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====== Banks of the Dee ======

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===== Detailed Description =====

==== Chorus ====

//Chorus #1//:  all dancers face up.  bar 1: dancers #1 & #2 "show" (hankies come up on beat 1 & out in a "Y" on beat 2); bar 2: dancers #3 & #4 "show"; bar 3: dancers #5 & #6 "show"; bar 4: all dancers "show"; bars 5-8: [[dances:fieldtown:figures:half-hey|half hey]].  Repeat.
//Chorus #2//: same as chorus #1, but with [[dances:fieldtown:figures:galley|galley]] instead of "show".
//Chorus #3//: same as chorus #1, but with [[dances:fieldtown:figures:beetle-crusher|"beetle crusher" capers]] instead of "show".
//Chorus #4//: same as chorus #1, but with [[dances:fieldtown:figures:upright-caper|upright capers]] instead of "show".  All up at the end.

==== Figures ====

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==== Tune ====

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