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 +**Style:** Headington (Cotswold) 
 +**Tune:** //Hunt the Squirrel// 
 +**Dancers:** 6 
 +**Sticks:** one 19" (short) stick 
 +**Stepping:** Headington double-steps, cross-backs, foot-together-jump 
 +**Source:** Lionel Bacon, //A Handbook of Morris Dances// 
 +**Chorus:** 2\ bars sticking: O<sup>T</sup>/E<sub>B</sub>((O = odd (master) side; E = even (apprentice) side; T = tips; B = butts)) E<sup>T</sup>/O<sub>B</sub> O<sup>T</sup>/E<sub>B</sub> E<sup>T</sup>/O<sub>B</sub> 
 +bar #3: two steps back (bowing), bar #4: caper and clash (tips).  Repeat. 
 +**Sequence:** once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up