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Bath Waltz                                                    \r\n2. Copenhagen Waltz                                       \r\n3. Miller and his Men                                         \r\n4. The Alexander                                                      \r\n5. Paddy Carry                                                 \r\n6. Sociable                               \r\n7. La Belle Brunette                                  \r\n8. Calder Fair                           \r\n\r\nNo. 2 \r\n\r\n1. Saxon Dance\r\n2. Sicilian Dance\r\n3. Dolce Marta\r\n4. Barosse\r\n5. John of Paris\r\n6. Harlequin Whittington           \r\n7. Hornpipe               \r\n8. Lord St. Orville                   \r\n\r\nNo. 3\r\n\r\n1. La Clara\r\n2. La Honorina\r\n3. Trip to Brussels\r\n4. Forest of Bondy \r\n5. The Farmer's Wife\r\n6. For England Ho\r\n7. Miss Johnson \r\n8. 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