A Choice Collection of Country Dances

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A Choice Collection of Country Dances
As Printed and Sold by John and William Neal
in Christ Church Yard, Dublin, c. 1726
by Rich Jackson and George A. Fogg
Boston: Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, 1990
96 pages CCCD-bk:

59 dances originally published in Dublin in 1726, interpreted in the style first developed by Cecil Sharp in the early part of the twentieth century. The tune and a transcription of original instructions accompany each dance and illustrations of several pages of the original are included. Basic knowledge of English country dance figures is assumed; for those needing glossary and performance details, use in conjunction with The Playford Ball. As a document, A Choice Collection has much in common with the James Alexandermanuscript.

Contents

Aberdeen, or The De'il's Dead	Hoop't Petticoat	The Ragg
Bartholomew Fair	The Humors of Dublin	Recruiting Officer
Bonny Lad and Bonny Lass	The Italian Disappointment	Red House
The Britain	Jack's Health	Richmond Ball
Bury Fair	Jockey Has Gotten a Wife	Roger
Captain McCann	Jubliee Jigg	Rossmore
Cheshire Round	Knives and Forks	Rostillion
The Clout	The Knott	Saint Katherine's
The Collier's Daughter	The Lass of Petty's Miss	She That Washes a Monday
The Country Farmer	Lastrum Pone	Spanish Jigg
Doctor Faustus's Jig	The Major	Squirrel
The Dusty Miller	Marlborough	This Great World's a Trouble
Excuse me	Medly	Thomas I Cannot
The Fancy	Moggy Lauther	The Twitcher
The Free Masons	Old Wife Behind the Fire	Whitsun Holiday
Galloping Nagg	Ore Boggy	The Working Masons in Merlin
Green Sleeves	Pembrook	Yellow Stockings
The Haymakers	Port Royal	Young Roger
Hendall's Hornpipe	Portsmouth	A Young Virgin of 15 Years
Highland Lilt	Prince, or Royal George