Sheets with tunes from The Country Dance Book 4

This list has 9 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.


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

MM47a Lavena arrangement

Lavena (for Picking up sticks) MM47 MM72a

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

MM72a Playford tunes

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

MM105 Playford tunes

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

MM154 Tunes from The Dancing Master 1st edition

The health aka The merry wassail / Jack Pudding aka Merry Andrew (2) (for Step stately) / Woodicock (for Whirligig)

MM314 Tunes by Henry Purcell

Saint Martin's Lane / Siege of Limerick / Short and sweet / Lilli Burlero aka Protestant boys MM396

MM396 Jigs from The Dancing Master

Chelsea Reach aka Buckingham-House or Chelsey Reach / The tythe pig / Nonesuch II / Lilli Burlero aka Protestant boys MM314

MM425 Early Playford tunes

Oaken leaves / Millfield / Saturday night and Sunday morn / Peppers black / The punk's delight (the new way) / Glory of the Sun / Ten pound lass

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