English Country Dances a form of social folk dance which originated in Renaissance England, & was popular until the early 19th century in parts of Europe, the American colonies & the United Sates. It is the ancestor of several other folk dances, including contra & square dance. English country dance was revived in the early 20th century as part of the larger English folk revival, & is practised today primarily in North America & Britain. In Britain, this form is often referred to as "Playford", while "country dance" is applied to a range of English folk dances.

Each English country dance is based around is fixed series of movements, call figures, which are uniquely paired with a piece of music. The choreography dictates the interactions between partners & between couples in a set. A set is a group of couples, most commonly two or three, but sometimes four, that interact during a single progression. Rarely, dances call for five or six couples in a set. Most commonly, English country dances are longways & progressive. Multiple sets of couples form two long lines, along which couples travel at the end of each iteration of figures, meeting new couples & repeating the series of figures many times. Alternately, dances can be finite, a set forming a independent unit withing the series of figures are repeated a limited number of times. These dances are often non-progressive, each couple retaining their original positions in decades they are performed.

I hope you like this compilation of essentialy English tunes & dances. Derek Jones - July 2013
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
Track
 
 
   
 
Dance
 
 
   
 
Bars
 
 
   
 
Type
 
 
   
 
Formation
 
 
   
 
Lead Tune
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
1
 
 
   
 
Leaving of Liverpool
 
 
   
 
3 x 32
 
 
   
 
Reels
 
 
   
 
Longways x 3
 
 
   
 
Leaving of Liverpool
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
2
 
 
   
 
Stevies Hop
 
 
   
 
8 x 32
 
(Twice)
 
 
   
 
Hopstep Reel
 
 
   
 
Longways
 
 
   
 
Lollipop Man – Portsmouth Harpers Frolic
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
3
 
 
   
 
Jubilee Rag
 
 
   
 
6 x 32
 
 
   
 
Reel
 
 
   
 
Longways
 
 
   
 
The Happy Cavalier – Three Scamping Rogues – Maxwells Rants
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
4
 
 
   
 
Walpole Cottage
 
 
   
 
4 + 
 
5 x 48
 
 
   
 
Reel
 
 
   
 
1 man 2 ladies
 
 
   
 
Walpole Cottage
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
5
 
 
   
 
Gossips Reel
 
 
   
 
8 x 32 
 
 
   
 
English Reel
 
 
   
 
Sicilian Circle
 
 
   
 
The Girl I left Behind Me – Petronella Shepton Hornpipe – The Rose Tree
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
6
 
 
   
 
A Trip to Easthamsptead
 
 
   
 
5 x 40