====== Pirates ======

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

This dance was written by Banbury Cross Morris in 2011. 

==== Chorus ====

**Chorus #1:** Beats 1-4: dancers clash low (backhand)-high (forehand)-low-high. Beats 5-7: first corners run halfway around to their corner's place while the other dancers clash low-high-low on a diagonal. Then all clash across on beat #8. Two half heys.
"Musketeers" clashes:
  * First corners step in & clash high (forehand)-low (backhand) while middles step out and clash high-low with 2<sup>nd</sup> corners.  1<sup>st</sup> corners return to position.
  * 2<sup>nd</sup> corners step in in clash high-low while middles clash high-low with 1<sup>st</sup> corners.  2<sup>nd</sup> corners return to position.
  * All dancers clash across high-low-high (forehand)-high (backhand)
"Swords":
  * First corners toss (shouting "Sword!") while middles step out and clash high-low with 2<sup>nd</sup> corners.  1<sup>st</sup> corners return to position.
  * 2<sup>nd</sup> corners toss (shouting "Sword!") while middles clash high-low with 1<sup>st</sup> corners.  2<sup>nd</sup> corners return to position.
  * Middles toss (shouting "Sword!") while tops & bottoms clash across high-low
  * All clash across high (forehand)-high (backhand).

**Chorus #2:** Same as Chorus #1 except that 2<sup>nd</sup> corners run around instead of 1<sup>st</sup> corners.

**Chorus #3:** Same as Chorus #1 except that middles run around instead of 1<sup>st</sup> corners.  Instead of clashing diagonally, tops clash with bottoms while middles are running around.

**Chorus #4:** "Birdcage".  Tops & bottoms run halfway around the set clockwise while middles do a whole gyp counter-clockwise, clashing aggressively backhand-forehand-backhand-forehand.  Then two [[dances:fieldtown:figures:half-hey|half heys]], "Musketeers" and "Swords" as above.

==== Figures ====

=== Dance On ===

Dancer #6 wanders on looking wary.  Dancers #1-5 each run in from the corner opposite their position, screaming and clashing aggressively with #6 as they pass, ending up in their positions.  When all dancers are in position, the dancers shout in unison, "Drink up, me hardies, yo ho!" and all clash with #6's stick.

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On the third beat of the second double step, dancers "stab" their stick like a sword, aiming for just behind their corner's back.

==== Tune ====

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