X:69
T: Pretty Bettsey
B: Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1767, p.35 #1
B: Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z: Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z: abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (reformatted for legibility; added dance description)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/DftY/1767/Thompson/351_Pretty_Bettsey.abc	 2024-11-27 213328 UT
K: F
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cAc (f/g/a)c | BGF (E/F/G)C |\
cAE Fag | fed c3 ::\
cga bgc | afc Tg3 |
Bdg gfe | dcB {B}A3 |\
cA_E (D/E/F)B, | dBF (=E/F/G)C |\
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%%begintext align
%% The first Cu. foot it and cast off one Cu. .|. foot
%% it twice the Man cast off one Cu. and the Wo. cast
%% up :|. fall in at Top and bottom foot it all 6 and
%% turn in the middle .|: fall in Sides foot it and
%% turn :|: Set contrary corners and not turn .||. :||.
%% Hands four at bottom .||: right and Left :||:
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