Pierre Certon (16th c.) wrote Missa "Sus le pont d'Avignon," a mass, which may be heard on a cd "Cum Jubilo," Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch (Merit, 1999).

Except for similarity of title, it has nothing to do with the song, which came much later; 1853, Adolphe Adam, in his comic operetta "l'Auberge pleine."

Any dancing would have taken place on Ile de la Barthelasse, where there were open air cafes and picnics were held, 19th c.