Playford
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The English Dance Master was published by John Playford in 1651 (first edition.) While slightly out of the SCA's time period, it is the earliest and best manual for English Country Dance and heavily relied upon by SCA dancers.
The Dances from Playford first edition:
- 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
- Blew Cap
- Boat-man
- Beggar Boy
- Bobbing Joe
- Bath
- Broome
- Confess his Tune
- Chirping of the Larke
- Castabella
- Chirping of the Nightingale
- Cherrily and Merrily
- Country Coll
- Cuckolds All a Row
- Chestnut or Doves Figary
- Daphne
- Drive the Cold Winter away
- Dissembling Love
- Dargason or Sedany
- Dull Sir John
- Fine Companion
- Faine I would if I could
- Fryar and the Nun
- Grimstock
- Greenwood
- Gun
- Goddesses
- Glory of the West
- Gathering Peascods
- Graies Inne Maske
- Hit or Misse
- Health to Betty
- Have at they Coat old woman
- Halfe Hanikin
- Heart's Ease
- Healths
- Hockley i'th hole
- Hyde Parke
- If all the World were Paper
- Irish trot
- Irish Lady or Aniseed Robin
- Jog on
- Jack Pudding
- Jack-a-Lent
- Jenny Pluck Pears
- Kemps Jeg
- Kettle Drum
- Lady Spillers
- Lord of Carnarvons Jeg
- Lady Cullen
- London Gentlewoman
- Lavana
- Lady ly neare me
- Lulling beyond thee
- Mage on a Cree
- Milisons Jeg
- Merry Milke Mayds
- Milfield
- Mayd peept out of the window
- Mayden Lane
- Milke Mayds Bob
- Mundesse
- Night Peece
- New Exchange
- Nonesuch
- Newcastle
- New New Nothing
- new Boe Peepe
- Old Mole
- Once I loved a Mayden faire
- Parsons Fairwell
- Picking of sticks
- Peppers black
- Prince Ruperts March
- Petticoat wag
- Pauls Steeple
- Punks delight
- Pauls Warfe
- Rose is red, and Rose is white
- Rufty Tufty
- Row well ye Marriners
- Singo or the Oyle of Barly
- Saraband
- Spanish Jepsies
- Skellamfago
- Spanyard
- Souldiers Life
- Saints Martins
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morn
- Staines Morris
- Scotch Cap
- Step Stately
- Shepheards Holyday
- Slip
- Tom Tinker
- Upon a Summers Day
- Up Tayles all
- Whish
- Whirligig
- Woodycock
