Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide

Each dance requires that the dancers be arranged in a particular way, such as in a circle or line. Some dances are for a specific number of people, while others are for “as many as will.” This index sorts all the dances by how the dancers are grouped and arranged.

As Many As Will

Dargason

Round – 3 Couples

Epping Forest	Gelding of the Devil	Jenny Pluck Pears
Kemp’s Jig	Maid in the Moon, The	Mundesse
Put on Thy Smock a Monday	Putney Ferry

Round – 4 Couples

Catching of Quails	Fine Companion, The	If All the World Were Paper
Kettle Drum	Mage on a Cree	Newcastle
Oaken Leaves

Round – as many as will

Chirping of the Nightingale	Gathering Peascods	Joan Sanderson
Mill-Field	Open the Door to Three	Pepper’s Black
Rose Is White and Rose Is Red	Sage Leaf	Sellenger’s Round
Up Tails All

Square – 2 Couples

Althea	Argeers	Cuckolds All a Row
Glory of the West, The	Heart’s Ease	Hit or Miss
Lady in the Dark	New Conceit, The	Parson’s Farewell
Rufty Tufty	St. Martin

Square – 4 Couples

Chelsea Reach	Dull Sir John	Fain I Would
Hunsdon House	Hyde Park	Oranges and Lemons

Longways – 3 Couples

Adson’s Saraband	All in a Garden Green	Beggar Boy, The
Black Nag	Blue Cap for Me	Boatman, The
Chestnut	Confess (His Tune)	Dissembling Love
Durham Stable	Greenwood	Grimstock
Jack a Lent	Jack Pudding	Maiden Lane
Millison’s Jig	Night Piece, The	Old Mole, The
Picking of Sticks	Scotch Cap	Shepherd’s Holiday
Step Stately	Stingo	Upon a Summer’s Day
Whirligig, The	Wish, The	Woodycock

Longways – 4 Couples

Abergenny	Aye Me	Blue Breeches
Broom: the Bonny, Bonny Broom	Cheerily and Merrily	Chirping of the Lark, The
Daphne	Gray’s Inn Mask	Green Stockings
Healths, The	Lady Spellor	Lord of Carnarvon’s Jig
Lull Me Beyond Thee	Mall Peatly	Merry, Merry Milkmaids, The
Milkmaid’s Bob, The	Nonesuch	Pegasus
Phoenix, The	Prince Rupert’s March	Shepherd’s Daughter, The
Simple Simon	Solomon’s Jig	Spaniard, The
Spanish Gypsy, The	Spring Garden	Ten Pound Lass #1
Twins, The

Longways – as many as will

Drive the Cold Winter Away	Dumps, The	Excuse Me
Goddesses	Half Hannikin	Hemp-Dresser, The
Hockley in the Hole	Joan’s Placket	Lady Day
Madge on a Tree	New Bo-Peep	Old Man Is a Bed Full of Bones, An
Parson upon Dorothy	Row Well, Ye Mariners	Skellamefago
Slip, The	Soldier’s Life, A	Stanes Morris
Sweet Kate	Thomas You Cannot	Touch and Take
Trenchmore	Under the Greenwood Tree

Duple Minor Longways

Akeroyde’s Pad	Alchurch	Amaryllis
America	Anna Maria	Ape’s Dance, The
Apley House	Arcadia	Astrope Wells
Barley-Mow, The	Beaux Delight, The	Bellamira
Beveridge’s Maggot, Mr.	Bishop of Bangor’s Jig, The	Black Bess
Black Nell	Bonny Dundee	Bore, The
Bouzer Castle	Britains, The	Carpenter’s Maggot, The
Catch Club, The	Cheshire Rounds	Childgrove
Christchurch Bells (in Oxon)	Christmas Cheer	Cobbler’s Jig, The
Colonel’s Health, The	Coronation Day, The	Cottey House
Country Farmer, The	Crosby Square	Cuckoo, The
Czar of Muscovy	Damme	Daniel Cowper
Dick’s Maggot	Dr. Pope’s Jig	Draper’s Gardens
Duchess, The	Dunmore Kate	Eaglesfield’s New Hornpipe, Mr.
Easter Eve	Easter Tuesday	Edinburgh Castle
Ely Minster	Emperor of the Moon, The	Enfield Common
English Pasby, The	Essex Building	Europe’s Revels
Fit’s Come on Me Now, The	French King’s Mistake, The	French Rigaudon, The
Frolic, The	Fy, Nay, Prithee John	Garter, The
George’s Maggot	Geud Man of Ballangigh, The	Granny’s Delight
Greenwich Park	Happy Marriage, The	Happy Meeting, The
Happy Miller, The	Health to Betty, A	Hedge Lane
Hey Boys, Up Go We	Hey Ho, My Honey	Hobb’s Wedding
Hole in the Wall	Huntington’s Maggot	Indian Queen, The
Irish Boree	Isaac’s Maggot, Mr.	Jack’s Farewell, The
Jack’s Health	Jack’s Maggot	Jacob Hall’s Jig
Jockey, The	Johnny, Cock Thy Beaver	Johnson’s Jig
Jovial Beggars, The	Juice of Barley, The	Kensington Court
King of Poland, The	King’s Jig	Ladies’ Conveniency, The
Ladies’ Delight, The	Ladies’ Misfortune, The	Ladies of London
Lane’s Trumpet Minuet, Mr.	Last New French Rigaudon, The	Lilli Burlero
Lincoln	Lord Mayor’s Delight, The	Lord Phoppington, The
Love for Love: Danc’d in the Play	Love Lies a Bleeding	Love Neglected
Lumps of Pudding	Mad Moll	Mad Robin
Maid in the Mill, The	Maid Peeped out of the Window, The	Maid’s Delight, The
Maid’s Last Wish, The	Maid’s Morris	Man Was for Woman Made
Mansell, The	Marlborough, The	Marriage Hater, The
Mask, The	May Fair	Mermaid, The
Miller’s Jig #1	Mock Hobby Horse, The	Moll Peatly (the New Way)
More the Merrier, The	Mother Brown’s Cat	Mother Dobney’s Trencher
Mount Hills	Mug House, The	Mulberry Garden
My Lady Foster’s Delight	My Lord Byron’s Delight	My Lord Byron’s Maggot
Never Love Thee More	New Bath, The	New Bore, The
New Figary, The	New Whitehall	New Year’s Eve
Newmarket	Nobody’s Jig	None Such
O Mother, Roger	Of Noble Race Was Shinkin	Old Abigal’s Delight
Old Bachelor	Old Noll’s Jig	Old Simon the King
Ormond House	Pell Mell	Pilgrim, The
Pool’s Hole #1	Pope Joan	Portsmouth
Pretty Miss	Prince George	Princess, The #1
Princess, The #2	Punch Bowl, The	Purlongs, The
Pye Corner	Queen’s Birthday, The	Queen’s Head, The
Queen’s Jig, The	Red Bull, The	Red House
Rockingham Castle	Roger of Coverly	Round, The
Royal Navy, The	Rub Her Down with Straw	Sailor’s Delight
Scotch Air	Scotland	Serag’s Hornpipe, The
Shore’s Trumpet Tune	Short’s Garden	Siege of Buda
Siege of Limerick, The	Singleton’s Slip	Sion House
Slaughterhouse	Soldier and the Sailor, The	St. Albans
St. Catherine	Sword Dance, The	Take Not a Woman’s Anger Ill
Taylor’s Trip	Temple, The	Temple Change, The
Ten Pound Lass #2	Three Sheep Skins	Tom Tinker
Touch and Go	Trip to Bury, A	Trip to St. John’s Court, A
Trip to the Jubilee, The	Tunbridge Walks	Twas within a Furlong of Edinburgh Town
Tythe Pig	Up with Aily	Valentine’s Day
Valiant Jockey	Vienna	Vigo
Wa Is Me, What Mun I Do?	Waltham Abbey	Welcome Home, Old Rowley
Well Hall	Westminster Hall	Westmorland
Whim, The	Whitehall	Whitney’s Farewell
Winchester	Witches, The	Wolverton Hall
Wooden Shoes	Young Jemmy #1	Young’s Delight, Mr.

Duple Minor Longways Repeated

A la Mode de France	Bath, The	Black Jack
Blue Petticoats	Bobbing Joe	Buff Coat
Cast a Bell	Catching of Fleas	Cavylilly Man
Country Coll, The	Devil’s Dream, The	Devonshire House
Duke of Lorrain’s March, The	Duke of York’s Delight, The	Friar and the Nun, The
Ginnie Pug	Gossip’s Frolic, The	Gun, The
Haphazard	Have at Thy Coat, Old Woman	Irish Lady, The
Irish Trot	Jamaica	Jog On, My Honey
Lady Banbury’s Hornpipe, The	Lady Cullen	Lady Lie Near Me
Lady Murray’s Delight, The	Lavena	Lord Chamberlain’s Delight, The
Maiden Fair	Motson’s Jig	New New Nothing
New Royal Exchange, The	Paul’s Steeple	Paul’s Wharf
Petticoat Wag	Punk’s Delight (the New Way), The	Saraband, The
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Smith’s New Rant	Smith’s Rant
Twenty-Ninth of May, The	Under and Over	Wallingford House
Watton Town’s End	What You Please

Triple Minor Longways

Arundel Street	Barham Down	Barker’s Maggot
Beautiful Scrabmagg, The	Betty’s Maggot	Beveridge’s Ground, Mr.
Black and Grey	Blackheath	Bloomsbury Market
Bonny Grey-Ey’d Morn, The	Bourrée la Bass	Buford’s March
Bury Fair	Buskin	Captain’s Maggot
Cary’s Maggot	Cheshire Alley	Cobbler’s Hornpipe, The
Cockleshells	Cornish Squire, The	Count Tallard
Country Abigail	Cupid’s Garden	Dainty Davy
De’il Take the Wars	Dragoon’s March	Draper’s Maggot
Duke of Gloucester’s March, The	Duke of Luxemburgh’s March	Dunkirk
Ely Court	Epsom Wells	Fiddler’s Maggot
Fiddler’s Morris, The	French Ambassador, The	Friday Night
From Aberdeen	Gilford, The	Golden Square
Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies	Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace	Grenadier’s March
Gun Fleet, The	Hang Sorrow	Hare’s Maggot, The
Hey to the Camp	Highlander’s March, The	Hill’s Maggot
Holyrood Day	Hunt the Squirrel	I Often for my Jenny Strove
Iantha	Irish Ground, The	Jockey Was a Dowdy Lad
Jolly Boy, The	Jolly Breeze, The	Knot, The
Ladies’ Maggot, The	Lady of Pleasure	Lambeth Wells
Lane’s Maggot, Mr.	Lane’s Minuet, Mr.	Last New Rigadoon, The
Last New Vagaries, The	Lincoln’s Inn	London’s Loyalty
Man Tiger, The	Merry Milkmaids in Green, The	Miller’s Jig #2
Mock Match, The	New Bourrée, The	New Invention, The
New Rigadoon, A	News from Tripoli	Nobe’s Maggot
Nottingham Castle	Painted Chamber	Paspe, A
Pool’s Hole #2	Princess’s Court, The	Puddings and Pies
Queen’s Delight, The	Reeve’s Maggot	Resolution
Round O	Rummer, The	Russel, The
Sancho Pancho	Sawney Was Tall	Sham Doctor, The
Spanish Jig	St. Martin’s Lane	Staggins’s Jig, Mr.
Twelfth Eve	Tyger, The	Virgin Queen, The
Well’s Humour	Whely House	Whitehall Minuet
Wimbleton House	Winchester Wedding	Windsor Castle
Woolly and Georgey	Young Jemmy #2	Young Sir Solomon

Triple Minor Longways Repeated

Jenny, Come Tie My Cravat

Northern Nancy

Silver Faulken, The