MEL BAY PLAYFORD For Mandolin 121 Tunes From The Playford Dancing Masters By J Goodin

From 1651 to 1728 John Playford, his son Henry, and John Young published multiple editions of the Dancing Master-collections of dance instructions and musical accompaniment. Over 500 distinct tunes were printed in these volumes and they give us one of the best pictures of English popular dance music in the 17th and early 18th centuries. This book presents 121 of these tunes adapted for the mandolin-all are written in standard notation and tablature, with chord symbols. Several pieces have been transposed into more mandolin-friendly keys. Suitable for use in teaching and performance, many of these tunes are still played by musicians today both for pleasure and dance accompaniment.

Song List

• Alchurch 7
• All in a Garden Green 8
• Amaryllis 9
• Apley House 10
• Argiers 11
• Bartholomew Fair 12
• Bellamira 13
• Bishop of Bangor’s Jig 14
• Black and Grey 15
• Blackheath 16
• Boatman 17
• Bonny Dundee 18
• Bonny Grey-Ey’d Morn 19
• Bouzer Castle 20
• Bury Fair 21
• Buskin 22
• Captain’s Maggott 23
• Chelsea Reach 24
• Cherry Garden 25
• Chestnut 26
• Childgrove 27
• Christchurch Bells 28
• Christmas Cheer 29
• Cockleshells 30
• Coronation Day 31
• Count Tallard 32
• Country Farmer 33
• Coxes Dance 34
• Cuckolds All in a Row 35
• Daphne 36
• Dragoon’s March 37
• Drive the Cold Winter Away 38
• Duke of Gloucester’s March 39
• Duke of Grafton’s March 40
• Duke of York’s March 41
• Dull Sir John 42
• Easter Eve 43
• Easter Tuesday 44
• Ely Court 45
• Epping Forest 46
• Figure Dance 47
• Fine Companion 48
• Freeman’s Dance 49
• French Ambassador 50
• Frolic 51
• From Aberdeen 52
• Fy, Nay, Prithee John 53
• Glory of the Sun 54
• Goddesses 55
• Greensleeves and Pudding Pies 56
• Greenwich Park 57
• Grenadiers’ March 58
• Haphazard 59
• Happy Marriage 60
• Hayn’s Jig 61
• Heart’s Ease 62
• Hyde Park 63
• Italian Rant 64
• Jack’s Farewell 65
• Jack’s Maggot 66
• Jamaica 67
• Ladies’ Maggot 68
• Ladies of London 69
• Lady Day 70
• Lady Frances Nevill’s Delight 71
• Last New Vagaries 72
• Lilli Burlero 73
• Lord Phoppinton 74
• Lull Me Beyond Thee 75
• Mad Dick 76
• Maiden Lane 77
• Maid’s Morris 78
• Mardike 79
• More the Merrier 80
• Moulson’s Jig 81
• Mount Hills 82
• Mr. Lane’s Maggot 83
• Mug-House 84
• Never Love Thee More 85
• New Bouree 86
• New Metar 87
• New New Exchange 88
• New Rigaudon 89
• Newcastle 90
• Nottingham Castle 91
• Old Noll’s Jig 92
• On the Cold Ground 93
• Ormond House 94
• Parson’s Farewell 95
• Pell-Mell 96
• Porter’s Dream 97
• Portsmouth 98
• Prince George 99
• Prince George’s March 100
• Prince Rupert’s March 101
• Princess 102
• Putney Ferry 103
• Quaker’s Grace 104
• Queen’s Birthday 105
• Rummer 106
• Shepherd’s Daughter 107
• Siege of Buda 108
• Solomon’s Jig 109
• St. Catherine 110
• St. Martins 111
• St. Martin’s Lane 112
• Stanes Morris 113
• Strawberries and Cream 114
• Sweet Kate 115
• Sweet William 116
• Thomas You Cannot 117
• Twelfth Eve 118
• Tythe Pig 119
• Under and Over 120
• Wallingford House 121
• Waltham Abbey 122
• Well Hall 123
• Westmorland 124
• Whitehall Minuet 125
• Wimbleton House 126
• Wooden Shoes 127