Better Day Better Deed 6/8 (120), (AABB)3, D major 3-COUPLE longways
Daniel Wright (John Johnson, publisher), 
Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, vol. I, 1740.
Andrew Shaw
Music:Barnes 3 (p27)

A1 1-4 Top two men gypsy right once around.
   5-8 Men hey-for-three (top two men pass right to begin).

A2 1-4 Top two women gypsy left once around.
   5-8 Women hey-for-three (top two women pass left to begin).

B1 1-4 Ones (at the bottom) cross by the right and cast up one place 
      (twos lead down).

  5-8 Ones cross by the right and cast up (threes move down).

B2 1-4 Ones lead down, change hands, and lead up.
   5-8 Ones quick cast down one place, meet, and cloverleaf down.


Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, May 29, 2019

difficulty: 2
energy level: 2
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Better Day Better Deed 6/8 (120), AABB, D major TRIPLE-MINOR longways
Daniel Wright, 
Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, vol. I, 1740.
Ken Sheffield, From Two Barns, vol. 2, September 1983.
Country Dance and Song Society Online Library, 
Ken Sheffield's collected dances.

A1 1-4 Partners side by the left.
   5-6 Ones cast down one place while twos move up.
   7-8 Partners change by the right.

A2 1-4 Partners side by the right.
   5-6 Ones cast down one place while threes move up.
   7-8 Partners change by the left.

B1 1-2 Bottom four, neighbors change by the right.
   3-4 Ones cross by the left.
   5-6 Top four, neighbors change by the right.
   7-8 Ones cross by the left.

B2 1 Ones lead down to form a line of four with the twos.
 2-4 Lines lead down while threes lead down and cast up above the line. 
 5-8 In the line, men turn right, women left to form 
     rings of three same-sex neighbors.
     Hands-three circle (men left, women right) four places.  
     Open into lines in the order 2, 1, 3.

Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, May 30, 2019

difficulty: 2
energy level: 2