The Bassett Street Hounds

Tune Notation     Used for These Dances

Tunes are also available in abc notation, as a big
HTML file of staff notation, and as an Acrobat PDF file (215K)
Dance notation available by permission of the Mike Miller, Hounds' border fore, and also available as shorthand notation. See also Mike's Introduction to Border Morris. Other teams' dance notes are linked at the bottom of the "What is Border Morris?" page.

Original Dances

Byker Hill Northumberland Gypsy (5-person version) (8-person version)
Carpathian Tune Belligerent Bluejay
Charles O'Connor Just In Time
The Cuckoo's Nest The Cuckoo's Nest
Donkey Ride Northern Star
Fandango Not A Banana
The Idiot
(Sung to "John Barleycorn")
The Drunken Idiot
I Can Hew I Can Hew
Jenny Lind Polka Hunt the Snark
Morning Star Morningstar (also 3-person version)
Rakes of Mallow Northumberland Gypsy (5-person version) (8-person version)
Ring O' Bells Ring O' Bells
Shave the Donkey Northumberland Musketeers (5-person version) (8-person version)
Waltzing Matilda Southern Cross

Derived Dances

Drowsy Maggie Ockington
Durham Rangers Alexandra Park Road Stick Dance, N.22.5 (See also original version from New St. George)
Five In A Bed Five In A Bed (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Flowers Of Edinburgh Weobley Hanky Dance (See also original notation from Red Stags)
George Green's College Hornpipe Mr Dolly (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Jack Off the Green Weobley Handclap Dance (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Mad Moll of the Cheshire Hunts Titterstone Clee (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Morning Glory Morning Glory (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Off to California The Prisoner (See also original notation from Red Stags)
Return From The Waterside Dawley (See also original notation from Red Stags)

Other Dances (performed as the occasion demands it)

Four Lanes End Four Lanes End (from Shropshire Bedlams)
Hunting the Squirrel Weobley Stick Dance (See original notation from Red Stags)
Keel Row Woodhouse Bog (from Kearn Morris)
Not For Joe Dilwyn (traditional notation from Hook Eagle Morris)
Rigs of Marlow Blake's Seven (from Red Stags)

Cotswold Dances (obligatory processionals and recessionals)

Bonnie Green Garters (Bampton) Bonnie Green Garters
Soldier O Soldier O Processional (Dance notes originally published in American Morris Newsletter 4(4):3-5 (1981))
Winster Processional Winster Processional
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