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| Name | Royton |
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Roy) Royton |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Royton Morris Dancers (Traditional) |
| Size of set | 8 plus Conductor |
| Hands | Slings |
| Tunes | Rushcart Lads com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 |
| Oh Susannah com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| Wearing of the Green com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| Girl I Left Behind Me com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| British Grenadiers com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| Campbells are Coming com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| Nancy Dawson com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| References | Maud Karpeles: The Lancashire Morris Dance |
| Other Notes | The Royton dance is described as the most elaborate development of the North-West Morris by Dan Howison and Bernard Bentley in their article "The North-West Morris: A General Survey" published in the journal of the EFDSS in 1960.
Unlike the vast majority of other dances there is no fixed order of the various figures, formations and stepping sequences. Instead everything is called on an ad hoc basis during both the stationary and processional forms of the dance by the Conductor or Leader as deemed appropriate for the setting and audience. The various steps and figures of the Royton dance were collected in the late 1920s by Maud Karpeles from James Coleman (Conductor of the team) and Bob McDermott who danced No1. They were published in 1930 in her book "The Lancashire Morris Dance". |
| Code | nRoyROYT |
| Checked | 1 |
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | Introduced in 1978 by Geoff Hughes who had originally learnt it from Bert Cleaver in 1971 |
| Notes | In addition to the figures in Maud Karpeles' published notation and field notes we have introduced new original figures as well as some from related dances from the Royton area. |
| References | |
| Tunes | Rushcart Lads by: Traditional |
| American Patrol by: Frank White Meacham | |
| Nickelodeon by: Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum com: Actual title is "Put another nickel in" | |
| British Grenadiers by: Anon | |
| Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - 16 bar riff by: Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel com: It has changed a bit over the years from the original | |
| Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree by: Lew Brown, Sam Stept and Charlie Tobias | |
| Sherwood Forrest by: Anon com: Appears in a book of Country Dances dated1790 | |
| Nancy Dawson by: Traditional com: noted by Maud Karpeles from Lees Kershaw in 1928 | |
| Aiken Drum by: Anon com: used as an additional tune for the processional dance | |
| Wearing of the Green by: Traditional Irish com: used as an additional tune for the processional dance | |
| Men of Harlech by: Traditional Welsh com: used as an additional tune for the processional dance | |
| Sawney Was Tall by: Traditional com: Used as additional tune for the processional dance |
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| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Morris Men | Bedfordshire,UK | (none) |
| Newcastle Kingsmen | Tyne & Wear,UK | (none) |
| Olde Bull Morris Men | Barnet, Hertfordshire,UK | (none) |
| Rumworth Morris, The | Lancashire,UK | source, notes, tunes |
| Wrigley Head | Stalybridge,UK | (none) |