Sheets with tunes from The Dancing Master 1:11
This list has 16 sheets with 18 selected tunes. Tunes are linked to other sheets where they appear, possibly under a different title. Dances associated with tunes are shown in brackets, sometimes from the original sheet and sometimes not. You can also see the tunes listed by title. Suggestions and corrections are welcome. Please see the terms of use.
Christchurch bells (for Mister Shaw's canon) / Gathering peascods MM72a MM264 / Merry, merry milkmaids / Lavena (for Picking up sticks) MM47a MM72a / Portsmouth
The doldrum / Green willow / The jovial beggars aka Parthenia / The happy clown MM77a / The merry Andrew (1) / The saucy sailor (1)
The Princess / Dame of honour / Jamaica / Jamaica countertune / The merry conceit
MM142 Badinage in the ballroom
Nymph divine / My Lord Byron's maggot / Rural dance / Miss Sayer's allemande
MM201 Caledonian / Hibernian ball?
The braes of Dornoch / Scotland / The Irish ground / Blue petticoats
MM206 New hornpipes in threes?
Cobbler's hornpipe (for Mister Englefield's new hornpipe) / A trip to the Jubilee (1) (for Edinburgh Castle) MM384 / Cheshire rounds / Dissolution of the monasteries
MM220 Dances published by Walsh
Ely Court / Oswestry wake / Sally in our alley / Scotch Billy
Monk's march with the wanders / Mount Hills / Buskin MM315 / Chelmsford Assembly MM311 / Miss Spark's maggot
The hare's maggot (for Up with Aily) / Up with Aily / Britain's glory MM285 / If love's a sweet passion
The hole in the wall / New Whitehall / Rondeau
Valentine's Day aka Maid in the moon MM154a / Come sweet lass aka Come sweet maid (for Greenwich Park) / Lassie will you dance / Love's triumph / Come let's away to the bridal
MM379 18th century triple time tunes
The punch-bowl / News from Tripoly / Orange Nan / Ladies pull off your hoops
MM403 Marches from The Dancing Master
Maiden Lane / Waltham Abbey / The French embassador aka The parson's cap / Bugbee's Hole aka The Beadle of Grubb Street or Burghee's Hole
MM442 Triple-time tunes from The Dancing Master
Saint Margaret's Hill / Dick's maggot aka Double the cape / Mister Beveridge's maggot / Barham Down
MM481 Triple-time tunes by Henry Purcell
Let monarchs fight for power and fame (for Michael and all angels) / Amphitryon (for Enfield Common) / Wa' is me, what mun I do! (for Epson Wells) / Volpony
MM484 English (and one Spanish) jigs
Spanish jigg / The fandango / The King of Spain aka Himno de Riego / The pilgrim aka The Lord Phopington
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