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The Galliard

By maipenrai

27 December 2007

Dancing, Dancing triple time
My Love and I
dance away the night,
the village green awash with light
a thousand torches show the way, and
I feel such true delight
to dance with such a
precious one.

a valiant jester I may well be
but no fool am I
when I dance The Galliard.

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Goodness me!
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 27th December 2007

Good gracious! Am I the only one who has noticed Bernie doing Elizabethan triple time dancing after the Christmas festivities? This certainly is dancing from the past isn't it? I see it is a lively, triple-metre court dance of the 16th-17th centuries, often associated with the Pavan I learned to do the Pavan somewhere along life's way. It is a very stately dance and also popular in Elizabethan times. Well written valiant jester!

Written by jillrabbit (57 comments posted) 27th December 2007

How romantic! It makes you yearn for times past when life and pleasures were much simpler.

thanks
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 27th December 2007

Josie and Jill for your comments.
Bernie

Written by audrie (444 comments posted) 28th December 2007

I can almost see them bowing and curtseying around the village green.

I think, after seeing Cranford, we would all like to go back a bit, when life was slower, kinder and more content.

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Written by embro (126 comments posted) 28th December 2007

Nice one, I enjoyed the air of romance.
all the best
embro

thanks
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 29th December 2007

Audrie, Embro for your comments.
Audrie what is Cranford?
Bernie

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