"Kettle Drum", also known as "Pepper's Black" was published in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651), with instructions for a rather complex round dance that involved much kissing ("then breake off your hands outwards, then turne kissing every one his owne"). It appeared in subsequent editions of The Dancing Master through the eighth edition of 1690. Cecil Sharp detached the tune from the dance and instead used it for "Pepper's Black". It was also printed in Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951) and Sharp's Country Dance Tunes (1909). It was recorded on Country Capers by The New York Renaissance Band.