Dance Repertoire, 1984-99

This is a list of the dances that Middlesex Morris performed during its fifteen years of existence. GIF's of some of the tunes that are not in Lionel Bacon's A Handbook of Morris Dances may be viewed by clicking on them. (Tunes were typeset using MusicTeX.)

Headington (1984-90)

• Bean Setting (traditional)
• The Blue-Eyed Stranger (traditional)
• Constant Billy (traditional)
• Hunt the Squirrel (traditional)
• Rigs O'Marlow (traditional)
• Trunkles (traditional)

Bledington (1985(?)-91)

• Black Joke(r) (traditional)
• Cuckoo's Nest (traditional)
• Glorishers (traditional)
• Morning Star (traditional)
• Saturday Night (traditional)
• The Three Musketeers (Attributed to Roy Dommett. We usually use the Glorishers tune from Bampton.) Also danced in the style of Fieldtown.
• Trunkles (traditional)
• Wedding Day Celebration (Dance and tune by Jeff Bigler of Middlesex Morris.) Also danced in the style of Fieldtown.
• William and Nancy (traditional)
• Young Collins (traditional)

Ilmington (1987(?)-91)

• David's Farewell (Dance written by Sue Jick of Middlesex Morris; tune is The Twenty-Ninth of May.)
• Jubilee (traditional)
• Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket (traditional)
• One for Matthew (Dance written Sue Jick of Middlesex Morris.)

Adderbury (1990-91)

• Brighton Camp (traditional)
• Lads-a-Bunchem (traditional)
• Shepherd's Hey (traditional)
• South Australia (Dance by the Adelaide Morris Men.)

Field Town (1991-99)

• Antarctic Circle, or To The South Pole (Dance by Middlesex Morris; tune by Brian Wilson of Middlesex Morris.)
• Balance the Straw (traditional)
• Banks of the Dee (traditional)
• Country Gardens (traditional)
• Dearest Dicky (traditional)
• Fireworks (Dance and tune by Jeff Bigler of Middlesex Morris.)
• The Forrester (traditional)
• Froggy's First Jump (Written by Paul Handford, foreman of Thames Valley International, London, Ontario; tune by the Albion Band.)
• The Gallant Weaver (Adapted from the Bledington dance by Peter Redgate, of Green Fiddle Morris)
• The Gentleman Soldier (Attributed to Roy Dommett.)
• Jockey to the Fair (Dance by Paul Handford, foreman of Thames Valley International)
• Lass of Richmond Hill (Adapted from the Longborough dance, by Martin Johnson of the Hammersmith Morris Men.)
• Ode to Joy (Adapted from the Bledington dance by the Twilight Bells Morris Team.)
• The Rose (traditional)
• Saturday Night (Adapted from The Dummerston Stick Dance, by the Toronto Morris Men. Tune is the Bucknell version of Saturday Night.)
• Shepherd's Hey (traditional)
• Steamfitters (Dance by Roy Dommett/Albemarle M.M; tune is The Orange in Bloom)
• Step Back (traditional)
• The Tie that Binds (Dance by Jeff Bigler; tune by Forrest Larson of Middlesex Morris)
• Trunkles (traditional)

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