| Old Woman Tossed Up | Longborough | Tune | Dance Link |
| Bank's of Dee (Old Morris) | Longborough | Tune | Dance Link |
| Constant Billy | Longborough | Tune | Dance Link |
| Billy Boy | Bledington | Tune | Dance Link |
| Flowers of Edinburgh | Idbury | Tune | Dance Link |
| Over the Water to Charlie | Bledington | Tune | Dance Link |
| Idbury Hill | Bledington | Tune | Dance Link |
The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket
(Longborough)
Tune from Mr. Henry Taylor (junior)
The only alteration which has been made is that three of the notes have been dotted which was not so in the original.
The Dance
Longborough Version (from Mr Henry Taylor)
This was sometimes danced the same as London Pride - the concluding whole hey of that dance being optional, or the footing given for Country Gardens was also used. Instead of the jump the side-step can be danced thus:
twr * * * twl * * *
{÷ r l r l ÷ r l r hr ÷ l r l r ÷ l r l hl }
ss lb ------ ss rb ------- or }
r }
A version of this dance was also danced at Bledington
or
Old Morris
(Longborough)
Tune from Mr. Henry Taylor junior. Below is a copy of Mr Joynes M.S. made by Jim La Touche June 21st 1924
"Banks of the Dee" really starts at X the previous five bars are apparently a corrected version (in another key) of the last five bars of Constant Billy.
The Dance
Longborough Version
Sept 1924 Mr. Henry Taylor (senior) tells me they used to do a dance called "Banks of the Dee" which went "the same as the rest", which I take to mean like "Maid of the Mill" for he clapped his hands & made a movement as if to cross over with capers. It does not appear to have been a "side - step dance"
Aug 1925 Mr Taylor now says it was a "side - step dance" and that "properly done it is a double - dance". He intimated that it is tiring & did not recommend it.
(Longborough)
From M.S. noted by Mr. Joynes from
fiddling of Mr. Henry Taylor (junior)
(Bledington)
Play 4 times From the fiddling of Mr Charles
Benfield October 9th 1925
The Dance
Longborough Version
May be danced as "Maid of the Mill", but the hand-clapping may be varied thus:- instead of crossing over with four capers, the dancers clap hands together first in front, then behind their back, then in front again, and finally across r on l, l on r. A half hey follows as usual and this is repeated to places.
Bledington Version
Stick DanceMr Benfield Mr Charles Taylor
B Music
Bar 1 Even numbers hold sticks horizontal at chest level, grasping them near either end. Odd numbers sticking on second beat.
Bar 2 Same reversed
" 3&4 Opposites strike sticks moving them from right to left, tips, buts, tips, buts
" 5 - 8 Half Hey
This is repeated to place.
The tune was practically the same as that for the Country Dance, but Mr Richard Bond called it Cuckoo's Nest.
The Dance
June 1924 Idbury Version ?
B Music
sw up sw up wave * * *
{÷ r W l r ÷ l W r l ÷ R L ÷ R L ÷ ÷
then follows a half hey. All repeated to places. This repeated to places.
Peter Fox is doubtful, so am I.
(Bledington)
Play 4 times from Mr Charles Benfield Oct 9th 1925
twr * * *
twl * shf {ss lb --------
{ * * * * l W
{ ss rb -------------
Mr Benfield played this on his fiddle & also sang it to the following words :-
Over the water and over the sea,
Over the water to Char1ey.
Over the water and over the sea,
Over the water to Charley
And over the water to my Charley.
He made it clear that there is no "my" in line four
The Dance
Oct 1925 This is a sise step dance
Play 4 times from Mr Charles Benfield Aug 1925
