English Country Dances by Pat Shaw to old Dutch tunes
Pat Shaw (1917 – 1977) composed Country Dances by Pat Shaw to old Dutch tunes
Pat Shaw (1917 – 1977) composed these 54 dances in his 54th year.
The Dutch tunes are from the thirteen collections “Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlietjes
en Contredansen” edited between 1700 and 1716 in Amsterdam.
The “Dutch” composer Julius Röntgen (1855 – 1932) arranged them in three collections used by Pat.
| Dance | Tune | |
| Ah! Belinda | Ach Belinde (273) | 6C,LW |
| All the Young Folk *** | Al de jonge luijde (15) | 6C,Round |
| Arrival from Holland | Ik voer laast uijt Hollandt (120) | 2C |
| As I roved out one morning *** | Ik gink op eenen morgen (36) | 3C,Round |
| Babylon (1st version) | In Babilone (40) | 3C,LW |
| Babylon (2nd version) | In Babilone (40) | 4C,LW |
| Betrayed Lover, The | De verradene Geliefden | 2C,LW |
| Carillon at Sneek, The | Het Sneeker Klokspel (913) | 4C |
| Carnival | Vastenavond | 3C,Round |
| Cecilia | Cecilia (14) | 4C |
| Clog Dance | Klompe Dans (170) | Round |
| Colterom *** | Colterom(598) | 3C,LW |
| Country Dance | Contredans (383) | 4M6W |
| Dear Papa and Dear Mama (1st) | Vader lief kreeg Moeder lief (985) | Round |
| Dear Papa and Dear Mama (2nd) | Vader lief kreeg Moeder lief (985) | Round |
| Donkey Brays, The | Het Eesel schreit (611) | Round |
| Down in the Nettles | ‘k lagh in de Neetelen (67) | 4C |
| Duchess Saraband, The | Sarabande op de Duchesse (785) | Double Becket,LW |
| Emperor, The | De Keiser (372) | 4C |
| English Air, An | Een Engels Voijsje (618) | 2 Trios |
| Farmer, The | De Boer (502) | 3C |
| Farmers’ Dance * | Dans voor Boeren en Boerinnen (995) | 4C,more Sq |
| Greeting, The | Ick ben gegroet van (693) | 3C |
| Hard Times *** | O ongelukkige Tijt (790) | 3C in line |
| Harlequin | Harlequin (313) | 2C,LW |
| I have a Song to Sing | Nu wil ik een Liedeke zingen | 2C,LW |
| Jan Ulrich Christian | Jan Ulrich Christiaen (566) | 8C |
| Katie the Nuisance | Trijntje Lollepot (654) | 3C |
| Kindly Shepherd, The | De goedwillige Harder (394) | 2C |
| Koepoort Galliard, The | Gailliarde Koepoort (56) | 4C,Round |
| Little Agnes | Angenietje | 8C,Double Sq |
| Little Nightingale | Nachtegaaltje kleijne (153) | 2C,LW |
| Lover’s Farewell, The | Ick gae mijn soeten Engel (463) | 3C |
| Master Jacob (Becket formation) | Meester Jacob (821) | 6C,LW |
| May in the Hague | De Haaghse Meij (187) | Trios,LW |
| Men of Law or Solicitors & Barristers | Procureuren en Advocaten (169) | 3C,LW |
| Merry Moment, The | Malle Kits (615) | 3C |
| My Mother’s Geese | Mijn moeder heeft Gansen (420) | 3C,LW |
| Nightingale | Nachtegaal (275) | 4C,Round |
| Old Wives’ Tales *** | Ouwe wijven (58) | 2 Trios |
| Penniless Soldiers, The | De soldaten hebben geen gelt (409) | 4C,Sq |
| Philida of Utrecht | Philida van Utreght (842) | 4C,Round |
| Planting the May | Meiplanting | 3C |
| Sally from Poland | Poolsche Sara (418 & 419) | 2C,LW |
| Sleepless Swain, The | Noch dagh noch nacht is mijne rust (725) | 2C |
| Slof Galliard, The ** | Gailliarde Slof (61) | 4C |
| Spanish Farmers’ Dance, The | De Spaensche Boerendans (351) | 3C |
| Students’ March, The | Marche van de Studenten (825) | 8C |
| Sweet Rosie Red | Soet roosie root (27) | 2C,LW |
| Troubled Suitor, The | Ag Hemel wat sal ik (920) | 5C,Round |
| Up on a Lofty Mountain | Ik stond op hogen Bergen | 4C,Round |
| Waters of Holland (1st version), The | O Nederland, let op U saeck | 3C |
| Waters of Holland (2nd version), The | O Nederland, let op U saeck | 3C |
| Woeful Lover, The | Ick hebbe mijne klachten(350) | 5C |
| * | Recorded on CD “Dutch Callers’ Choice” | |
| ** | Recorded on CD “Shades of Shaw” | |
| *** | Recorded on CD “Pat Shaw and More” | |
The number in brackets after the names of the tunes refers to the number of the tune in the collections
“Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlietjes en Contredansen”.
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