Lord Killmurry's Delight ~ Williams
Lord Killmurry's Delight ~ Williams is an English Country Dance. It was published by Walsh in 1710 in Twenty Four New Country Dances for the year 1710, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2024. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 52 bars.
I don't have access to the 1710 publication, but the same figure occurs in John Young's Dancing Master and in later publications by Walsh.
In 1729, John Young wrote:
Note: The first Strain twice, and the last but once.
The 1st Cu. Figure thro' the 2d Cu. Sett and cast off, then Figure thro' the 3d Cu. and turn in the 2d Cu Place The 2d Cu. do the same The 1st and 2d Men Sett to their Partners and change Places, the 1st Man turn the 2d Man with left-hand quite round, the 1st and 2d Wo. do the same at the same Time, then Right and Left half round, and the 2d Cu. cast off, then the 1st Cu. Sett and cast off.
The music is in cut time and consists of a 16 bar strain and a 20 bar strain to be played AAB.
I have added an extra set near the end of the B music before the 2s cast down. All the other casts are preceded by sets, and the timing suggests that 2 bars is missing in the B section.
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| A1 | 1-4 | 1s half figure eight down through 2s |
| 5-8 | 1s set and cast down as 2s lead up | |
| 9-12 | 1s half figure eight down through couple below | |
| 13-16 | 1s two hand turn | |
| A2 | 1-4 | 2s half figure eight down through 1s |
| 5-8 | 2s set and cast down as 1s lead up | |
| 9-12 | 2s half figure eight down through couple below | |
| 13-16 | 2s two hand turn | |
| B | 1-4 | All set and partner change |
| 5-8 | Neighbor mirror turn, men left, women right | |
| 9-12 | Face partner, two changes of rights and lefts | |
| 13-16 | 2s set and cast down as 1s lead up | |
| 17-20 | 1s set and cast down as 2s lead up |
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