The following table lists all the dances in first edition Playford in order of how many dancers are required for each. This is intended as a convenient guide for dance groups who, for instance, only have six dancers and want to know which dances are suitable for them.

The number "99" is meant to indicate "as many as will".

Thanks to Paul Wayper / Dominic of Oxford for the original data entry.

Dance No Name People Style
100 Step Stately (odd no. couples) 3 Longways
18 Hit and Misse 4 Longways
58 Argeers 4 Square
67 Cuckolds all in a Row 4 Square
54 Hearts Ease 4 Square
6 Parson's Farewell 4 Square
70 Rufty Tufty 4 Square
66 Saint Martins 4 Square
94 The Glory of the West 4 Square
28 Adson's Sarabande 6 Longways
71 All in a Garden Green 6 Longways
2 Blew Cap 6 Longways
4 Boate Man 6 Longways
85 Chestnut (or Doves Figary) 6 Longways
19 Confesse 6 Longways
59 Dissembling Love 6 Longways
16 Greenwood 6 Longways
14 Grimstock 6 Longways
63 Jack a Lent 6 Longways
56 Jack Pudding 6 Longways
62 Mayden Lane 6 Longways
22 Millions Jegge 6 Longways
12 Picking of Sticks 6 Longways
99 Scotch Cap 6 Longways
101 Shepheards Holyday, or Labour in Vaine 6 Longways
10 Stingo, or the Oyle of Barley 6 Longways
5 The Begger Boy 6 Longways
8 The New Exchange 6 Longways
3 The Night Peece 6 Longways
13 The Old Mole 6 Longways
11 The Wherligig 6 Longways
9 The Whish 6 Longways
1 Upon A Summers Day 6 Longways
15 Woodicocke 6 Longways
95 Jenny Pluck Pears 6 Round
25 Kemps Jegg 6 Round
90 Mundesse 6 Round
73 Aye Me, or the Simphony 8 Longways
30 Daphne 8 Longways
103 Graies Inne Maske 8 Longways
24 Lady Spellor 8 Longways
44 Lord of Carnarvans Jegg 8 Longways
93 Lull me beyond thee (3&4improper) 8 Longways
29 Nonesuch 8 Longways
57 Prince Rupert's March 8 Longways
74 The Bonny Bonny Broome 8 Longways
26 The Cherping of the Larke 8 Longways
55 The Health 8 Longways
31 The Merry Merry Milke Maids 8 Longways
75 The Milke-Mayds Bobb 8 Longways
23 The Spanish Jeepsie 8 Longways
36 The Spanyard 8 Longways
81 Dull Sir John 8 Round
27 If all the World were Paper 8 Round
89 Kettle Drum 8 Round
20 Mage on a Cree 8 Round
77 Newcastle 8 Round
33 The Fine Companion 8 Round
46 Faine I would 8 Square
91 Hide Park 8 Square
21 A Health to Betty 99 Longways
49 All a Mode de France 99 Longways
76 An Old Man is a Bed full of Bones 99 Longways
7 Bobbing Joe 99 Longways
35 Cast a Bell 99 Longways
78 Cherily and Merrily 99 Longways
39 Drive the cold winter away 99 Longways
52 Godesses 99 Longways
43 Halfe Hannikin 99 Longways
38 Have at thy Coat Old Woman 99 Longways
82 Hockley in the Hole 99 Longways
45 Irish Trot 99 Longways
53 Jog On 99 Longways
92 Lady lye neere mee 99 Longways
61 Lavena 99 Longways
50 My Lady Cullen 99 Longways
83 New Boe Peep 99 Longways
98 New New Nothing 99 Longways
47 Once I Loved a Maiden Faire 99 Longways
69 Pauls Steeple 99 Longways
86 Pauls Wharfe 99 Longways
68 Petticoat Wag 99 Longways
102 Row well ye Marriners 99 Longways
80 Saturday Night and Sunday Morn 99 Longways
34 Skellamafago 99 Longways
65 Souldiers Life 99 Longways
87 Stanes Morris 99 Longways
51 The Bath 99 Longways
79 The Countrey Coll 99 Longways
84 The Fryar and the Nun 99 Longways
40 The Gun 99 Longways
48 The Irish Lady 99 Longways
60 The London Gentlewoman 99 Longways
42 The Maid peept out at the window 99 Longways
72 The Punks Delight 99 Longways
17 The Sarabande 99 Longways
104 The Slip 99 Longways
88 Tom Tinker 99 Longways
64 Chirping of the Nightingale 99 Round
96 Gathering Peascods 99 Round
32 Mill-field 99 Round
41 Peppers Black 99 Round
37 Rose is white and Rose is red 99 Round
97 Up Tailes all 99 Round
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