Sheets with tunes from The Dancing Master 2:1

This list has 10 sheets with 9 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.


MM52 Playford tunes

Lull me beyond thee / Mister Isaac's maggot / Orleans baffled / Bobbing Joe aka Bobbing around / Up tails all / Up tails all countermelody 1 / Up tails all countermelody 2 / Up tails all three parts

MM134 Playford tunes

Wood lark / Bury Fair / The British hero aka The British toper MM422 / The British hero countermelody / The country farmer / The country farmer countermelody

MM158 Winter tunes

In the fields in frost and snow aka In the fields of frost and snow / New Year's day in the morning / New Year's day in the morning second part

MM168 Border jigs (18th century)

The merry girls of York / The recruiting officer aka The recruitin' officer / The Bellingham boat

MM219a Miscellanea

Minuet in D minor (for Dovetail) / Doodling / Pine cones / Bar a bar aka Barr a barr, Windsor tarras or Windsor terrace MM353

MM254 Fallibroome tunes

Monk's march with the wanders / Mount Hills / Buskin MM315 / Chelmsford Assembly MM311 / Miss Spark's maggot

MM264 Playford tunes

Gathering peascods MM47 MM72a / Gathering peascods countermelody (2) / Hambleton's round O / Hambleton's round O countermelody

MM343 Playford tunes

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

MM353 Dance tunes ancient and modern

Barr a barr aka Bar a bar, Windsor tarras or Windsor terrace MM219a / Emperor of the Moon / After dinner maggot

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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