Sheets with tunes from The Country Dance Book 6
This list has 14 sheets with 13 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
Chestnut aka Dove's figary (for All Saints' Day) / Upon a summer's day MM378 / Never love thee more MM72a / Arcadia / Arcadia countermelody
Never love thee more MM72 / Never love thee more countermelody / Gathering peascods MM47 MM264 / Gathering peascods countermelody (1) / Lavena (for Picking up sticks) MM47 MM47a
MM129 Fiddle parts for 17th century English Playford dances
The mulberry garden MM129a / Oranges and lemons (2) MM129a / Jenny pluck pears MM129a MM268
MM129a Accordion parts for 17th century English Playford dances
The mulberry garden MM129 / Oranges and lemons (2) MM129 / Jenny pluck pears MM129 MM268
Wood lark / Bury Fair / The British hero aka The British toper MM422 / The British hero countermelody / The country farmer / The country farmer countermelody
MM142 Badinage in the ballroom
Nymph divine / My Lord Byron's maggot / Rural dance / Miss Sayer's allemande
The hare's maggot (for Up with Aily) / Up with Aily / Britain's glory MM285 / If love's a sweet passion
Saint Martin's Lane / Siege of Limerick / Short and sweet / Lilli Burlero aka Protestant boys MM396
MM335 Tunes for Lord of Carnarvon's jig
Lord of Carnarvon's jig / Jack a Lent (for Lord of Carnarvan's jegg)
MM337 Tunes for The geud man of Ballangigh
Hunt the squirrel (for The geud man of Ballangigh) / The geud man of Ballangigh aka A New Scotch Jigg
Epping Forrest / Wolverton Hall / Woodstock Park
MM416 Slow jigs for English dances
I care not for these ladies / Mall Peatley aka Moll Pately or Moll Peatly / Hide Parke aka Hyde Park / Frances Ann's delight / Shandy Hall
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
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