Sheets with tunes from Thompson

This list has 16 sheets with 16 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 these tunes listed by title, or search for another source or a composer. Suggestions and corrections are welcome. Please see the terms of use.


MM64 Jigs

Silver how / Regan's jig MM185 / Oatlands / Coleraine MM42ii / The flight (for Mutual love) MM406

MM105 Playford tunes

Under and over (for Jacob Hall's jig and Sting in the tail) / Jacob Hall's jig MM177 / The Bishop (for The Bishop and The Bishop (of Exeter)) / Zealand aka Noint the teazer / Zealand countermelody

MM131 18th century dances

Guardian angels / Guardian angels countermelody / Trip to Wimbleton / Wimpwell Green

MM219 A trip to Castle Howard

A trip to Castle Howard / A trip to Castle Howard countermelody

MM228 English 18th century dance tunes

A health to all honest men / All alive MM228a / Rigadoon Royal (for Peace be with you) / Bellamira / The brick makers aka The brickmakers MM307

MM307 17th and 18th century tunes for set dances

Newcastle / The barley mow / The brick makers aka The brickmakers MM228 / The dressed ship MM310

MM310 Jigs

The villagers' jig / Humber jumber MM32a MM33 / Mother-in-law / The dressed ship MM307

MM378 Playford tunes

Upon a summer's day MM72 / Pinks and lillies / Strawberries and cream / Miss Grace Hayes's delight aka Grace Hays's delight or Miss Grace Hays's delight (for Cream pot)

MM395 Steady reels

The Chamberlain election / Waverley Steps MM34 / The Dorset Triumph aka Follow your lovers or The Triumph

MM406 Tunes from the Hardy Manuscripts

The tars of the Victory aka The news of the victory MM329 / The flight (for Mutual love) MM64

MM431 Key-change jigs

The installation / Dancing up a storm (for Dancing across the Atlantic) / Liberty bodice

MM452 18th century English jigs

Trip to Highgate / Prince William (3) / Nampwich Fair aka Namptwich Fair / Auretti's Dutch skipper aka The fifth of April, Oldham's frolick or Widow's jigg

MM459 Hornpipes

Saint Vincent's hornpipe aka Lord Vincent's hornpipe, O'Fenlon's hornpipe or Vinton's hornpipe / Gilderoy aka The first of May (2) or The red-haired boy (2) (for The Dorset ring dance and The Quaker's wife) / Locker's hornpipe / William Taylor's table-top hornpipe

MM460 Jigs from Thompson

Wakefield Hunt / The comical fellow / Keppel's delight (for Bath Carnival)

MM466 48-bar English jigs

Prince of Orange / The feathers / Hexham quadrille aka I'll get wedded in my auld claes

MM484 English (and one Spanish) jigs

Spanish jigg / The fandango / The King of Spain aka Himno de Riego / The pilgrim aka The Lord Phopington