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.


MM47 Dance tunes

Christchurch bells (for Mister Shaw's canon) / Gathering peascods MM72a MM264 / Merry, merry milkmaids / Lavena (for Picking up sticks) MM47a MM72a / Portsmouth

MM77 Maggot Pie tunes

The doldrum / Green willow / The jovial beggars aka Parthenia / The happy clown MM77a / The merry Andrew (1) / The saucy sailor (1)

MM136 Dance tunes c1700

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

MM254 Fallibroome tunes

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

MM277 Dance tunes c1700

The hare's maggot (for Up with Aily) / Up with Aily / Britain's glory MM285 / If love's a sweet passion

MM320 Tunes by Henry Purcell

The hole in the wall / New Whitehall / Rondeau

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

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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