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Men of Law or Solicitors and Barristers Men of Law or Solicitors and Barristers
Merrily We Dance and Sing or The Fillip Merrily We Dance and Sing or The Fillip
Merry Andrew, The (Maggot Pie)
The Merry Meeting (1778) 7 x 32 Bars Tune: The Handsome Couple
Mignonette (reference only)
Miss Andersons Allemande Miss Anderson's Allemande
Miss Avril's Delight Miss Avril's Delight
Miss Bedlington's Fancy Miss Bedlington’s Fancy
Miss Sparks's Maggot (Playford Ball)
Mock Hobby Horse,The (lOth Ed. 1698)
Moll Peatly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLPV9Y6wqeM
Monica's Delight (2 couple, Pat Shaw, written at age 13) Monica’s Delight
Monieks Maggot This is a dance for 3 couples by Philippe Callens. The same tune was used in the movie Pride and Prejudice (2005) and is reconstructed at Pride and Pomposity below
Mother Quoth Hodge (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Mr Adson's Masque From Band of Friends??
Mr Bach's Gavotte ??G Roodman “A number of calculated figures” (2000)
Mr Ganiford's Maggot Mr Ganiford’s Maggot
Mr Handel's delight (Flights of Fancy, Greg Reynolds)
Mr Shaws Apologies Mr Shaw's Apologies
Mr Shaw's Canon Mr Shaw's Canon
Mr Young's Delight (Purcell's Dancing Master)
New Princess, The / Early Riser
News From Tripoli (or Tripoly)
A New Rigadoon (Purcell's Dancing Master)
New Whitehall (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Nightcap or Night Cap (Maggot Pie)
The Night Piece or Night Peese or The Night-Peace or The shaking of the sheets
Nonesuch or A La Mode de France
Northern Lass, The (Maggot Pie)
Old Hob or The Mouse Trap
Once a Night (1774) Tune: Ye Social Powers (Playford Ball)
Parthenia (Maggot Pie)
Parting Lovers,The (1776) 7 x 48 Bars
Philida of Utrecht Philida of Utrecht
Phoenix Rejuvenated, The The Phoenix Rejuvenated
Picking Up Sticks (lst Ed. 1650) Tune: Lavena Longways for six; in three parts.
Pinewoods Square Eight Pinewoods Square Eight
Planting the May Planting the May
Pleasures of the Town (1777) Tune: The Fair Maid of the Inn
Poor Robin's Maggot. See Would You Have A Young Virgin
Pretty Nun (vol 3 1728)
The Pride of Newcastle The Pride of Newcastle
The Prince Consort &rsquo's Rant The Prince Consort’s Rant
Prince Eugene's March (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Prince Rupert's March (Hit & Misse p. 6)
Prince William of Glo's'ter's Waltz (Playford Ball)
Queen of Sheba (Maggot Pie)
Real Princess The Real Princess
Recruiting Officer (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Red House of Cardiff Red House of Cardiff (Tŷ Coch Caerdydd)
Richmond Ball (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Royal Albert, The (for Farmer's Quadrille) ?????
Saint Martin's (Hit & Misse, p. 21)
Sally from Poland Sally from Poland
Saucy Sailor, The (Maggot Pie)
School for Scandal, A (1778) 6 x 32 Bars Tune: The New Fandango
Scotch Measure, The (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Shadrack's Delight (tune Dashing White Sergeant)
Shepherds Delight Shepheards Holyday or Labour in Vaine or Shepherd's Holiday or Labour in Vain
Shropshire Gallop Shropshire Galop (The Salop Galop)
The Shy Mer-Chant or Jack's Serenade to Genny The Shy Mer-Chant or Jack's Serenade to Genny
Sicilian Circle (Lead note + 6 x 32 bars).
Silver for the Matthews Silver for the Matthews
Slof Galliard (Pat Shaw, “New Wine in Old Bottles”) The Slof Galliard
Smarts of New Tunbridge Wells, The
Some Say the Devil's Dead (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Sonny Brogan's/Brian O'Lynn/Blue Jay
Spanheim (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Staffordshire Hornpipe Staffordshire Hornpipe
St. Giles Gate (or Will Kemp's Entry Into Norwich)
??P?? Star Right, Star Bright
Step Stately (Jack Pudding)
Stockport Assembly (Roodman: New Friends)
Summer Circle - Sicilian Circle
Sweet Kate (1670) (Hit & Misse, p. 14)
Sweet Rosie Red Sweet Rosie Red
Take not a Woman's Anger Ill (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Terpsicourante (Roodman: New Friends)
The Three Sea Captains The Three Sea Captains
Three Meet (Lead note +6 x 32 bars)
Tribute to Irfona (Mary Williams version??, Greg's spelling dance to a tune Irfona played??)
Trip to Amsterdam (?? 50 Years)
Trip to Dublin (1777) 7 x 32 Bars Tune: The Contrefatte
Trip to Margate ?? is this the same as the dance above
Trip to The Cottage (Intro. of 4 bars+6 x 32 bars)
Trip to The Mills (Molengang)
The Troubled Suitor The Troubled Suitor
Trumpet Vine or Joe Brown & rsquo's Hornpipe Trumpet Vine or Joe Brown’s Hornpipe
Twas Within a Furlong of Edinborough Town (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Valentine's Day (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
??P?? Vermont Friends
Virgin of 15 Years (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
The Waters of Holland (First Version)
The Waters of Holland (Second Version)
Waltz Cotillion or Killarney Waltz
We Are All Right at Canterbury
Well's Humour (Purcell's Dancing Master)
Whirl A Jig tune by Charlene Thompson, dance by Loretta Holtz
Whirligig's Last Bow The Whirligigs’ Last Bow or Whirligigs’s Maggot
Whitehall Minuet or White-Hall Minuett
Whitsun Holidays or The Parson in the Pease
Wickering Wench (Maggot Pie)
Winter's Night Schottische (2.37)
Winter Dreams (??is it Winter Dreams Waltz or another dance?)
Wooden Shoes or Bartholomew Fair (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)
Young Man's Fancy (Maggot Pie)
Young Roger (Country Dances from Colonial New York: James Alexander's Notebook, New York, 1730)