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Joan Sanderson, or The Cuſhion Dance, a Round Dance.
This Dance is began by a ſingle Perſon, (either man or woman) who taking a Cuſhion in his hand dances about the room, and at the end of the Tune he ſtops, and ſings, This Dance it will no farther go. The Muſician anſwers, I pray you, good sir, why ſay you ſo? Man. Because Joan Sanderſon will not come to. Muſic. She must come to, and ſhe ſhall come to, and ſhe muſt come whether ſhe will or no. Then he lays down the Cuſhion before a woman, on which ſhe kneels, and he kiſſes her, ſinging, Welcom Joan Sanderſon, welcom, welcom. Then ſhe riſes, takes up the Cuſhion, and both dance, ſinging, Prinkum, Prankum, is a fine Dance, and ſhall we go dance it once again, once again, and once again, and ſhall we go dance it once again. Then making a ſtop, the Wo. ſings, as before, This Dance, &c. Muſic. I pray you, Madam, &c. Woman. Becauſe John Sanderſon, &c. Muſic. He muſt, &c. And ſo ſhe lays down the Cuſhion before a man, who kneeling upon it, ſalutes her, ſhe ſinging, Welcom John Sanderſon, &c. Then he taking up the Cuſhion, they take hands and dance round, ſinging as before: And thus they do till the whole Company are taken into the Ring. And then the Cuſhion is laid before the firſt man, the wo. ſinging, This Dance, &c. (as before) only inſtead of —come to, they ſing —go fro; and inſtead of Welcom John Sanderſon, &c. they ſing, Farewel John Sanderſon, farewel, farewel: And ſo they go out one by one as they came in. Note, That the woman is kiſs’d by all the men in the Ring at her coming in and going out, and the like of the man by the women.
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