Parson's Farewell
For four
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Part
Measure
Call
1A
1-2
Take hands, forward a double

3-4
2 slips left

5-6
Back a double

7-8
2 slips right
1B
1
Men rise once

2
Women rise once

3-4
All rise 4 times

5-8
Contraries turn by the right
1C
1-8
Repeat 1B, women rising first
2A
1-2
Forward a double

3-6
Lead your contrary up/down a double and back

7-8
Fall back a double to places
2B
1-8
Men meet, cross right hands, cross left hands, turn the contrary by the left, turn the partner by the right to places
2C
1-8
Women meet, cross left hands, cross right hands, turn the contrary by the left, turn the partner by the right to places
3A
1-8
Take partner by both hands, 2 slips in, take hands with the contrary, 2 slips up/down, 2 slips down/up, take partner and slip out to places
3B
1-8
Turn partner by the right, men cross and go about the contrary without touching, turn partner by the right
3C
1-8
Turn partner by the left, women cross and go about the contrary without touching, turn partner by the left