The English Dancing Master is a dancing manual containing the music and instructions for English Country Dances. It was published in several editions by John Playford and his successors from 1651 until c1728.
This edition is based on the original 1651 edition, with the music put into modern notation, and contains performing instructions for 104 dances of the period.
Contents
- A Table of the Dances contained in this Booke
- A Table Explaining the Characters which are set downe in the Dances
- Upon a Summers day
- Blew Cap
- The Night Peece
- Boate man
- The Begger Boy
- Parsons farewell
- Bobbing Joe
- The New Exchange
- The Whish
- Stingo, Or the Oyle of Barly
- The Wherligig
- Picking of sticks
- The Old Mole
- Grimstock
- Wooddicock
- Greenwood
- The Saraband
- Hit and misse
- Confesse
- Mage on a Cree
- A Health to Betty
- Millisons Jegge
- The Spanish Jeepsie
- Lady Spellor
- Kemps Jegg
- The Cherping of the Larke
- If all the World were Paper
- Adsons Saraband
- Nonesuch
- Daphne
- The merry merry Milke Maids
- Mill-field
- The fine Companion
- Skellamefago
- Cast a Bell
- The Spanyard
- Rose is white and Rose is red
- Have at thy Coat old woman
- Drive the cold winter away
- The Gun
- Peppers Black
- The Maid peept out at the window, or the Frier in the Well
- Halfe Hannikin
- Lord of Carnarvans Jegg
- Irish Trot
- Faine I would
- Once I loved a Maiden faire
- The Irish Lady, or Anniseed-water Robin
- All a Mode de France
- My Lady Cullen
- The Bath
- Goddesses
- Jog on
- Hearts Ease
- The Health
- Jack Pudding
- Prince Ruperts March
- Argeers
- Dissembling Love
- The London Gentlewoman, Or the Hemp-Dresser
- Lavena
- Mayden Lane
- Jack a Lent
- Chirping of the Nightingale
- Souldiers life
- Saint Martins
- Cuckolds all a row
- Petticoat wag
- Pauls Steeple
- Rufty tufty
- All in a Garden green
- Sedanny, or Dargason
- The Punks Delight (the new way)
- Aye me, Or the Simphony
- Broome : The bonny bonny Broome
- The Milke-Mayds Bobb
- An Old man is a Bed full of bones
- Newcastle
- Cherily and merrily
- The Countrey Coll
- Saturday night and Sunday morn
- Dull Sir John
- Hockley in the hole
- New Boe peep
- The Fryar and the Nun
- Chestnut (or Doves Figary)
- Pauls Warfe
- Stanes Morris
- Tom Tinker
- Kettle Drum
- Mundesse
- Hide Parke
- Lady lye neare mee
- Lulle me beyond thee
- The Glory of the West
- Jenny pluck Pears
- Gathering Peascods
- Up Tails all
- New New Nothing
- Scotch Cap
- Step Stately
- Shepheards Holyday, or Labour in Vaine
- Row well ye Mariners
- Graies Inne Maske
- The Slip
