Headington Tunes

Headington Quarry, 1899
Sources: MB I & II; MB III (1st ed.); Jour EFDSS Vol1, No3 & Vol 8 No 4; RD (MSS of CJS, RKS, Herschel MSS, Manning & Carey; OUMM; personal observations of the Headington Quarry Men (HQM) and instruction from Wm. Kimber (WK). The MSS are derived from other dancers on the side that Sharp saw in 1899, as well as Kimber.
A living tradition. The present HQM were formed in 1948 after a break of 20 years by WK. As with the other living traditions, it is somewhat fluid, and the dances as now performed are not all precisely as Sharp described them. The HQM have themselves varied their dancing somewhat over the years. Sharp's descriptions differ in some cases as between the 1st and 2nd editions of MB, and RKS later obtained different information from WK. Consequently there is some variation in practice as between clubs.

Headington Quarry, 1899

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

  1. The Morris On, Jour EFDSS, Vol 8.
  2. The Morris Off, Jour EFDSS, Vol 8.
  3. Bean Setting, MDT
  4. Constant Billy, MDT
  5. Constant Billy, RKS(MSS)
  6. Rigs O'Marlow, MDT
  7. Rakes O'Marlow, Carey (MSS)
  8. Rodney, MDT
  9. Rodney, Carey (MSS)
  10. Hunting the Squirrel, MDT
  11. Hunt the Squirrel (Drawback), Carey (MSS)
  12. Hunt the Squirrel, Herschel (MSS)
  13. Laudnam Bunches, Carey (MSS)
  14. Laudnam Bunches, MDT
  15. Trunkles, MDT William (Merrie) Kimber (1872-1961)
  16. How D'Ye Do, Sir, MDT
  17. Country Gardens, MDT
  18. Country Gardens, Carey (MSS)
  19. The Blue-Eyed Stranger, MDT
  20. The Blue-Eyed Stranger, Carey (MSS)
  21. Double Set-Back, MDT
  22. Double Set-Back, RKS(MSS)
  23. Double Set-Back, Carey (MSS)
  24. Getting Upstairs
  25. Haste To The Wedding, MDT
  26. The Twenty-Ninth of May, 6MDJ
  27. The Morris Reel
  28. The Morris Reel (Soldier's Joy), CJS (MSS)
  29. The Weeping Willow Tree, Jour EFDSS, Vol. 8
  30. The Willow Tree, RKS (MSS)
  31. Leapfrog, Carey (MSS) (From Trafford)
  32. Bonny Green Garters, MDT
  33. Jockie To The Fair, MDT
  34. Old Mother Oxford, MDT
  35. The Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket, MDT William (Merrie) Kimber (1872-1961)
  36. Shepherds' Hey, MDT(An Ascot tune)
  37. Shepherds' Hey, RKS (MSS)
  38. Bacca Pipes, MDT
  39. Brighton Camp, Joe Trafford (Carey MSS)