The Ken Sheffield Collection
From Two Barns: Ten Country Dances (mainly from Thompson, Wright and Wilson) compiled by Ken Sheffield
In 1982 Ken Sheffield published the first volume of From Two Barns. The plan was to produce a book of ten dances each year for ten years; other activities got in the way, as they tend to do, but ten books were eventually published, the last one in 2005.
Volume 10 includes a short history titled "Why From Two Barns" which explains the title of the series, and how and why they happened. Read more about Ken here.
The original dances and tunes are presented here as individual PDF files. They can be sorted by title, volume title, volume number, and page number. Dances originally published on two pages are in one PDF file. You may also download an entire volume as one PDF; search for the word Complete along with the volume number under Title.
All dances are © Ken Sheffield and are published here with his permission. The dances and tunes may be printed for your own use, under Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA). This means:
- you must credit Ken Sheffield and the CDSS Online Library;
- you may print and redistribute the dances, and build upon Ken's work;
- all new work must carry the same license, so any derivatives must also be non-commercial in nature.
Title | Doc | Volume title | Vol | Page # |
Sweet Richard | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 11 | |
Bath Medley | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 4 | |
Cover - Volume 1 | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 1 | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | foreword | |
Complete Volume 1 | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | complete | |
Index - Volume 1 | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | index | |
Inside Front - Volume 1 | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | inside front | |
New Princess Royal | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 10 | |
Royal Felicity | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 7 | |
Sicilian Dance | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 5 | |
Sun Assembly | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 9 | |
Trusty Dick | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 3 | |
Tunbridge Frisk | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 1 | |
Butter'd Peas | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 8 | |
Youngs Wisdom | From Two Barns | Vol 1 | 2 | |
A Trip to Wimbleton | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 9 | |
Better Day Better Deed | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 10 | |
Cover - Volume 2 | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | cover | |
Dapper Harry | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 11 | |
Foreword - Volume 2 | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | foreword | |
Complete Volume 2 | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | complete | |
Guardian Angels | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 3 | |
Index - Volume 2 | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | index | |
Neals Maggot | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 12 | |
The Blue Primrose | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 5 | |
The Old Jubilee | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 7 | |
The Rainbow | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 2 | |
The Ton | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 1 | |
True Joak | From Two Barns | Vol 2 | 8 | |
Bloomsbury Market | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 9 | |
Bob in the Bed | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 2 | |
Cover - Volume 3 | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 3 | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | foreword | |
Complete - Volume 3 | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | complete | |
Illustration - Volume 3 | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | illustration | |
Index - Volume 3 | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | index | |
Just a Going | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 1 | |
Painted Chamber | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 1 | |
Sawney Was Tall | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 11 | |
Suggar Candie | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 3 | |
The Disbanded Officer | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 4 | |
The Recruiting Officer | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 8 | |
The Weezle | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 5 | |
Thomas and Sally | From Two Barns | Vol 3 | 6 | |
Clifton Springs | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 1 | |
Constant Nymph | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 10 | |
Cover - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | frontis | |
Complete - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | complete | |
Half Century | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 11 | |
Index - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | index | |
Neck Or Nothing | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 2 | |
Newbury Fair | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 5 | |
Newmarket | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 3 | |
North Country Lass | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 8 | |
Princess Augusta Tambourine | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 13 | |
The London Assembly | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 7 | |
The Mayor and Corporation | From Two Barns | Vol 4 | 9 | |
Count Tallard | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 1 | |
Cover - Volume 5 | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | cover | |
East Indian | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 2 | |
Foreword - Volume 5 | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 5 | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | frontis | |
Complete - Volume 5 | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | complete | |
Huzza My Boys | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 3 | |
Index - Volume 5 | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | index | |
Lord Kilmurray's Delight | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 4 | |
Miss Margaret's Delight | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 5 | |
Miss Sandie's Delight | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 7 | |
The White Joak | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 10 | |
The Corner House | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 10 | |
The Temple of Health | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 9 | |
Willys Rare and Willys Fair | From Two Barns | Vol 5 | 11 | |
Cover - Volume 6 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | cover | |
Edgeworth Bumpkins | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 6 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 6 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | frontis | |
Complete - Volume 6 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | complete | |
Illustration - Volume 6 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | illustration | |
Index - Volume 4 | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | index | |
Mermaid | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 3 | |
Milk Maids Bob | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 6 | |
Miss Longs For It | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 10 | |
More Alterations | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 9 | |
The Black Boy | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 5 | |
The Brickmakers | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 2 | |
The Revellee | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 11 | |
The Scating Dutchman | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 7 | |
The Steel Hoop | From Two Barns | Vol 6 | 8 | |
Barbarini's Tambourine | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 4 | |
Corelli's Gavot | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 1 | |
Cover - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | frontis | |
Complete - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | complete | |
Illustration - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | illustration | |
Index - Volume 7 | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | index | |
Jack of Both Sides | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 3 | |
Kind and Easey | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 6 | |
Smith's Bouree | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 2 | |
The Faithful Swain | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 9 | |
The Man from Canterbury | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 8 | |
The Romp | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 5 | |
Vaughan's Ramble | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 11 | |
Whirle It About | From Two Barns | Vol 7 | 7 | |
Avos Bay | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 9 | |
Buskin II | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 7 | |
Colonel John Irwin | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | ||
Cover - Supplement Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | cover supplement | |
Cover - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | cover | |
Fanny Power | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | ||
Foreword - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | frontis | |
Complete - Supplement Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | complete supplement | |
Complete - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | complete | |
Illustrations - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | illustrations | |
Index - Volume 8 | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | complete supplement | |
Lawson's Frisk | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 8 | |
Morgan Magan | From Two Barns | Vol 8 Supplement | ||
The British Toper | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 5 | |
The Maid of Bath | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 2 | |
The New Allemand | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 6 | |
The Russian Dance | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 1 | |
The Scrutiny | From Two Barns | Vol 8 | 11 | |
Illustraiton from A Trip to Blenheim | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | illustration | |
A Trip to Blenheim | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 1 | |
A Trip to Kllburn | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 2 | |
A Trip to Plymouth | From Two Barns | Vol 9 Supplement | ||
Cover - Volume 9 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | cover | |
Foreword - Volume 9 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | foreword | |
Frontis - Volume 9 Supplement | From Two Barns | Vol 9 Supplement | supplement frontis | |
Frontis - Volume 9 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | frontis | |
Complete - Volume 9 Supplement | From Two Barns | Vol 9 Supplement | complete supplement | |
Complete - Volume 9 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | complete | |
Heathcote's Horse Race | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 3 | |
Index - Volume 9 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | index | |
Longborough 2 | From Two Barns | Vol 9 Supplement | ||
Lord What's Come To My Mother | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 4 | |
Measure for Measure | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 5 | |
Off With The Mask | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 6 | |
Paddlers Coff | From Two Barns | Vol 9 Supplement | ||
Illustration for Queen's Square | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | ||
Queen's Square | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 10 | |
St. James Park | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 8 | |
The Red Ribbon | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 9 | |
Tumble Down Dick | From Two Barns | Vol 9 | 7 | |
Britain's Glory | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 4 | |
Cover - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | cover | |
Drapers Gardens | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 8 | |
Essay - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | essay | |
Foreword - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | foreword | |
Complete - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | complete | |
Hewlett | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 9 | |
I Wonder At It | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 2 | |
Illustration - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | illustration | |
Index - Volume 10 | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | index | |
Man Tiger | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 10 | |
Open All Hours | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 5 | |
Quarter Day | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 11 | |
Shepherd's Round | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 3 | |
Soft and Sweet | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 1 | |
Valient Jockey | From Two Barns | Vol 10 | 7 |