American dancing master, and ball-room prompter: containing about five hundred
dances ... By Elias Howe ..  1862

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.
(longways duple, slow start, only top two couples active, unless it's very long,
in which case you start at every third or fourth couple.  Own tunes.)

Long live the Queen is a country dance, and like all other dances of the same
kind may be executed by an unlimited number of persons, the gentlemen forming a
line on one side of the room, and the ladies facing them.

To the time of "God save the Queen" the two gentlemen and their partners at the
top of the line begin by giving their right hands across and marching slowly
once round, finishing with a low bow to each other. They then present their
left to each other and march to the left, finishing in the same manner with a
low bow. (It is quite optional during the "God save the Queen" to form chorus
for those who wish to sing.)

To a quick tune, which then follows, the two couples galop down the room, and
back again, and waltz round each other until the slow movement and music begin
again.

N. B. When the column is a long one it is better to begin the figure at
different places; leaving always one or two couples between.


A1: ("God save our gracious queen," etc)
    Top two couples slowly right hand star all the way around, then bow low.
A2: ("Send her victorious", etc)
    Top two couples slowlyleft hand star all the way around, then bow low

Quick time tune:

    Top couples galop down and back and around, finishing progressed to 
    start with a new couple.