Varsovinna (2:49)

The Album
From Where We Stand
The Prospect Before Us
The Albion Dance Band
Uncle Bernard's / Jenny Lind (3:48)
The Hunt Is Up (1:53)
Varsovinna (2:49)
Masque (1:00)
Huntsman's Chorus (4:33)
Minuet (2:05)
Wassail Song (2:35)
Picking of Sticks / The Old Mole (3:14)
Merry Sherwood Rangers (3:21)
La Sexte Estampie Real (1:50)
I Wish I Was Single Again (3:44)
The Whim (3:28)
Hopping Down in Kent (2:46)
Horse's Brawl (3:42)
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (3:34)
Merry Sherwood Rangers (single version) (3:05)
The Prospect Before Us
Other People's Prospects
Hopping Down In Kent
Hidden English
A Little Music or The Delights of Harmony
Notes And Things
The Back Cover

Controversy surrounds the origin of this dance. On the one hand, ballroom dance experts generally accept that it was the invention of a Spanish teacher, Desire, who introduced it to Paris in about 1953. On the other hand, folk-dance writers assume a Scandinavian folk origin. Two versions of the tune were wedded together by Ashley Hutchings, the first from Harry Cockerill of Askrigg, Yorkshire, and the second from Hereford fiddler Stephen Baldwin.

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