Bampton 2004, Geoff's Broom dance

Bampton Tunes Bampton Morris in the 1940s

Left: Fred Pettifer dancing Bacca Pipes - 1930s, probably 1939, Billy Wells on fiddle

 

 

 

 

 

Right: In 2004; Geoff Dando dancing the Broom Dance with Paul Smith on accordion

Sources: MB III (2nd ed); Dr. Arthur Peck's booklet (ALP); EDS Sept 1951; Journal EFDSS 1956, 1957; RD - material from Clive Carey 1913, Arthur Dixey and others, and personal observations; my own film 1934, 1937 (Lionel Bacon) {The major source of both Sharp's and ALP's information was Billy Wells, one-time fool and fiddler}
"A living tradition: Whit Monday. Fluid, with some variation as between dancers, between sides (at present, 1973, there are two), and other the years."

The abc format file is at abc/Bampton.abc. See comments on the index page about using abc files.

  1. Highland Mary (MDT)
  2. The Quaker (Jour 1956, ALP)
  3. Brighton Camp (The Bride in Camp, The Girl I Left Behind Me) (MDT - under Eynsham, ALP)
  4. Jenny Lind (EDS Autumn 1969)
  5. Jenny Lind (RD from Arnold Woodley)
  6. Johnny's So Long at the Fair (Jour 1956, BC)
  7. The Furze Field (Michael Blanford)
  8. Johnny's So Long at the Fair (ALP)
  9. Glorishears (MDT)
  10. The Maid of the Mill (MDT)
  11. Bobbing Around (Bobbing Joe) (MDT)
  12. Step and Fetch Her (RD from Arnold Woodley)
  13. Step and Fetch Her (Schofield)
  14. Constant Billy (Boy) (MDT)
  15. Flowers of Edinburgh (MDT)
  16. The Webley Twizzle (Jour 1956)
  17. Under the Old Myrtle Tree (CJS MSS)
  18. The Rose Tree (Jour 1956)
  19. Banbury Bill (Jour 1956)
  20. Country Gardens (RD from Arnold Woodley)
  21. Shepherds' Hey (MDT)
  22. Shave the Donkey (RD)
  23. Bonny Green Garters (MDT)
  24. Princess Royal (jig) (MDT)
  25. The Nutting Girl (jig) (Jour EDFS, 1928 - under Fieldtown)
  26. Speed the Plough (intr. 1975)
  27. The Nutting Girl (Bampton alt C music Rollo Woods)
  28. Lumps of Plum Pudding (jig) (MDT)
  29. Old Tom of Oxford (jig) (EDS 1951)
  30. Jogging to the Fair, Jockey to the Fair (jig) (EDS 1951)
  31. The Flowers of Edinburgh, The Fiddler's Jig, Knuckle Down (RD from Arnold Woodley)
  32. The Fool's Jig (MDT) key of A
  33. Bacca Pipes, The Pipe Dance (MDT)
  34. The Fool's Jig (MDT) key of G
  35. The Nutting Girl (RD)
  36. The Forester (RD, for tune see Fieldtown)
  37. Lumps of Plum Pudding (RD)
  38. Old Tom of Oxford (RD)
  39. Trunkles
  40. Webley Jig