"Ribbon Dance" is an English country and Morris Dance tune in 2/2 or 4/4 time and G Major. The parts are played AB (Wade) or ABB (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp). Ribbon Dance can refer to several different dances performed with a length of cloth or ribbon, including both maypole and non-maypole dances and various tunes are used as an accompaniment. The tune given here as "Ribbon Dance" was used for a polka step in the North-West England morris dance tradition, however, the Ribbon Dance itself is not a morris dance but rather an English country dance. Cecil Sharp collected this "Ribbon Dance" tune from the playing of concertina player and morris dancer William Kimber, who played for both the Headington and Bampton morris sides in the early 20th century. "The Butterfly", collected in Winchcombe in 1909 by Cecil Sharp from the playing of fiddler William Davis, was also used for a Ribbon Dance. "Brighton Camp" (also known as "The Girl I Left Behind Me") was used for a ribbon dance display by Sam Bennett’s Morris Dancers (a group of village girls) in the early 20th century. It was printed in Burchanel's Dances of the People (1913), Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951), Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984), Sharp's Country Dance Tunes (1909) and Wade's Mally’s North West Morris Book (1988).