Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide

Dance steps or figures affect the complexity of the dance. The more involved the steps or the greater variety of different activities included in the dance, the harder the dance can be to learn. This index sorts the dance by quantities of different steps or figures. (Examples: casting off, turn single, or hey)

Dances with 2 Different Figures

Jamaica

Joan Sanderson

Sage Leaf

Dances with 3 Different Figures

America	Arundel Street	Black and Grey
Bonny Grey-Ey’d Morn, The	Cheshire Alley	Chirping of the Nightingale
Dumps, The	Golden Square	Half Hannikin
Last New French Rigaudon, The	Love Neglected	May Fair
Mock Hobby Horse, The	Moll Peatly (the New Way)	New Bourrée, The
New Whitehall	Puddings and Pies	Queen’s Head, The
Russel, The	Staggins’s Jig, Mr.	Ten Pound Lass #2
Three Sheep Skins	Valiant Jockey	Westmorland

Dances with 4 Different Figures

Bourrée la Bass	Captain’s Maggot	Cheshire Rounds
Childgrove	Christchurch Bells (in Oxon)	Cobbler’s Jig, The
Country Farmer, The	Crosby Square	Dainty Davy
Daniel Cowper	Draper’s Maggot	Duchess, The
Duke of York’s Delight, The	Dunmore Kate	Easter Tuesday
Edinburgh Castle	Ely Minster	Fit’s Come on Me Now, The
From Aberdeen	Gilford, The	Green Stockings
Happy Marriage, The	Happy Miller, The	Hey Ho, My Honey
Hole in the Wall	Iantha	Irish Boree
Jack’s Health	Joan’s Placket	Johnson’s Jig
Kemp’s Jig	Lane’s Maggot, Mr.	Lincoln
Love Lies a Bleeding	Lumps of Pudding	Mad Robin
Maid in the Mill, The	Old Abigal’s Delight	Painted Chamber
Parson upon Dorothy	Portsmouth	Prince Rupert’s March
Queen’s Birthday, The	Queen’s Delight, The	Red Bull, The
Red House	Roger of Coverly	Scotland
Shore’s Trumpet Tune	Siege of Limerick, The	Slip, The
Temple Change, The	Touch and Go	Touch and Take
Under the Greenwood Tree	Virgin Queen, The	Whim, The
Whitehall Minuet

Dances with 5 Different Figures

Anna Maria	Astrope Wells	Barham Down
Barker’s Maggot	Black Bess	Bloomsbury Market
Bonny Dundee	Britains, The	Bury Fair
Buskin	Cavylilly Man	Colonel’s Health, The
Coronation Day	Cuckoo, The	Dargason
De’il Take the Wars	Dick’s Maggot	Dragoon’s March
Drive the Cold Winter Away	Duke of Luxemburgh’s March	Ely Court
Europe’s Revels	Friar and the Nun, The	Friday Night
Fy, Nay, Prithee John	Garter, The	Gelding of the Devil
Greenwich Park	Gun Fleet, The	Haphazard
Happy Meeting, The	Hare’s Maggot, The	Heart’s Ease
Hedge Lane	Hemp Dresser, The	Hey Boys, Up Go We
Hey to the Camp	Hit or Miss	Hockley in the Hole
Jack’s Maggot	Jolly Boy, The	Jolly Breeze, The
Jovial Beggars, The	Juice of Barley, The	King of Poland, The
King’s Jig	Ladies’ Delight, The	Ladies of London
Lane’s Trumpet Minuet, Mr.	Lord Phoppington, The	Mad Moll
Maid’s Delight, The	Man Was for Woman Made	Mock Match, The
Mount Hills	My Lord Byron’s Maggot	Never Love Thee More
New Bath, The	New New Nothing	Northern Nancy
Nottingham Castle	O Mother, Roger	Ormond House
Pool’s Hole #1	Punch Bowl, The	Pye Corner
Reeve’s Maggot	Resolution	Rockingham Castle
Round, The	Rummer, The	Sancho Pancho
Scotch Air	Sellenger’s Round	Short’s Garden
Siege of Buda	Singleton’s Slip	St. Catherine
Thomas You Cannot	Twelfth Eve	Tyger, The
Vienna	Waltham Abbey	Well Hall
Westminster Hall	Whitney’s Farewell	Windsor Castle
Wolverton Hall	Young Sir Solomon

Dances with 6 Different Figures

Akeroyde’s Pad	Arcadia	Beautiful Scrabmagg, The
Betty’s Maggot	Beveridge’s Ground, Mr.	Bishop of Bangor’s Jig, The
Blackheath	Buford’s March	Carpenter’s Maggot, The
Cary’s Maggot	Chirping of the Lark, The	Cobbler’s Hornpipe, The
Cockleshells	Country Abigail	Czar of Muscovy
Daphne	Dr. Pope’s Jig	Duke of Gloucester’s March, The
Dunkirk	Eaglesfield’s New Hornpipe, Mr.	Emperor of the Moon, The
Enfield Common	English Pasby, The	Epsom Wells
Fiddler’s Maggot	French Ambassador, The	French King’s Mistake, The
Frolic, The	George’s Maggot	Geud Man of Ballangigh, The
Goddesses	Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace	Grenadier’s March
Hill’s Maggot	Holyrood Day	Hunsdon House
I Often for my Jenny Strove	Isaac’s Maggot, Mr.	Jacob Hall’s Jig
Jenny, Come Tie my Cravat	Jockey, The	Johnny, Cock Thy Beaver
Kensington Court	Knot, The	Ladies’ Maggot, The
Lady Day	Lady Murray’s Delight, The	Lady of Pleasure
Lambeth Wells	Lane’s Minuet, Mr.	Last New Rigadoon, The
Last New Vagaries, The	Lincoln’s Inn	Lord Mayor’s Delight, The
Lord of Carnarvon’s Jig	Madge on a Tree	Maid in the Moon, The
Maid’s Morris	Mall Peatly	Marlborough, The
Marriage Hater, The	Miller’s Jig #1	Mill-Field
Millison’s Jig	More the Merrier, The	Mother Dobney’s Trencher
Mug House, The	Mulberry Garden	My Lady Foster’s Delight
My Lord Byron’s Delight	New Bo-Peep	New Bore, The
New Invention, The	New Rigadoon, A	Nobe’s Maggot
Nobody’s Jig	None Such	Of Noble Race Was Shinkin
Old Simon the King	Open the Door to Three	Pilgrim, The
Pretty Miss	Prince George	Princess, The #2
Purlongs, The	Put on Thy Smock a Monday	Queen’s Jig, The
Row Well, Ye Mariners	Rub Her Down with Straw	Sawney Was Tall
Serag’s Hornpipe, The	Sham Doctor, The	Sion House
Spanish Jig	Sword Dance, The	Take Not a Woman’s Anger Ill
Temple, The	Trenchmore	Trip to the Jubilee, The
Tythe Pig	Up with Aily	Wallingford House
Welcome Home, Old Rowley	Well’s Humour	Wimbleton House
Winchester Wedding	Witches, The	Woolly and Georgey
Young Jemmy #2

Dances with 7 Different Figures

Amaryllis	Ape’s Dance, The	Apley House
Barley-Mow, The	Beaux Delight, The	Beveridge’s Maggot, Mr.
Black Nag	Black Nell	Blue Cap for Me
Blue Petticoats	Bouzer Castle	Buff Coat
Catching of Quails	Cornish Squire, The	Count Tallard
Damme	Devil’s Dream, The	Dull Sir John
Excuse Me	Fiddler’s Morris, The	Granny’s Delight
Highlander’s March, The	Indian Queen, The	Jack a Lent
Jack Pudding	Jack’s Farewell, The	Jockey Was a Dowdy Lad
Ladies’ Conveniency, The	Ladies’ Misfortune, The	Lady Banbury’s Hornpipe, The
Maiden Fair	Maid’s Last Wish, The	Man Tiger, The
Merry Milkmaids in Green, The	Milkmaid’s Bob, The	Miller’s Jig #2
Mother Brown’s Cat	New Year’s Eve	News from Tripoli
Night Piece, The	Old Bachelor	Paspe, A
Pell-Mell	Picking of Sticks	Round O
Rufty Tufty	Scotch Cap	Slaughterhouse
Soldier and the Sailor, The	Soldier’s Life, A	Spanish Gypsy, The
St. Albans	St. Martin’s Lane	Taylor’s Trip
Trip to Bury, A	Trip to St. John’s Court, A	Tunbridge Walks
Upon a Summer’s Day	Valentine’s Day	Wa Is Me, What Mun I Do?
Watton Town’s End	Whely House	Winchester
Wish, The	Wooden Shoes	Young’s Delight, Mr.

Dances with 8 Different Figures

Alchurch	All in a Garden Green	Althea
Bellamira	Blue Breeches	Chestnut
Christmas Cheer	Confess	Cuckolds All a Row
Cupid’s Garden	Devonshire House	Dissembling Love
Easter Eve	Epping Forest	Essex Building
Fine Companion, The	Gathering Peascods	Greenwood
Grimstock	Hang Sorrow	Health to Betty, A
Hobb’s Wedding	Hyde Park	Irish Ground, The
Irish Lady, The	Jenny Pluck Pears	Lady Spellor
Lavena	Lilli Burlero	Love for Love: Danc’d in the Play
Mage on a Cree	Maiden Lane	Mundesse
Old Noll’s Jig	Parson’s Farewell	Pepper’s Black
Petticoat Wag	Pool’s Hole #2	Pope Joan
Princess, The #1	Putney Ferry	Royal Navy, The
Sailor’s Delight	Shepherd’s Daughter, The	Smith’s New Rant
Stanes Morris	Step Stately	Tom Tinker
Twas within a Furlong of Edinburgh Town	Vigo	Whirligig, The

Dances with 9 Different Figures

Bath, The	Black Jack	Boatman, The
Catch Club, The	Country Coll, The	Draper’s Gardens
Durham Stable	Fain I Would	French Rigaudon, The
Healths, The	Hunt the Squirrel	Kettle Drum
Lady Lie Near Me	London’s Loyalty	Lull Me Beyond Thee
Maid Peeped Out of the Window, The	Mermaid, The	New Conceit, The
New Figary, The	New Royal Exchange, The	Newmarket
Oaken Leaves	Old Man Is a Bed Full of Bones, An	Oranges and Lemons
Paul’s Steeple	Pegasus	Princess’s Court, The
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Shepherd’s Holiday	Simple Simon
Skellamefago	Solomon’s Jig	Spaniard, The
Spring Garden	Sweet Kate	Twenty-Ninth of May, The
Under and Over	Up Tails All	Young Jemmy #1

Dances with 10 Different Figures

A la Mode de France	Adson’s Saraband	Argeers
Aye Me	Beggar Boy, The	Bore, The
Broom: the Bonny, Bonny Broom	Catching of Fleas	Duke of Lorrain’s March, The
Irish Trot	Jog on, my Honey	Lady Cullen
Lady in the Dark	Mansell, The	Mask, The
Merry, Merry Milkmaids, The	Motson’s Jig	Newcastle
Paul’s Wharf	Rose Is White and Rose Is Red	Stingo
Ten Pound Lass #1	Twins, The	Whitehall
Woodycock

Dances with 11 Different Figures

Bobbing Joe	Cheerily and Merrily	Cottey House
Gray’s Inn Mask	Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies	Gun, The
Have at Thy Coat, Old Woman	If All the World Were Paper	Nonesuch
Saraband, The	Silver Faulken, The	What You Please

Dances with 12 Different Figures

Gossip’s Frolic, The	Lord Chamberlain’s Delight, The	Old Mole, The
Phoenix, The	Punk’s Delight (the New Way), The	Smith’s Rant
St. Martin

Dances with 13 Different Figures

Abergenny	Cast a Bell	Glory of the West, The
Huntington’s Maggot

Dances with 14 Different Figures

Ginnie Pug

Dances with 15 Different Figures

Chelsea Reach