"The Irish Trot" is also known as "Hyde Park". The tune was published by Playford in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651) was retained through the 18th and final edition of 1728. It also appears in all three editions of Walsh's The Compleat Country Dancing Master (1718, 1731, 1754). It was probably an alternative tune to "The Hide Park Frolic" in Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. IV. The "Irish Trot" usually referred to a dance, however, to which various tunes might be played. Despite its origins in the 17th century, it appears that in America the dance was not introduced in some areas until the late 19th century. It was also printed in Sharp's Country Dance Tunes (1909), Stanford/Petrie's Complete Collection (1905) and Walsh's Complete Country Dancing-Master (1740).