Queen's Delight

Corner dance - transcriptions from Ann Arbor, Bacon, Dommett, and Sharp. There was a certain latitude in how this dance was choreographed. Ann Anbor's version is the common sequence done by many American teams.

Notes in Bacon are inconclusive. Ann Arbor says they do:

• Foot up; Double-step crossing; Hey down; Double-step crossing;
• Belly to belly; 1-2-up crossing; Hey down; Fast caper crossing;
• Back to back; X caper crossing; Hey down; X caper crossing
• Rounds to all-in
• Crossings begin with side-step R, side-2-up L, except fast capers ssr, ssl; and X-capers ssr, ssl with toe-back on last count.
• On last X-caper crossing, at the apex of your first X you get to yell, shriek, kvitch or holler.

Here is how Bacon notates the dance:

THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT MB V, p.88, 90

Sequence - OY;FU;DF;WH;DF;HA;DF;WH;DF;BB;DF;WH;DF;HA;DF;WH;DF.

The following shortened version is more often danced 
OY;FU;DF;WH;DF;HA;DF;WH;DF;BB;DF;WH;DF

Butterworth's sequence is -
OY;FU;DF;WH or FU;DF;HA;DF;BB;DF;WH;DF;WH or FU·DF

WH - middles go up to music in 1st half, down in 2nd
DF - corners cross:-
  1st time - 2 bars ss, 3 bars 4-step, 2HC, 2PC
  2nd time - the same
  3rd time - 2 bars ss, 5 HC, 2PC (repeated in full version)
  4th time - 2 bars ss, l2 PC (repeated in full version)
  5th time - 2 bars ss, 2 UC, 1 bar 4-step, 2 HC, 2 PC
  6th time - the same 

The 3rd and 4th times, the hop of the 2nd ss is omitted, so that it 
becomes a sort of cross-footed HC; and 5th and 6th times beat 2 of bar 2
is a jump.

In Butterworth's version the successive cnrs are with 4-step, HC, PC, 
DC,UC, UC, the music augmenting for the last three. 
(The sequence in this dance seems to have been variable: Sharp was 
also given the following:-
    (i) OY;FU;DF(4-step);FU;DF(4-step);HA;DF(HC);BB;DF(HC);WH; 
DF(PC);WH;DF(PC);WH;DF(UC);WH;DF(UC);WH
    (ii) OY;FU;DF(4-step);FU;DF(4-step);HA;DF(HC);WH;DF(HC);BB; 
DF(PC);WH;DF(PC);BB;DF(UC);WH;DF(UC);WH)
Last time, all join in last 4 bars - 1 bar 4-step, 1 HC, and 4 PC (or 
HC, 2 PC) for Kick-in, odds turning c.cl, evens cl.

Queens Delight - corner movements may or may not be repeated at will back to 
place after an intervening figure.

    1st chorus - sidestep to right & left, 4 doub1e steps 1/2 caper & 2 plain
        capers. 
    2nd chorus - sidesteps then 5 1/2 capers & 2 plain capers. 
    3rd chorus - sidesteps then 12 plain capers. 
    4th chorus - sidesteps then 4 doub1e capers to slow music, 2 double steps a
        1/2 caper & 2 plain capers.
    5th chorus - sidesteps to right & left, 2 upright capers to slow music, 2 
        double steps, a 1/2 caper & 2 plain capers. End dance all join in on 
        quick music at end of 3rd corners with kick-in.

From The Morris Book V (1912) p.80-84, 90.

details

Tune from Bacon

X:6
T:Queen's Delight
O:Bucknell
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:150
A:Bucknell
P:A(AB3)4(AC3)2
K:G
P:A
|:d2G dcB|cBc ABc|d2G d2c|BcA G3:| 
P:B
  cBc cBc|ABc def|gfg eag|gfe def|
  g2g gfe|dec ABc|d2G d2c|BcA G3|]
P:C
  cBc cBc|ABc d2e|\
M:3/8
f3|\
M:6/8
g2f g3|(2ea g3|g2f e3|
M:3/8
def|\
M:6/8
  g2g gfe|dec ABc|d2G d2c|BcA G3|]