Charles Bolton's Retreads
Charles Bolton’s Retreads is a collection of interpretations of 92 English country dances from 17th and 18th sources, the majority from volumes of Playford’s Dancing-Master, plus selections from Johnson, Thompson, Walsh, Burbank, Griffiths, and Kynaston.
Each dance appears with music, the original dance instructions, Charles’s interpretations, and notes on interpretative decisions.
The dances are organized in nine volumes, plus two previously unpublished interpretations. You may search by volume number, by the name of the dance o rby its number. The dances are numbered consecutively throughout the volumes, so at the top of each dance you will find an identifier, for example: Retreads No. 6 (for the sixth dance in volume 1 and so on, through No. 92).
Bolton's collection of original dances is also available.
All dances are © Charles Bolton and are published here with his permission. The dances and tunes may be printed for your own use, under Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA). This means:
- you must credit Charles Bolton and the CDSS Online Library;
- you may print and redistribute the dances, and build upon Bolton's work;
- all new work must carry the same license, so any derivatives must also be non-commercial in nature.
Retreads Master Index
| Dance | Document | Volume | Number |
| French Ambassador, The | Retreads 1 | 1 | |
| Sir Watkin's Jig | Retreads 1 | 2 | |
| Up Tails All | Retreads 1 | 3 | |
| Health to Betty, A | Retreads 1 | 4 | |
| Kensington Court | Retreads 1 | 5 | |
| Collier's Daughter, The | Retreads 1 | 6 | |
| Sage Leaf | Retreads 1 | 7 | |
| Cockle Shells | Retreads 1 | 8 | |
| Rigadoon | Retreads 1 | 9 | |
| Bellamira | Retreads 1 | 10 | |
| Retreads 1 cover | Retreads 1 | Ret1 cover | |
| Retreads 1 index | Retreads 1 | Ret1 index | |
| Burgundy's Flight | Retreads 2 | 11 | |
| My Lady Winwood's Maggot | Retreads 2 | 12 | |
| London Gentlewoman, The | Retreads 2 | 13 | |
| One More Dance and Then | Retreads 2 | 14 | |
| Other Phoenix, The | Retreads 2 | 15 | |
| Twas O'er the Hills and Far Away | Retreads 2 | 16 | |
| Tub, The | Retreads 2 | 17 | |
| Brick Makers, The | Retreads 2 | 18 | |
| Ten Pound Lass | Retreads 2 | 19 | |
| Lincoln | Retreads 2 | 20 | |
| Retreads 2 cover | Retreads 2 | ||
| Retreads 2 index | Retreads 2 | ||
| Highland Wedding | Retreads 3 | 21 | |
| Our Happy Meeting | Retreads 3 | 22 | |
| Kendall House | Retreads 3 | 23 | |
| Wedding, The | Retreads 3 | 24 | |
| Mock Match, The | Retreads 3 | 25 | |
| Lord Phoppington, The | Retreads 3 | 26 | |
| Mrs. Hill's Dance | Retreads 3 | 27 | |
| Mother Brown's Cat | Retreads 3 | 28 | |
| Riddle, The | Retreads 3 | 29 | |
| Queen Bess's Dame of Honour | Retreads 3 | 30 | |
| Retreads 3 cover | Retreads 3 | ||
| Retreads 3 index | Retreads 3 | ||
| Jovial Beggars, The | Retreads 4 | 31 | |
| Prince Edward's Jig | Retreads 4 | 32 | |
| Cupid's Garden | Retreads 4 | 33 | |
| Petticoat Wag | Retreads 4 | 34 | |
| Her Killing Eyes | Retreads 4 | 35 | |
| Le Debauche | Retreads 4 | 36 | |
| All Together, One After Another | Retreads 4 | 37 | |
| Temple Bar | Retreads 4 | 38 | |
| Braes of Dornoch | Retreads 4 | 39 | |
| Stingo | Retreads 4 | 40 | |
| Retreads 4 cover | Retreads 4 | ||
| Retreads 4 index | Retreads 4 | ||
| St. Catherine | Retreads 5 | 41 | |
| Galloping Nag, The | Retreads 5 | 42 | |
| Red and All Red | Retreads 5 | 43 | |
| Amesbury | Retreads 5 | 44 | |
| She Would If She Could | Retreads 5 | 45 | |
| Newmarket Lass, The | Retreads 5 | 46 | |
| Cheerily and Merrily | Retreads 5 | 47 | |
| Kingsale | Retreads 5 | 48 | |
| Up Goes Ely | Retreads 5 | 49 | |
| Lady Day | Retreads 5 | 50 | |
| Retreads 5 cover | Retreads 5 | ||
| Retreads 5 index | Retreads 5 | ||
| Waltham Abbey | Retreads 6 | 51 | |
| Dainty Fine Bride, The | Retreads 6 | 52 | |
| Young Widow, The | Retreads 6 | 53 | |
| Parson Upon Dorothy | Retreads 6 | 54 | |
| Constant Lover, The | Retreads 6 | 55 | |
| New Man Tiger | Retreads 6 | 56 | |
| Donawert Pass | Retreads 6 | 57 | |
| Row Well, Ye Mariners | Retreads 6 | 58 | |
| Merry Conceit, The | Retreads 6 | 59 | |
| Love For Love | Retreads 6 | 60 | |
| Retreads 6 cover | Retreads 6 | ||
| Retreads 6 index | Retreads 6 | ||
| Britain's Glory | Retreads 7 | 61 | |
| Drummer, The | Retreads 7 | 62 | |
| Hoxton Square | Retreads 7 | 63 | |
| Crosbey Square | Retreads 7 | 64 | |
| We Will Down With The French | Retreads 7 | 65 | |
| Jockey to the Fair | Retreads 7 | 66 | |
| Devonshire Girl, The | Retreads 7 | 67 | |
| Katherine Street | Retreads 7 | 68 | |
| Mr. Heath's Dance | Retreads 7 | 69 | |
| Wolverton Hall | Retreads 7 | 70 | |
| Retreads 7 cover | Retreads 7 | ||
| Retreads 7 index | Retreads 7 | ||
| Bonny Dundee | Retreads 8 | 71 | |
| Hey Makers Dance, The | Retreads 8 | 72 | |
| Mulberry Maid, The | Retreads 8 | 73 | |
| I Often For My Jenny Strove | Retreads 8 | 74 | |
| Jockey, The | Retreads 8 | 75 | |
| Millison's Jig | Retreads 8 | 76 | |
| Cheshire Rounds | Retreads 8 | 77 | |
| Glory of the West, The | Retreads 8 | 78 | |
| Last New Vagaries,The | Retreads 8 | 79 | |
| Northern Nancy | Retreads 8 | 80 | |
| Retreads 8 cover | Retreads 8 | ||
| Retreads 8 index | Retreads 8 | ||
| Restoration of King Charles, The | Retreads 9 | 81 | |
| Linco | Retreads 9 | 82 | |
| Drive the Cold Winter Away | Retreads 9 | 83 | |
| Ely Minster | Retreads 9 | 84 | |
| Young Damon | Retreads 9 | 85 | |
| Lord How's Jig | Retreads 9 | 86 | |
| Trip to Nottingham, A | Retreads 9 | 87 | |
| Dunkirk | Retreads 9 | 88 | |
| Twas O'er the Hills...(2nd) | Retreads 9 | 89 | |
| Blenheim Pound | Retreads 9 | 90 | |
| Retreads 9 cover | Retreads 9 | ||
| Retreads 9 index | Retreads 9 | ||
| Jack's Health | Retreads 10 | 91 | |
| Happy Captive, The | Retreads 10 | 92 |
