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GUEST,Bernie tunes in Thomas Hardy poem - Dance at the Phoenix (4) Thomas Hardy - Dance at the Phoenix 21 Nov 22


In Thomas Hardy's poem, "Dance at the Phoenix", he lists a dozen dance tunes:

Lines 57-62

That night the throbbing “Soldier’s Joy,”        
The measured tread and sway        
Of “Fancy-Lad” and “Maiden Coy,”        
Reached Jenny as she lay        
Beside her spouse; till springtide blood        
Seemed scouring through her like a flood        
That whisked the years away.

Lines 99-112

The favorite Quick-step “Speed the Plough”—        
(Cross hands, cast off, and wheel)—              
“The Triumph,” “Sylph,” “The Row-dow dow,”        
Famed “Major Malley’s Reel,”        
“The Duke of York’s,” “The Fairy Dance,”        
“The Bridge of Lodi” (brought from France),        
She beat out, toe and heel.              

The “Fall of Paris” clanged its close,        
And Peter’s chime told four,        
When Jenny, bosom-beating, rose        
To seek her silent door.        
They tiptoed in escorting her,              
Lest stroke of heel or chink of spur        
Should break her goodman’s snore.

The full poem is here:

Thomas Hardy - Dance at the Phoenix

I've managed to find all the tunes except for "Fancy Lad" and "Maiden Coy".

Can anyone help in locating these tunes?

Many thanks
Harry


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