Dances interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website)

Table of Contents

• Facing Couples
  • Facing Couples proper
  • Facing Couples Becket proper
• Duple Minor
  • Duple Minor proper
  • Duple Minor improper
• Triple Minor
  • Triple Minor proper
• Quadruple Minor
  • Quadruple Minor
• Longways
  • 3 Couple Longways proper
  • 3 Couple Longways with the 2s improper
  • 4 Couple Longways proper
  • 4 Couple Longways with the 3s, 4s improper
  • 6 Couple Longways proper
  • 7 Couple Longways proper
  • Longways as many as will proper
• Circle
  • Triangle / 3 Couple Circle
  • Square / 4 Couple Circle
  • Circle as many as will
  • Sicilian Circles
• Custom
  • Custom
• Trios
  • Custom3

Facing Couples

Facing Couples proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Argeers ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples multi part
Cuckolds all a Row ~ Sharp		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples multi part
Cuckolds all Awry ~ Sharp		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples multi part
The Glory of the West ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Facing Couples multi part
Harts Ease		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Heart's Ease		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Heartsease		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Hey, Boys, up Go We (Sharp)		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Facing Couples multi part
Hit and Misse ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Hit or Miss		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Parson's Farewell ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples multi part
Rufty Tufty		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Facing Couples
Saint Martin's		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball		Facing Couples multi part

Facing Couples Becket proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Althea		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	Facing Couples Becket multi part
The Asparagus Garden		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912		Facing Couples Becket multi part
Lady in the Dark ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912		Facing Couples Becket multi part
The Merry Conceit  ~ Playford, Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912		Facing Couples Becket multi part
The New Conceit		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912		Facing Couples Becket multi part
The Sparaguss Garden		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912		Facing Couples Becket multi part

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper no progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sweet Kate		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The 29th of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Amarillis ~ Sharp		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1911	At the Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor multi part
Amaryllis ~ Sharp		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1911	At the Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor multi part
Aniseseed Water Robin		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor
Apley House ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Brett Larsen	Duple Minor
Black Jack		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1911		Duple Minor
Bobbing Joe		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor
Bonnets So Blue		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
The Britains		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
The Butterfly		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
Catching of Fleas		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor
Childgrove ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Christ-Church Bells in Oxon		John Playford 1679 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
Cold and Raw		Henry Playford 1689 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
The Coronation Day ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
The Country Farmer		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
Crosbey Square ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Dick's Maggot ~ Sharp, 16bars		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1929 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Dick's Maggot ~ Sharp, 24 bars		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
The Fit's Come on Me Now		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
The Flowers of Edinburgh ~ Sharp		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Fourpence, Ha'penny, Farthing #1		Henry Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Friar and the Nun		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Fryar and the Nun		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Fy, Nay, Prithee John		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
The Geud Man of Ballangigh ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Greenwich Park - Playford		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
Haste to the Wedding ~ Sharp #2		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
Indian Queen		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Irish Lady		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor
Irish Trot		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor multi part
The Jack's Farewell		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
Jack's Maggot		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Jamaica ~ Sharp		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor multi part
The Jockey #1		Henry Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Juice of Barley		Henry Playford 1689 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
Lady Banbury's Hornpipe ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Lilli Burlero ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1690 Cecil Sharp 1916	More Favorites of the Boston Centre Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
London is a Fine Town		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911		Duple Minor
Love Lies A'Bleeding		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
Love Neglected		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Mad Robin ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Maids Morris ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Mary and Dorothy		John Young 1726 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
Mock Hobby-Horse		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Eaglesfield's New Hornpipe ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
Mr. Englesfield's New Hornpipe		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1916	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Mulberry Garden		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
My Lady Cullen		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
My Lady Foster's Delight		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
Nancy's Fancy		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
The New Figary		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor
Nowill Hills ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Old Noll's Jig ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Pool's Hole #1		Henry Playford 1690 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
Pop Goes The Weasel ~ Sharp #1		English Traditional 1852 Cecil Sharp 1909	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Pop Goes The Weasel ~ Sharp #2		English Traditional 1852 Cecil Sharp 1909	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Portsmouth ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
The Princess 1701 ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Queen's Birthday ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
The Queen's Jig		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Round		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Saturday Night and Sunday Morn		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor multi part
The Siege of Limerick		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Sion House		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Slaughter House		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Speed the Plough		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
The Temple-Change		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
The Twenty-Nineth of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Up With Aily		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Watton Town's End		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911		Duple Minor
We Won't Go Home Until Morning		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Duple Minor
The Whim		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
King of Poland		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Touch and Take		John Playford 1652 Cecil Sharp 1912		Duple Minor multi part

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bump her Belly		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
Bury Fair ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
The Collier's Daughter ~ Sharp		John Young 1718 Cecil Sharp 1916	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
The Duke of Rutland's Delight (Triple)		John Young 1718 Cecil Sharp 1916	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Epsom New Wells ~ Sharp		Walsh 1708 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
Every Lad His Lass ~ Sharp		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
From Aberdeen		Henry Playford 1698 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Haste to the Wedding ~ Sharp #1		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Triple Minor
Hunt the Squirrel ~ 1909		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Jenny Come Tie My Cravat ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1687 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
Lady Mary's Courant		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
The Maiden's Blush		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Sharp		John Young 1726 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
My Lady's Courant		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor
Orleans Baffled		John Young 1710 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Round O		Henry Playford 1703 Cecil Sharp 1922		Triple Minor
Step and Fetch Her		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Triple Minor
Three Meet or The Pleasures of the Town		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Triple Minor
Tink-A-Tink		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Triple Minor
A Trip to Killburn		John Young 1718 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Triumph ~ Sharp		Preston 1793 Cecil Sharp 1909		Triple Minor
Up Goes Ely ~ Sharp		John Young 1726 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper double progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Step Stately ~ Part 3, Triple 7 Couple		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916		Triple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Quadruple Minor double progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Step Stately ~ Part 3, Quadruple 7 Couple		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916		Quadruple Minor

Longways

3 Couple Longways proper no progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Labour in Vain ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways multi part
The Old Mole ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways multi part
Shepherd's Holiday ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways multi part

3 Couple Longways proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Adson's Saraband ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Brett Larsen	3 Couple Longways multi part
The Beggar Boy		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
The Black Nag ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
The Black Nagg ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
The Boatman ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
Chestnut		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
Dissembling Love		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
Dove's Figary		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways
Edinburgh Castle ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways multi part
The Galloping Nag ~ 2		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
Grimstock ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
Jack-a-Lent		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
The Lost Heart		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
The Night Piece		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
Picking of Stickes		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball		3 Couple Longways multi part
Picking Up Sticks		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball		3 Couple Longways multi part
Scotch Cap ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways multi part
The Shaking of the Sheets		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
Step Stately		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways multi part
Upon a Summer's Day ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways
The Whirligig		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways multi part
The Whish		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part
The Wish		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Longways multi part

3 Couple Longways with the 2s improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Greenwood		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916		3 Couple Longways multi part
The Huntsman		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1916		3 Couple Longways multi part

4 Couple Longways proper no progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Cheerily and Merrily ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways
The Health ~ Sharp#1		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
The Health ~ Sharp#2		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
Lady Spellor		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		4 Couple Longways
Lady Spillers		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		4 Couple Longways
The Merry Wassail ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
The Merry Wassail ~ Sharp#1		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
Mr. Webb's Fancy ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways

4 Couple Longways proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
À la Mode de France ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways multi part
Aye Me ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
Broom, The Bonny, Bonny Broom ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways multi part
Drive the Cold Winter Away ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
Goddesses		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
Lord of Carnarvon's Jigg ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		4 Couple Longways multi part
Mall Peatly ~ Sharp		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1922		4 Couple Longways multi part
The Merry, Merry Milkmaids		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	At Home Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways multi part
Nonesuch ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways multi part
Parson upon Dorothy ~ Sharp		John Playford 1652 Cecil Sharp 1922		4 Couple Longways
The Phoenix		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
Prince Rupert's March		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916		4 Couple Longways multi part
The Shepherd's Daughter		John Playford 1652 Cecil Sharp 1922		4 Couple Longways
The Slip		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		4 Couple Longways multi part
Spring Garden ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part
The Symphony		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways multi part

4 Couple Longways with the 3s, 4s improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Lull Me Beyond Thee		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	4 Couple Longways multi part
Ten Pound Lass		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911		4 Couple Longways multi part

6 Couple Longways proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Friar in the Well		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		6 Couple Longways multi part
The Maid Peept out at the Window		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		6 Couple Longways multi part

7 Couple Longways proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Row Well, Ye Mariners ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Bare Necessities	7 Couple Longways multi part
Step Stately ~ Old Style Progression, 7 Couple		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916		7 Couple Longways multi part

Longways as many as will proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Brighton Camp		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Longways as many as will
Galopede		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
New Bo-Peep ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Longways as many as will multi part
Pickadilla ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Longways as many as will multi part
Pickadilly ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Longways as many as will multi part
Ribbon Dance		English Traditional ~1909 Cecil Sharp 1909		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
Staines Morris		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Longways as many as will multi part
Stanes Morris		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911		Longways as many as will multi part

Circle

Triangle / 3 Couple Circle

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Epping Forest		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Circle
Gelding of the Devil		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1916		3 Couple Circle
Jenny Pluck Pears		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Circle multi part
The Maid in the Moon		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1922		3 Couple Circle
Mundesse		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922	MGM and Reunion	3 Couple Circle multi part
Put on Thy Smock a Monday		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1916		3 Couple Circle
Putney Ferry		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1911		3 Couple Circle

Square / 4 Couple Circle

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Buckingham House 1657		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	At Home Bare Necessities	Square multi part
Catching of Quailes		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Square multi part
Catching of Quails		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1912		Square multi part
Chelsea Reach ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	At Home Bare Necessities	Square multi part
Dull Sir John		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911		Square multi part
Fain I Would ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Square multi part
The Fine Companion		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball		Square multi part
Hide Parke		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Square multi part
Hunsdon House ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Square multi part
Hyde Park		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Square multi part
If all the World were Paper ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Square multi part
Mage on a Cree ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Square multi part
Mill-Field		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1922		Square multi part
Newcastle ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Square multi part
Oaken Leaves		John Playford 1670 Cecil Sharp 1916		Square multi part
Oranges and Lemons ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Square multi part
Oranges and Limons ~ Sharp		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Square multi part
Parthenia ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Square multi part
St. John		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Cecil Sharp 1911		Square multi part

Circle as many as will no progression

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beginning of the World		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Circle as many as will
Sellenger's Round		John Playford 1657 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Circle as many as will

Circle as many as will

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Gathering Peascods		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Circle as many as will
Halfe Hannikin ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Circle as many as will
Open the Door to Three		John Playford 1652 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will
Up Tails All ~ Sharp #1		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will multi part
Up Tails All ~ Sharp #2		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will multi part
Up Tayles All ~ Sharp #1		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will multi part
Up Tayles All ~ Sharp #2		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will multi part
Winifred's Knot		John Playford 1652 Cecil Sharp 1912		Circle as many as will

Sicilian Circle

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Halfe Hannikin ~ Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Circle as many as will

Custom

Custom

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Dargason		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Custom
The Sedany		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Custom

Trios

Custom3

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Confesse, his Tune ~ Cecil Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	Custom3 multi part
The Court Lady ~ Cecil Sharp		John Playford 1651 Cecil Sharp 1912	Colin Hume	Custom3 multi part

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
176	176	84

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