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Facsimile of John Playford's 1651
The English Dancing Master

Or,

Plaine and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, with the Tune to each Dance.

L O N D O N,

Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by John Playford, at his Shop in the Inner
Temple neere the Church doore. 1 6 5 1.

This facsimile was scanned at 300dpi. You can download the whole thing as a printable pdf file (2.8 megabytes.) Related websites include the SCA Dance Homepage, a transcription of the 1st edition, a transcription of the 2nd edition (1653), and a summary of all editions of Playford.

A Table of the Dances contained in this Booke

A.

Adsons Saraband
Al-a-Mode de France.
Argeers.
All in a Garden greene.
Aye me, or the Simphony.
An old man is a bed full of Bones.

B.

Blew Cap.
Boat-man.
Beggar Boy.
Bobbing Joe.
Bath.
Broome.

C

Confesse his Tune.
Chirping of the Larke.
Castabella.
Chirping of the Nightingale.
Cherrily and Merrily.
Country Coll.
Cuckolds all a row.
Chestnut, or Doves Figary.

D.

Daphne.
Drive the Cold Winter away.
Dissembling Love.
Dargason, or Sedany.

F

Fine Companion
Faine I would if I could.
Fryar and the Nun.

G.

Grimstock.
Greenwood.
Gun.
Godesses.
Glory of the west.
Gathering Peascods.
Graies Inne Maske.

H.

Hit or misse.
Health to Betty.
Have at thy Coat old woman.
Halfe Hanikin.
Hearts ease.

Healths.
Hockley i'th hole.
Hide Parke.

I.

If all the World were Paper.
Irish trot.
Irish Lady, or Aniseed Robin.
Jog on.
Jack Pudding.
Jack-a-Lent.
Jenny pluck Pares.

K.

Kemps Jeg.
Kettle Drum.

L.

Lady Spillers.
Lord of Carnarvons Jeg.
Lady Cullen.
London Gentlewoman.

Lavana.
Lady lye near me.
Lulling beyond thee.

M.

Mage on a Cree.
Milisons Jeg.
Merry Milke Mayds.
Milfield.
Mayd peept out of the window.
Mayden Lane.
Milke Mayds Bob.
Mundesse.

N.

Night Pesce.
New Exchange.
None such.
Newcastle.
New New Nothing.
New Boe peepe.

O.

Old Mole.
Once I loved a Mayden faire.

P.

Parsons farewell.
Picking of sticks.
Peppers black.
Prince Ruperts March.
Petticoat wag.
Pauls Steeple.
Punks delight.
Pauls Warfe.

R.

Rose is red, and Rose is white.
Rufty, tufty.
Row well ye Mariners.

S.

Stingo, or the Oyle of Barly.

Saraband.
Spanish Jepsies.
Skellamfago.
Spanyard.
Souldiers Life.
Saints Martins.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morne.
Staines Morris.
Scotch Cap.
Step Stately.
Shepheards Holyday.
Slip.

T.

V.

Upon a Summers day.
Up Tayles all.

W.

Whish.
Whirligig.
Woodycock.

Contents

FINIS.

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