again ?u?:?
	This as before the man doing it ?u?:?

Discussion:

Playford doesn't go into any detail as to how the shaking of hands is done, much less the kissing.