THE SWORD DANCE, OR STRUM Barnes3(p133) 9/8 (110), AABB, D minor duple-minor longways Playford, The Dancing Master, 1710-1728. Pat Shaw, 1968. Pat Shaw (Marjorie Fennessy, editor), Another Look at Playford, 2012. A1 1-4 First corners cast left around neighbor to change places and two-hand turn right halfway. A2 1-4 Second corners cast right around neighbor to change places and two-hand turn left halfway. B1 1-2 Star right halfway. 3-4 Star left halfway. B2 1-2 Ones half figure-eight down through the twos. 3-4 Ones cross by the right and cast down one place while twos lead up. Dances from Barnes Three Assembled by Robert Messer, March 2, 2018 difficulty: 1 energy level: 3