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- "Lone Pine" (Harold J. Breau) folio
- 'Tis money makes a man: or, The good-fellows folly. : Here in this song good fellow that mayst find, how money makes a man, if thou'rt not blind? Therefore return e're that it be too late, and don't on strumpets spend thy whole estate, for when all is gone, no better thou wilt be: but laught to scorn in all thy poverty. To a pleasant new tune: Bonny black Bess: or, Digby.
- 2ème ballade pour piano : au-delà du temps
- A Ballad concerning the fight between the English and French, at Lake-George
- A Penny's worth of wit
- A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775
- A ballad, to the tune of Derry Down, as it was composed and sung at the Salisbury Arms, on Friday the 5th of November, 1790, on the peace
- A book of ballads, songs, and snatches
- A collection of original comic songs and others, : Never before Published. By Oddibus, Funnybus, Esq. Asmatographer to the Court of Comus
- A favourite song in the opera of Eliza sung by Miss Brent
- A godly warning for all maidens, : by the example of God's judgement shewed on Jerman's wife of Clifton; in the county of Nottingham, who, lying in child-bed, was born away, and never heard of after. To the tune of, The lady's fall, &c
- A looking-glass for a bad husband, or, A caveat for a spend-thrift : You that are guilty of that sinful crime of drunkenness, strive for to leave it off in time, lay up your money, do not it vainly spend, for in your greatest need, it will be your best friend, endeavour in your youth, lest in old age you want; for when that poverty doth come, friends will be scant, to the tune of, The poor man's comfort, or, Digby
- A mad marriage; or, The female fancy of Debtford. : Being an account of one Margaret a carpenters wife, (who to salve up the credit of a servant named Mary, who had been dabling with Ch---- Parsons a seaman, who soon after left her and went to sea) dressed her self in mans cloaths and was married to the said Mary, to prevent the shame of a crackt maiden-head. To the tune of, Moggies jealousie
- A mirror of mans lyfe made by a modest virgine Fransisca Chauesia a nonne of the cloyster of S. Elizabeth in Spaine burned for the profession of the Gospell.
- A most excellent ballad of an old man and his wife, : vvho in their want and misery sought to their children for succour, by whom they were disdained, and scornfully sent them away succourless, and Gods vengeance shewed on them for the same. Tune of, Priscillca
- A most notable example of an ungracious son : who in pride of his heart denyed his own father, and how God for his offence, turned his meat to loathsome toads. To the tune of, Lord Derby
- A most sweet song of an English merchant-man, born in Chichester : to an excellent new tune, &c
- A nevv ballad from Wh[igg-Land] : to the tune of, Hey bo[ys up go we.]
- A new and true ballad of the poet's complaint: or, A new song to a new tune, of a young wench living in Holbourn, : with a full discription of the notable tricks put upon her by two cornuted suitors. Reader assure thy self the thing is true, and though it seem full strange 'tis very true; I wish such gypsies fitted all as she, then would they learn much honester to be. To a pleasant new tune, called, I am confirm'd, &c
- A new ballad on the great victory at sea, obtained over the the French by Admiral Russel, May 1692 : to the tune of, Hey boys, up go we
- A new ballad, call'd The Greenwich hunting-match : to the tune of Chevy Chace
- A new election song
- A new love-song, and a true love-song : made of a young man and a maiden fair, whose dwelling now is in Northamptonshire, as they one evening late abroad was walking, a young man lay unseen, and heard them talking : to make their complements to seem more sweeter, their words and actions he compos'd in metre : 'twas well they honest prov'd in verity, because Tom-tell-truth chanc'd to be so nigh : to the tune of, Collin and Amarillis
- A new song called Old Towler, : to which is added Enlisting for the present war. Ediburgh town. The wars are all over: The Hibernian phœnix
- A new song of Moggie's jealousie: or Jockies vindication : Moggy from Jockey she needs wou'd depart, though Jockey he lov'd his Moggy at heart; Jockey he wondred at Moggies strange huff, but Moggy was jealous, and that was enough. Tune of, You London lads be merry; or, Woo't thou be wilfull still my Joe
- A new song. : To the tune of The British grenadiers
- A new song. : To the tune of the British grenadier
- A penny-worth of wit, or the merchant reclaimed. : Here is a penny-worth of wit, for all who are in need of it
- A pleasant ballad of Tobias : wherein is shewn what wonderful things happened to him in his youth; and how he wedded a young damsel that had seven husbands, but never enjoyed their company, being all slain by an evil spirit
- A pleasant ballad of Tobias. : Wherein is shewn what wonderful things befell him in his youth, and how he wedded a young damsel that had seven husbands, but never enjoyed their company, being slain by an evil spirit
- A pleasant jigg betwixt Jack and his mistress: or, The young carman's courage cool'd by the suddain [sic] approach, of his master, who found him too kind to his mistress. : Tune of Mary live long. Licensed according to order
- A pleasant new ballad: being a merry discourse between a country lass & a young taylor: : shevving how the taylor lost his plight and pleasure his yard not being, by the standard, measure. To the pleasant new tune, or Kester crab
- A proper new ballad, breefely declaring the death and execution of 14. most wicked traitors, : who suffered death in Lincolnes Inne feelde neere London: the 20 and 21. of September. 1586. To the tune of Weep weep
- A south-Sea ballad, : or, merry remarks upon Exchange-Alley bubbles
- A sweet sonnet, wherein the lover exclaimeth against fortune for the loss of his ladies favour : almost past hope to get it again, and in the end receives a comfortable answer, and attains his desire, as may here appear : the tune is, Fortune my foe
- A true character of sundry trades and callings: or, A new ditty of innocent mirth. : This song is new, and perfect true, there's none can this deny; for I am known, friend, to be one that scorns to tell a lye. To the tune of, Old Simon the King. This may be printed, R.P
- A view of the beau monde : or, memoirs of the celebrated Coquetilla. A real history. In which is interspersed the amours of several persons of quality and distinction. With several original songs by S-y C-gs Beau N-, &c. Coquetilla's Family, &c. -Her Flight from her Fathers. -Deserred when big with Child. -Pitied by Mrs. H-ll -Her Amour with the D. of- -Mrs. H-'s Advice in a Song. -Runs away. -Falls into many Misfortunes. -Is beloved by Colonel D- -Carried by him into the Country. -Own'd for his Wife. -Elopes with S- the Gamester. -Goes to Tunbridge. Coquetilla distinguish'd by S- C-gs -Serenaded by Beau N- -N- kicked. The History of Clara and Myra. Coquetilla goes to Bath. -Her Adventures. -Her Affair with Mr. Gaylove the Merchant. -Exposed by S- -Runs to Town with Saxillus -Goes to a Masquerade: A surprizing Turn there. -Taken Home again by the Colonel, &c. -After all refuses to marry him. -Her Match at last. To which is added, the masque of life: a ballad. By a person of distinction
- A voyage to Virginia: or, The valliant souldier's farewel to his love. : Unto Virginia he's resolv'd to go, she begs of him, that he would not do so; but her intreaties they are all in vain, for he must plow the curled ocean main: at length (with sorrow) he doth take his leave and leaves his dearest love at home to grieve. To the tune of, She's gone and left me here alone
- A weeks loving, wooing, and wedding: or, Happy is that wooing that is not long a dooing. : Here was a nimble bridegroom, and a bride, in eight short days the long fast knot was ty'd. To the tune of Billy and Molly. Licensed according to order
- A young man put to his shifts: or, The ranting young mans resolution, : wherein is show'd how young wenches he doth please and of their heavy burdens he doth them ease, with cunning tricks he their fancies up doth feed and they him relieve when he doth stand in need. To the tune of, Cupids Trappan
- Acis and Galatea. : A masque. Set to music by Mr. Handel
- Airs, ballads, &c. in The blackamoor wash'd white. A new comic opera. As it will be performed this evening at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane
- Airs, duetts, and chorusses, arrangement of scenery, : and sketch of the pantomime, entitled The picture of Paris. Taken in the year 1790. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
- Airs, duetts, and chorusses, arrangement of scenery, and sketch of the pantomime, entitled The picture of Paris. : Taken in the year 1790. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
- An ansvver to the shepherd's happiness; or, The successful warrier in less danger than the shepherd swain. : to a pleasant new tune, sung in the last new opera
- An answer to Stauka an Vauraga. : To which are added II. Johnny and Nelly. III. The Phoenix of Ulster. IV. The Banks of the Dee
- An excelent [sic] new song call'd, The slighted lover, or, The scornful mistress. : Tune of, How lovely's a woman, &c
- An excellent ballad entitul'd, The wandring Prince of Troy. : To an excellent tune call'd Queen Dido &c
- An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an apprentice in the city of London, who was undone by a strumpet, who caused him thrice to rob his master, and to murder his uncle in Ludlow, &c. : to the tune of, The merchant, &c
- An excellent ballad of noble marquess and patient Grissel. : To the tune of, The brides good-morrow, &c
- An excellent ballad, intituled, The constancy of Susanna. : To an excellent new tune
- An excellent new Scotch song calll'd [sic] The bonny grey-ey'd morn, or, Jockey rous'd with love
- An excellent new ballad : to the tune of, How unhappy is Phillis in love
- An excellent new ballad, intituled King William and his forrester, to its own proper tune
- An excellent new play house song, called, The bonny milk-maid, to an excellent new tune
- An excellent new playhouse song, call'd The faithful lovers, or, The young man's earnest request to his mistress : with her kind answer to her lover : to the tune of, Fond boy : with allowance
- An excellent new song, called, The politick lady. : Sung at the play-house, in a new play much in request : to an excellent new tune
- An excellent new song, called, The praise of women; or, Women, wine, musick. : Being a new play-house song, to a pleasant tune
- An excellent new song, of the Two happy lovers: or, The young man and maids constancy : to an excellent new play-house tune, much in request
- An unhappy memorable song of the hunting in Chevy-Chace, between Earl Piercy of England and Earl Douglas of Scotland
- Ancient and modern songs and ballads
- April horse race: or, The prodigal baker, : beaten in a horse race on the twelfth of April, he having lay'd four hundred guineas to seventeen, which wager he lost, to the laughing satisfaction of the people. The tune, O brave popery
- Ballade vom Pagen und der Königstochter
- Ballads and songs : chiefly taken from Dr. Percy's Reliqves of ancient poetry To which are added a few metrical narratives by modern hands with prolegomena notes and a glossary The whole collected and published by Theophilus Miller
- Be quiet. A new song, sung at the Apollo Gardens
- Beautiful Flora's garland : Composed with variety of the best new songs. Flora's Pride debated, in a Dialogue between old Father Winter and beautiful Summer. The passionate Lover's Address to his Mistress, Clorinda's Reply to Corrydon's Entreaties, with Advice to al Maidens. Licensed and enter'd according to Order
- Belfast mountains
- Billy's and Molly parting
- Billy's disappointment: or Ned reveng'd:.
- Blundrella: [sic] : or, the impertinent. A tale. To which is added The beau monde, or, the pleasures of St. James's. A new ballad.
- Bonny Dundee, or, Jockey's deliverence : being his valiant escape from Dundee, and the parson's daughter, whom he had mow'd : To an excellent tune, called, Bonny Dundee
- Britannia's gold-mine; or, The herring-fishery for ever. : A new ballad, to the tune of, there was a jovial beggar, &c. Sung at Draper's-Hall, by the Anti-Gallicans; at Merchant-Taylor's Hall, by the Sons of the Clergy; and at the Spring-Gardens, Vauxhall. The second edition. To which is added, another new ballad, on the same subject
- Captain James, : who was hung and gibbeted in England, for starving to death his cabin-boy
- Captain James, : who was hung and gibbetted in England, for starving to death his cabin boy
- Captain James. : Who was hung and gibbeted in England, for starving to death his cabin-boy
- Captain Ward, the pirate. : An account of his famous fight with the Rainbow ship of war
- Captain Ward, the pirate. : With an account of his famous fight with the Rainbow ship of war
- Chastities conquest, or, No trusting before marriage. : A new song, you virgins that your fame and honour prize. Learn here by saving both, how to be wise. Secure your treasure till you have secur'd the purchaser and then you are insur'd a thing that forehand freeness ne'r procur'd. To the tune of, Canst thou not weave bone-lace. This may be printed. R.P
- Chevy-Chace
- Children in the woods[.]
- Classic American ballads
- Coy Celia's cruelty; or, The languishing lovers lamentation : being the last new play-song sung at the Theatre-Royal, in a new play called Amphitrion. To an excellent new play-house tune
- Crafty Kate of Cholchester, or, The false hearted clothier frighted into good manners : tune of, the jealous love, or languishing swain : licensed according to order
- Crums of comfort for the youngest sister. : The youngest sister in despair, at last did comfort find, which banisht all her grief and care, and eas'd her troubled mind, a kind young man did promise her that she should married be, she answered him again, kind sir, thereto I'm wondrous free. To a pleasant new west country tune
- Cupid's cabinet open'd : Or, a Choice Collection Of Eighteen of the Newest Songs. 1. The sorlorn Lover, or The Crying of the Heart. 2. The Tipling Philosophers. 3. The Happy Swain 4. The Advice. 5. The Courtiers Choice 6. The Citizen's Case. 7. The Dying Lover. 8. The Answer. 9. The Complaining Lover. 10. The Merry Haymakers. 11. Cupid's Ramble. 12. The Marry'd Man's Case. 13. Sir Arthur of Bradley. 14. The Despised Lover 15. The Slighted Lover 16. The Scornful Lover 17. A Conflict between Love and Reason. 18. Alexis. Enter'd in the Stamp-Office according to the late Act of Parliament
- Cupid's court of equity. : The scornful lady quickly took, while she her love disdain'd: she was prick'd down in Cupid's book, his vassal she remain'd. Tune of, When first I bid my love good-morrow
- Cupids conquest: or, Will the shepherd, and fair Kate of the green; both united together in pure love. : When damsels fair doth thus ensnare, and win their lovers hearts, thus with a frown can run him down. Then Cupid takes his part. To the tune of, As I went forth to take the air: or, My dearest dear and I must part. This may be printed, R.L.S
- Cupids courtesie, or, The young gallant foil'd at his own weapon : he scorned Cupid and his dart, until he felt a wounded heart : to a most pleasant Northern tune
- Cupids tragedy: Eibng [sic] Corydon's courtship; or, Philomels exaltation. : Tothe [sic] tune of, The new Bory; or, Will you be a man of fashion
- Cupids victory over the virgins hearts or, Love in its colours. : When Cupid's dart does pierce the heart of a fair youthful maid; she's forc'd to bend, and not contend, his laws must be obey'd. To a pleasant new play-tune; or, The maids a washing themselves. This may be printed, R.P
- Damon and Celia, or, The languishing lover comforted. : Of all new songs, the poet hopes that this will please you well, because he knows it is a very good one, you may find hereby, there's nothing lost by loving constantly. Which ought to be all honest lovers guide but as for such who no delays abide; let them love one, for half and hour no more, and when they've done go call their Mrs. whore. To a pleasant new play-house tune, called No, no tis in vain, &c
- Doubtful Robin; or, Constant Nanny. : A new ballad. Tune of, Wou'd you be a man of fashion, or, Doubting virgin
- Down by the salley gardens
- Down the burn Davy's garland, : containing six excellent new songs. 1. Down the burn Davy. 2. The raking down the haycock. 3. The rakish husband, 4. A new song, call'd Jemmy Bowling. 5. The wandring Black-Bird. 6. The young Man's Lamentation. Licensed and entered accordding to order
- Duet. : From Milton
- Duetto
- Duke William's garland, : Containing some delightful new songs. 1. Duke William's Ramble. 2. Lass of Richmond Hill. 3. Arrah by my Cannister 4. Larrie Ob̀rian's escape from the French Convention. Licensed and Entered according to order
- Dun's garland containing 3 new songs : 1 The Devil of Dun, or the Wolf worsted. 2 A new Song of Hatfield's Chace. 3 Trading will mend when the Wars are are o'er
- Durham muse. A new song. (Tune Nancy Dawson.)
- Edwin and Angelina
- Edwin and Angelina. A ballad. By Doctor Goldsmith. To which are added, other poems. By the same author
- Eight songs. : My Nannie O. The Peck o' Maut. Willie Wastle. Wandering Willie. Jocky and Jenny. The braw Wooer. Death of Sally Roy. Oaths in Fashion
- Ein Lied gegen das unrechte Verfahren des Königs, gegen America. : Nach der Weis, Ich kann recht sorglos leben
- Ein Trauer-Gedicht über eine grausame Mordthat
- Ein Trauer-Gesang über eine erschröckliche Mordthat
- Ein geistlich Lied auf Paul Springs Selbstmord mit einer Pistole, : so sich im Jahr 1772, im Monat September in Lancäster Caunty, Cocallico Taunschip, zutrug. : Melod. Herzlich thut mich verlangen
- Eine grausame Geschichte, oder Ein Lied von einem Mörder, Philip Bebel, : welcher gewohnt hat in Maryland, nicht weit von Friedrich-Taun, an der Pfeif-Kriek und hat Ausgangs Aprils, 1785, sein Frau, welche schwanger war und 4 Kinder mit einer Axt erschlagen und sich selber in den Hals geschnitten und gedachte sich zu entleiben ... : Mel: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit
- Eliza and Henry. A Ballad. Founded on facts
- Ellenore, a ballad originally written in German by G. A. Bürger
- England's alarum-bell : or, Give not up Gibraltar. A new Ballad. The Tune,--Come and listen to my Ditty, &c
- Englands triumph: or, The subjects joy. : All you that troubled are with melancholly, the Spaniards have a juyce will make you jolly: good wine, good wine, I say's the only thing, that can for such distemper comfort bring: it comforts the heart, and quickens each vein, if a man be half dead, it will fetch him again. To the pleasant new tune, Or, Come let us drink all day and night
- Epithalamiu[m], or, A wedding song : on the supposed marriage, of the supposed Prince of Wales, to the supposed gran[child of?] of the French King, the supposed son of Lewis the 13th as it was with the cons[ent of his?] Holiness (or rather his wickedness) the Pope of Rome, solemnized from Paris to [?] the third of the last Greek calends, 1689 : to the tune of Lullaby baby, &c. : lycensed, and entered according to order
- Fai[r Rosamond] Ga[?...] who wa[s King Henry] the Seco[nd's concubine], and put [to death] by Queen [Elinor, i]n the bower of Woodstock, near Oxford
- Faithful Damon; or, Fair Celia obtained. : Though virgins they may say you nay, yet make a new reply, and you will find, they will be kind, they cannot you deny. To the tune of, The doubting virgin
- Five excellent new songs. : 1. The Lucky Escape, 2. Down among the Rashes, 3. The Plowman Lad, 4. Gaffer Gray, 5. A New Song by Oxford
- Free America! : early songs of resistance and rebellion
- Gen. Washington, : a new favourite song, at the American camp. : To the tune of the British grenadiers
- Great Britain's glory : or, the stay-at-home fleet: tune of, Packington's Pownd. To which is added, The pacifick fleet
- Greenwich pensioner. : To which are added, Lango Le[e.] The soldiers last letter. Youghal Harbour. The birks of Innermay
- Guitar tabsongs : beloved ballads
- Heavy hours. : Written by the Lord Lyttleton
- Here's a choice penny-worth of wit, for all that stand in need of it
- His Majesties welcome in an honest blunt ballad : to the tune of Cook-Lorrell
- Hist: a ballad, inscribed to the Revolution-club, Edinburgh, 3d November, 1747. (To the tune of, a cobler there was, &c.)[.]
- Homeward bound. : To which are added, O Nanny wilt thou fly with me. Ragged and true. Nanny-O. The good ship Kitty. Poor Mary. Tom Starboard. The marriage act
- Honest John
- Honest amusemenst [sic], being a collection of political songs, : compos'd for the diversion of all loyal societies. Dedicated to Mr. George Flint, author of the Shift shifted
- Honest hearts. : An excellent new song
- Hoolly and Fairly
- How blest the British sailor
- How imperfect is expression! Introduced by Mrs. Abingdon in the Twelfth night
- I father a child that's none of my own, : being the seamans complaint, who took a whore instead of a saint. Shewing, that whilst he was trading seven years from port to port at sea, and brought home great wealth; his wife in the mean time by trading in the Low Countries, got a mischance, fell down and broke her-elbow: above all praising the innocence of a country life. To the tune of, Cook Laurel; or, Give me the lass, &c
- I tremble at twenty two
- In finstrer Mitternacht
- In this table is set forth three principall things: : First, mans creation: secondly, his misery in Adams fall: and lastly, the happy restoring againe of all the faithfull by Christ to the vnchangeable loue of God. A table fit for all Christians to know
- Jack Had-Lands lamentation, : that sold and made away his 'state, and spent his money early and late; and let his wife and children want, now he makes great moan and does repent; and desires all good-fellows where e're they be, to take warning of his poverty. He was cast in prison at that bout, his poor wife she helpt him out; she had small reason to do that thing but true love is a gallant thing; there is scarce a tap-house in London town. Will help a man when he is cast down. To the tune of, It is old ale that has undone me. This may be printed, R.P
- Jonathan's courtship. : A merry tale
- Kind William, or Constant Betty. : Let maids beware, and shun the snare, I say berul'd by me; though you embrace, be perfect chaste, from stains of infamy. To the tune of The doubting virgin
- King William in disguise, : dressed like a gentleman, walking a farmer's ground, discoursed with a ploughman, who pleased the King so well, that he made him a captain; with many other things worthy of note. Tune of Liggan water
- Lenora, a ballad, from the German of Brger
- Lenore Ballade von Bürger in drei englischen Übersetzungen
- Leonora, : a ballad, from the German of Burger, translated by the author of The German Erato, etc. and set to music by J. F. Reichardt
- Leonora. : A ballad, translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Burgher. By W. R. Spencer, Esq. H. J. Pye. J. T. Stanley, Esq. F. R. S. To which is added the original text
- Leonora. From the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher. With a preface by W. R. Spencer, Esq. To which are annexed, two other translations by J. T. Stanley, Esq. F. R. S. and Henry James Pye, Esq. Poet Laureat. With a version after the manner of the Old English ballad. And the original German
- Letters and poems on political subjects. : Witten by a hearty Whig, and Dedicated to the Earl of Oxford
- London's new cry, or, T[h]e dumpling woman's delight : [w]ith an account of the miraculous cures, wrought upon old and young men and women, by the vertue of, The diddle, didle dumplings of London : to the tune of, March boys
- Londons ordinary: or, Every man in his humour. : To a pleasant new tune
- Love and honour, or, The lovers farewel to Calista : being sent from sea in the late engagement against the Dutch, to his mistress, under the name of Calista : to which is added The lady's deploring and ingenious answer : to t[h]e tune of, Now the tyrant hath stolen, &c
- Love and honour: or, The lovers farevvel to Calista. : Being sent from sea in the late enngagement [sic] against the Dutch, to his mistris, under the name of Calista. With the ladies deploring and ingenious answer. To a sad new air much in request; or, tune of, Now the tyrant hath stolen
- Love and loyalty; or, A letter from a young-man, on board of a English privateer, to his beloved Susan in the city of London. : To the tune of, Tender hearts of London city. Licensed according to order
- Love in a mist; : a loving couple once together met, and changing words, a passion did beget: a mist before my eyes I have, quoth she, what dost thou mean, my boy, to do with me: to the tune of, Hey boys up go we
- Love in a tub: or The merchant outwitted by a vintner. : Shewing, how a young vintner in London fell in love with a rich wine merchant's daughter, and how they fun'd the old man
- Love in a tub; or,--The merchant outwitted by the vintner. : An excellent old song. Shewing--how a young vintner in London, fell in love with a rich winemerchant's daughter, and how they fun'd the old man
- Loves fierce desire, and hopes of recovery. Or, A true and brief description of two resolved lovers; : whose excellent wits, sutable minds, and faithful hearts one to another, shall heedfully be spoken of in this following new made paper of verses. To a delightful new tune, or, Fair angel of England
- Lusty Fryer of Flanders; : how in a nunnery at the city of Gaunt this Fryer got thirty nuns with child in three weeks time, and afterwards made his escape. To the tune of, Cold and raw
- Lyrical ballads : 1798 and 1802
- Lyrical ballads with a few other poems
- Lyrical ballads, with a few other poems
- Lyrical ballads, with other poems. : In two volumes. By W. Wordsworth.
- Merry Tom of all trades; or, A trick to get money at every dead lift, : made known by Tom of all Trades, that bravely could shift, from one place to another, about he did range, and at his own pleasure his trade he could change. The tune is, Behold the man
- Miles Prance, his farewell : to the tune of You rebels of England, &c
- Mr. Lawrence Sweeny, Esq; vehicle general of news, and grand spouter of politics, : to his humble petitioners, this New-Year's morning, one o'clock, P.M. 1769. Sheweth:
- Music in good time. : A new ballad
- Of J. Fowler, : Printer, In Silver-Street, Salisbury, May be had, A very Capital Collection Of the most Approved Songs, Duets, Trios, &c. Ancient, as well as Modern; Many of which are not to be purchased at any other Shop in the Kingdom: and For Correctness, and Elegance, exceed every Thing of the Kind yet published. The Songs, &c. are neatly printed in the Size of a large Card, on Writing Paper, With Borders of Flowers. The Printer hereof being the Original and only Publisher of them
- Orchestrations (1896-1914)
- Parody, on the celebrated song of The race horse. By Thomas Clio Rickman
- Parthenia's complaint. Or, The forsaken sheperdess. : The falsehood of young men she doth discover, by the sad example of her faithless lover: and so against them all she doth enveigh, tho' injur'd but by one, which makes her say, happy nymph for certain is that can, so little value that false creature man. To a new tune much in request: or, Sitting beyond a river side
- Pastoral courtship. A favourite song
- Patrick's day in the morning. : To which are added Coleendas Croothenamoe. A new song on the Tipperary militia
- Plot or no plot, or, Sir W---m and his spy foil'd. A new ballad
- Poor Jack's garland, containing several excellent new songs. 1. Poor Jack; or, the Sweet Little Cherub. 2. The Sweet Little Angel. 3. The Dandy-O! 4. Bachelor's Hall. 5. My Friend and Pitcher
- Poor Jack's garland, containing several excellent new songs. 1. Poor Jack; or, the Sweet Little Cherub. 2. The Sweet Little Angel. 3. The Dandy-O! 4. Bachelors' Hall. 5. Homeward Bound. 6. My Friend and Pitcher
- Poor Robin's prophesie, or, The merry conceited fortune-teller : although the poet makes no large apology some insight he may have into ass-trology, then buy this song and give your judgement of it and then perhaps you'l say he's a small prophet, for he can tell when thing will come to pass, that you will say is strange as ever was. : tune of, The delights of the battle, &c. : with allowance, Ro. L'Estrange
- Popular ballads. Written in the middle of the last, and the commencement of the present century. : Preserved in memory of a departed friend, by whom they were formerly sung: and as examples of the fugitive songs of those times
- Pride's fall, or A warning for all English women, : by the example of a strange monster lately born in Germany, by a merchant's proud wife of Geneva
- Rams all. : A new ballad. Addressed to the satirists of a late contention. To the tune of, sing tanterarara fools all
- Robin Hood and Little John : being an account of their first meeting, their fierce encounter and conquest : to which is added, their friendly agreement, and how he came to be call'd Little John : to the tune of, Arthur a Bland
- Robin Hood and the shepherd : shewing, how Robin Hood, Little John, and the shepherd fought a sore combat : tune is, Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
- Robin Hoods chase, or, A merry progress between Robin Hood and King Henry : shewing how Robin Hood led the King his chase, from London to London, and when he had taken his leave of the Queen, he returned to merry Sherwood : the tune is, Robin Hood and the beggar
- Robin and Will. Or, The Millers of Arlington. A new ballad
- Roger and Mary, or, The loving couple in a great engagement : Rogers true love to his Mary did not in the least miscarry : he souldier-like besieg'd and enter'd, and had the prize for which he ventur'd : tune of, Moggies Jealousie
- Rome excis'd. : A new tragi-comi ballad-opera. Of three acts. As it now acting with general applause. By a polite company of courtiers
- Room for a jovial tinker, Old brass to mend : or, Here is a tinker full of mettle, the which can mend, pot, pan, or kettle : for stopping of holes is his delight, his work goes forward day and night : if there be any woman brave, whose couldrons need of mending have, send for this tinker, ne'r deny him, he'l do your work well if you try him : a proof of him, i'le forthwith show, 'cause you his workmanship may know : the tune is, Behold the man, &c
- Rosanna, or The cruel lover
- Rule Britannia or the flattery of free subjects, : paraphrased & expounded, second edition, in English and Latin, with the old, and new translation of Rule Britannia into Sapphic verses. Dedicated to his sacred Britannic Majesty. To this is added the anagram and counter-part, Rule Gallia, Inscribed To the Royal, and Loyal multitude of the British Nation
- Sailor's song, to the south. A new ballad: occasion'd by the rumour of war
- Scotch Moggy's misfortune: : together with her chearful hops, that Shakum Guie will bury his wife, and then make Moggy a happy mother. To an excellent new tune. Licensed according to order
- Scottish ballads and aires : arranged for Celtic harp
- Shall I? Shall I? No, no. : A wanton lad and comely lass did once together meet; tho she seem'd coy her heart he won with complements most sweet. Tune of, The doubting virgin
- Shepherd's ingenuity: or, The praise of the green gown, : To the tune of, The two entire lovers. Licensed according to order
- Song. Tune, The kind are young and fair: or, there's nae lack aboot the house
- Song: tune, I sing the British seaman's praise
- Songs my true love sings
- Songs on the French Revolution. : That took place at Paris, 14th July, 1789; Sung at the Celebration thereof at Belfast, on Saturday 14th July, 1792. To which are added, Four other Songs, viz. 1. Verses addressed to English Men. 2. Verses addressed to Irish Men. 4. Paddy Bull's Expedition. 5. The Wand'ring Sailor
- Songs sung in The poor soldier. Containing 1. Good morrow to your night-cap. 2. How happy's the soldier who lives on his pay ...
- Songs, &c. in The deserter of Naples; or, royal clemency: to which is added, An ode to friendship, a tale from Baker's Chronicle, address for the marine society, Mr. Lee Lewes's farewell address, and other favorite pieces, performed at the Royalty Theatre
- Songsters favorite, containing the following choice songs: My man John, The lover and shepherdess, Anna, Willy's Rare, and Willy's Fair, The Dusky Night, The Banks of the Dee, Celia's Complaint, O the Days that I was Young, Guardian Angels, The Jolly Gypsies, Miss Roach and Jack Ran's parting, sporting Jenny, The Maidens Lamentation The Mossy Brook, The Jolly Fellow, I had nought else to do, The Golden Shower, A Hunting Song, The Capricious Lovers, Rossine Castle
- St. Cecilia; or, the lady's and gentleman's harmonious companion: being a select collection of Scots and English songs; many of which are originals. Together with a set of favourite catches and glees: also a variety of the most celebrated toasts and sentiments
- St. George and the dragon
- Stand too't Whetston-Park ladies: or; The countrey lasses farewel to sorrow. : Maids, here's a caution how to gain rich talents, do, as I've done, keep company with gallants; By which I'm rais'd from mean to high degree, in being to young heirs and gallants free: I fear no colours but will stand it out, the worst can be, is the Covent-Garden-Gout. To the tune of, Never a penny of money
- Sweet William of Plymouth
- Teraminta. : An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. Written by Mr. Carey, and set to musick by Mr. John Christopher Smith
- The Catholick poet; or, Protestant Barnaby's sorrowful lamentation: an excellent new ballad. To the tune of, Which no body can deny
- The Chase, and William and Helen: two ballads, from the German of Gottfried Augustus Brger
- The Chester garland. : In four parts. Part I. How a merchant married a lady, whom he left unbedded, and went to sea; and how coming home he was drove to Chester, where he ventured all his substance on his wife's chastity.
- The Congress of excise-asses. Or, Sir B--ue S--ng's overthrow: a new ballad. To the tune of, i'll tell thee, estcourt, a pleasant tale
- The Damsel's tragedy, or, The cruel mother-in-law
- The Damsel's tragedy. Or, the cruel step-mother
- The Devonshire damsels frollick: : being an account of nine or ten fair maidens, who went one evening lately, to wash themselves in a pleasant river, where they were discovered by several young men being their familiar acquaintances who took away their gowns and petticoats, with their smocks and wine with good chear; leaving them a while in a most melancholly condition. To a pleasant new play-house tune: or, Where's my shepherd? This may be printed. R. P
- The English Independant, : an old ballad, lately dug out of the ruins of the Watch-Tower, at New-York, set to a new tune
- The English archer: or, Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, vulgarly call'd, Robin Hood
- The English archer; or Robert Earl of Huntington: vulgarly called Robin Hood. : Containing thirty-two songs. : To which is prefixed, a preface. Giving a more full and particular account of his birth, &c. than any hitherto published. : [Six lines of verse]
- The English ballad
- The English fortune-teller. : Being a brief direction how to shun all strife, a brief instruction how to chuse a wife; whereby a man may lead a happy life: it shews difference in womens qualities, by colour of their hair, both face and eyes, the tune is, Ragged and torn. &c
- The Factor's garland
- The Factor's garland, and Taylor's apology
- The Factor's garland. : Being a true account how a young man, (after having rioted away part of his estate) became factors to several merchants in London. How he found the corps of a dead Christian lying on the ground in Turkey, and gave fifty pounds for the burial. How he freed a young woman from being strangled, and brought her to London. How by a vest of her flow[e]ring the prince her father came to hear of his daughter. And how he was betray'd and cast overboard, and what way and manner he was preserved and brought to the prince's palace, and maried to the damsel
- The Factor's garland. Or the Turkish lady
- The Golden balls
- The Gosport tragedy or The perjured ship carpenter. : To which is added, Bonny Wully, (a Scotch ballad.)
- The Great honor of a valiant prentice, : being an account of his matchless manhood and brave adventures done in Turkey, and how he came to marry the King's daughter, &c. : To the tune of All you that love good fellows, &c
- The Great honour of a valiant London prentice: : being an account of his matchless manhood, and brave adventures, done in Turkey; and how he came to marry the king's daughter, &c. To the tune of, "All you that love good fellows," &c
- The Happy child
- The Happy child
- The Happy ship-carpenter
- The Huntington-shire plovv-man: or, The plowmans complain for the loss of his hearts delight. : True love alone, does cause my moan, such sorrows I possess; I being left of joys bereft, to languish in distress. Tune of, My child must have a father. This may be printed. R.P
- The Joan Baez songbook
- The Life and death of Sir Hugh of the Grime.
- The London ladies vindication of top-knots : with the many reasons that she shows for the continuation of the same : as also proving men to be as proud as themselves : to the tune of, Here I love, there I love, or, The two English travellers
- The London lads lamentation to Cupid. Or; VVhen shall I my true-love have? : All young men must to Cupids power submit, courage and wisdom, vertue too, & wit: none can his mighty power & charm withstand he, like young beauty, always will command: and here young maidens easily may find, how apt young-men are to be true & kind such constancy in them could scarce be found should men go search the universe all round. To an excellent new tune, sung at the court. This may be printed, R.P
- The London taylors misfortune, or, Cut-Beard-Harding chous'd by a country lass : who he pickt up in the street, and invited to the tavern, where he intended to have left her in pawn for the reckoning, but he being soon drunk dropt asleep, at which opportunity she march'd off with a new suit of cloaths which he was carrying home to a gentleman : together with six-pence-half-penny-farthing, which is hop'd will be a warning to all taylors how they meddle with women as they walk the streets : to the tune of, Four-pence-half-penny-farthing
- The Memorable year 1759
- The Mournful tragedy of Rosanna
- The Pennyworth of wit. : Here's a choice pennyworth of wit, for all that stand in need of it
- The Pennyworth of wit. : Here's a choice pennyworth of wit, for all that stand in need of it
- The Perjur'd female lover: or, The London lawyer's son
- The Poor man's advice to his poor neighbours: : a ballad, to the tune of Chevy-Chace
- The Scotch vvooing of Willy and Nanny : to a pleasant new tune: or, Nanny O. This may be printed, R.P
- The Scotch wedding: or, A short and pretty way of wooing. : When as complexions do agree, and all things they are fitting; why should the time prolonged be, be quick and mind your knitting. To a new northern tune, much us'd at the theatres. With allowance
- The Sommerset-shire damsel beguil'd, or, The bonny baker chous'd in his bargain : the baker wedded her in hast, and after that was done, [double bracket] she brought him e're five months space a daughter and a son. : To the tune of, The two English travellers
- The Wandering lady, or Catskin
- The Weaver's reunion at Carnegie Hall, 1963, Part 2
- The Westminster lovers. : Lovers passion is so violent, beyond all opposition, it makes poor lovers of lament, their sad distress'd condition. To the tune of Russels farewell
- The Wiltshire wedding betwixt Daniel Doo-well, and Doll the dairy-maid. : With the consent of her old father Leather-Coat, and her dear and tender mother Plod-wed. To an excellent north-country tune. Licensed according to order
- The Yarmouth tragedy, or Jamie and Nancy's garland
- The Yarmouth tragedy; or, Jemmy and Nancy's garland. : To which is added, Gay Damon
- The airs, duetts, and chorusses, arrangement of scenery, : and sketch of the pantomime, entitled The picture of Paris. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
- The association
- The best of Robert Service
- The birth, parentage, and education, of Praise-God Barebone. : To which is added, an election ballad, or the lamentation of Miss *******. A true but doleful ditty
- The black bird : a choice collection of The most Celebrated songs. Few of which are to be found in any other collection by William Hunter, Philo-Architectonicæ
- The brisk damsal's [sic] garland, containing several excellent new songs. I. The brisk young damsels choice of a husband. II. British alarm. III. A new song on the antigallican privateer. IV. The North Country collior [sic]. V. The Irish girl a new song
- The carpet weaver. : A favourite song, sung by Madam Storace
- The cavaliers complaint. : To the tune of, I tell thee Dick, &c
- The chaplet of chearfulness, : and Company Keeper's Assistant. A select collection of songs For the Entertainment of the Bacchanal, Lover, Buck, Sportsman, Free Mason, Loyalist, Soldier, and Sailor: And for all those Who would render themselves agreeable, divert Company, kill Care, and be joyous: Where the high seasoned Wit and Humour will be a sufficient Apology for a bad voice; and whereby such as have a tolerable one will be able to shine, without repressing the Laugh of the merrily disposed, or offending the Ear of the most chaste Virgin. Consisting of many valuable and real originals, not to be met with in any other Collection: likewise, those sung at the theatres and gardens of London and Dublin for ten years past to this day, many of which were quite out of print. To which is annexed, a collectio of toasts, sentiments, and hob nobs now in use, with several newly coined but not yet current, this being the first Delivery of them from the Mint. By Euphrosyne
- The children in the woods. : Being a true and mournful relation of the inhuman murder of two children by a deceased gentleman in Norfolk, whom he left to the care of his brother : ... To which is added A Word of advice to executors. To a very mournful tune.
- The children in the woods. : Being, a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children
- The children in the woods: : Being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children
- The children in the woods: : being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children
- The children in the woods: : being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children ... To a very mournful tune
- The city caper: or' The Whetstones-Park privateer. : Being a true relation how a small she pickaroon lately sail'd from the park, and crusing abroad in the night, seiz'd on a rich marchant-man, whom she tempted to board her, and then she disabl'd his ship, took all his cargo, spoil'd his tackle, and burnt his rudder, &c. Tune of, Captain Digby's farewel
- The common cries of London town, some go up street, some go down : with Turner's dish of stuff, or a gallymausery : to the tune of, Watton towns end
- The cooper of Norfolk, or, A true jest o'th' brewer & cooper's wife, and how the cooper served the brewer in his kind : to the tune of, The Wiving age, &c
- The countrey farmer: or, The buxome virgin. : To a new tune, called, New-Market, or King James's jigg;
- The couragious plow-man, or, The citizens misfortune. : Being an incouragement to all plow-men, to exercise themselves in their youth with a cudgel, that they may the better know how to handle a sharper weapon, if need require. I shall not stand the subject to repeat, because the verses do it so compleat, to hear how meekly the citizens came off, I think it cannot chuse but make you laugh; the parties here I must forbear to name, for fear the author chance to bear the blame. To the tune of, Dick and Nan, or, The tyrant
- The courteous carman, and the amorous maid, or, The carman's whistle. : What here is penn'd in this same pleasant story, doth only tend unto the carman's glory : who did relieve a maiden in distress, and brought her joy in midst of heaviness : he was couragious, and of mettle good, as by this story may be understood : To a new tune of, The carman's whistle, or, Lord Willoughby's march, &c
- The courtly triumph, or, An excellent new song, upon the coronation of K. William and Q. Marie : which was splendidly celebrated on the 11th of April 1689 : To the tune of Cannons roar
- The crafty barber of Debtford : You Debtford women all beware of this same crafty barber: for when he gets between your arms there he takes up his harbour. Tune of, Daniel Cooper
- The crafty miss, or, An excise-man well fitted. : Being a true relation of an excise-man who lately in the county of Kent, had received the sum of fourscore pounds, and lighting into the company of a crafty miss who gave him the chouse for it all; and riding away with his gelding, left in the stead a mare which she had stole; for which mare he was arraigned, and narrowly escaped the severe penalty of the law: which may be a suffiecient warning to all excisemen far and near, to amend their lives to hate a miss, and love their wives. To the tune of, Moggies jealousie
- The credulous virgins complaint. Or, Lovers made happy at last. : Being a caution to the female sex. Being a most pleasant new song in two parts, with the youngmans [sic] kind answer. Celia complains virgins are oft too kind, the which she did by late experience find, for yielding unto Damon she does prove that hasty pleasures are the bain of love; but in the tempest of her wounding grief, Damon comes in and yields her kind relief: but vows renew, and at last both are wed, though he before had got her maiden-head. To the tune of Sawny will never be my love again
- The cuckold's lamentation of a bad wife. : He is tormented, and she tanns his hide, he knows not how to live, nor where to abide; besides she makes him for to wear the horn, and he wishes that he never had been born: to all young batchelours now he does declare, when they goe a wooing for to have a care, there's [sic] is many maids good, but some proves evil, his luck was bad, he met with a she-devil. To the tune of The country farmer. O, Why are my eyes still flow---ing
- The dead-Man's song. Who lived near Basing-Hall, in the city of London. To the tune of, Flying fame
- The death of Cain. : In five books; after the manner of The death of Abel.
- The diary maid; or, vocal miscellany. : Being a collection of choice songs, Scots and English. With a variety of toasts and sentiments
- The discontented lover, : to a pleasant new court tune
- The dispairing youths grief crowned with joy and happiness, by the return of his dear love. : Forsaken lovers thus complain, nay, and for death will call; but when their loves return again, amends is made for all. To the tune of, Black and sullen hour. This may be printed, R.P
- The doting old dad, or, The unequal match betwixt a rich muckworm of fourscore and ten, and a young lass scarce nineteen. : When dads thus old, whose blood is cold, young damsels seeks to wed; for their neglect, they may expect horns grafted on their head. To the tune of, All trades. This may be printed, R.P
- The doubtful shepherd
- The down-ight [sic] vvooing of honest John & Betty. : To the tune of, Cold and raw. This may be printed, R.P
- The down-right country-man; or, The faithful dairy-maid· : utmind [sic] how country lads do boast, whilst Londoners are blam'd, and country lasses praised most, while ours are wags proclaim'd. The tune is, Hey boys up go we: or, Busie fame
- The downfal of William Grismond: or, A lamentable murder by him committed at Lainterdine, in the county of Hereford, the 12th of March, 1650 : with his lamentation. The tune is, VVhere is my love
- The dumb lady; or, No, no, not I; I'le answer. : To the tune of, the doubtful virgin, or the new Borey, or Will you be a man of fashion
- The dyers destiny: or, The loving wife's help in time of need. : Two trades is better far than one, sweet husband, then, said she; then if thou wilt let me alone, I'll be a help to thee. To the tune of, Why are my eyes still flowing, &c. This may be printed, R.P
- The dying lover's last farewel, or, The tragical downfal of Martellus and Arminda : To an excellent play-house tuue [sic] call'd, Stone walls cannot a prison make, or, Young Pheon
- The enchanted lover, or, Celia triumphant. : Being a most pleasant new court song. Conquered by love enchanted Strephoń sings, whilst the love god his flames fans with his wings, and makes him Celia praise unto the skies, beauty and Celia now are all he cryes, transported by his passion and her eyes, thus amorous youth are caught in Cupids net, which the enchanting fair doves daily set. To a pleasant new playhouse tune
- The english archer : or, Robert, Earl of Huntington, Vulgarly called Robin Hood
- The english archer, or Robin Hood's garland
- The faithful shepherd; or, The loves of Tommy and Nanny. : To a new Scotch tune: or, There was a bonny young lad, &c
- The faithfull woings [sic] of two conntry [sic] lovers. : The young-man he with carriage bold, did oft salute the maiden, and unto her these words he told, his heart with love was laden; and if to him her love she'd grant he'd do his best indeavour. To maintain her she should not want, and he'd forsake her never. Because he was poor the maid was coy, and would not have him entertain'd but at last he became her love and joy, and much wealth with her he gain'd
- The famous fight at Malago: or, The Englishmens victory over the Spaniards: : relating how five English frigats, viz. The Henry, Ruby, Antelope, Greyhound, and Bryan, burnt all the Spanish ships in their harbour at Malago; battered down their churches, and the[ir] houses about their ears, kill'd abundance of their men, and obtained an honourable victory. Where ever English seamen goes, they are a terror to their foes. To the tune of, Five sail of frigates bound for Malago, &c
- The famous flower of serving-men, or, The lady turn'd serving-man. : to the tune of Flora's farewell
- The female's frolick, or, The distressed young maiden : who enter'd herself on board of the Marlborough, to go to some foreign for the sake of her sweet-heart : tune of, Young Essex
- The forc'd marriage. Or, vnfortunate Celia. : When old fools do a wooing go to those who are young-girls, they court their cruel foes, the old man sees he can't prevail with tongue, but finds t[h]at young ones, love to sport with young: he to the virgins parents makes redress, and doth the n[u]mber of his bags express; which takes away her fathers heart by stealth, he weds her not to him, but to his wealth. VVhich being done, she loaths his weak embraces, and throws herself on ruinous disgraces. Tune, Since Celia's my foe
- The forlorn damsel. : Well, since there's neither old nor young, will pitty on me take, my passion now doth grow so strong, I fear my heart will break. The tune is, Moggy's jealousie
- The fortunate lovers: or Sweet William of Plymouth
- The garland of good vvill. : Diuided into three parts: containing many pleasant songs, and pretty poems, to sundry new notes. : With a table to find the names of all the songs.
- The gipsies song
- The good wives fore-cast, or, The kind and loving mothers counsel to her daughter after marriage. : My daughter dear I pray give ear, this lesson I have learn'd, I'll tell to you, you'l find it true, a penny sav'd, is earn'd. Tune of, Why are my eyes, still flow----ing. &c. This may be printed, R.P
- The hen-peckt cuckold; : being a tallow-chandlers sorrowful lamentation for the cruelty of a wanton vvife. Tune of, Guinea wins her
- The history of the Duchess of C-----.
- The history of the plague in London, in 1665
- The honest Yorkshire-Man. : A ballad-opera. As it is perform'd at the New Theatre in Goodman's Fields with universal applause. Written by Mr. Cary
- The hunting in Chevy-Chase. : A ballad
- The hunting of Chevy-Chace. : A ballad
- The hunting of the hare, with her last will and testament : as 'twas perform'd on Banstead-Downs, by coney-catchers and their hounds : to a most pleasant new tune, &c
- The hussar of Magdeburg : or, the midnight phaeton. A ballad, translated from the German, of Gotterfried Augustus Burger; Author of Lenora, &c. By J. F. Denovan
- The innocent country. maids delight. Or, A description of the lives of the lasses of London. : At London they the wanton play, as it is often seen, Whilst we do go, all of a row, unto the meadows green. Set to an excellent country dance. This may be printed. R.P
- The jealous lover satisfy'd. : All you that do to love pretend, Come lend an ear unto my song, And say no more than you intend, For therein you your selves do wrong. Tune of, The gallant youth of Gravesend
- The jolly gentleman's frolick, or, The city ramble : being an account of a young gallant, who wager'd to pass any of the watches, without giving them an answer : but being stopp'd by the constable at Cripple-gate, was sent to the Counter, afterwards had before my Lord-Mayor, and was clear'd by the intercession of my Lord-Mayor's daughter : to a pleasant new tune
- The jubilee concert : or, the Warwickshire lad. Being, a collection of songs performed at the jubilee, in honour of Shakespear, at Stratford upon Avon, and at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane
- The knitters jobb or The earnest suitor of Walton town to a fair maid, : with her modest answers and conclusion of their intents : to the tune of Shackley hey
- The ladies of the palace, : or the new-court legacy; a ballad opera, of three acts, as it was performed at the theatre-royal in Atalantis, the Metropolis of the Kingdom of Eutopia. Wherein The Stratagems and Contrivances of the Quality and Gentry of both Sexes, to carry on their private Amours and Intrigues, are discovered
- The lady of pleasure, or, The London misses frolick, : whereby she got money by her subtile devices and witty intreagues, as she led in the loose course of her life, which you'l find by the subsequent matter To a pleasant new play-house tune. This may be printed, R.L.S
- The lamentation of Englande: : for the late treasons conspired against the Queenes Maiestie and the whole realme, by Franuces Throgmorton: who was executed for the same at Tyborne, on Friday being the tenth day of Iuly last past. 1584. To the tune of Weepe, weepe. : Pray pray and praise the Lord, whose wonderous works are seene: that brought to light the secret snare, laide lately for our Queene
- The last lamentation, of the languishing Squire: or, Love overcomes all things. : To the tune of Billy and Molly: or, Jockey's jealousie. Licensed according to order
- The lawer's [sic] pedigree, : tune, Our Polly is a sad slut
- The laws of Siasconset: : a ballad. Proposed, with a pipe of tobacco, as an amusement to the fishermen. (To the tune "Vicar of Bray.")
- The london merchants triumphant : or sturdy beggars are brave fellows. A new ballad proper to be sung on the 12th of June. Humbly inscribed to the worthy merchants and citizens of London
- The london miscellany; being a collection of several scarce and valuable pieces, Viz. I. The Beau Monde, or the Pleasures of St. James's, a Ballad. II. The Durham-Yard, or Dunkirk Ballad. III. Dr. C-x-ll, to Sir R-t W-le, on his Fast Sermon. IV. Verses spoke by the King's Scholars at Westminster, at their last Annual Feast. V. The Condemn'd Minuet, sung to Colonel Ch s in Newgate, on the Night of his Conviction. VI. The famous Ballad of Happy Dick, written by a Welsh Baronet. Vii. The new Black-Joak, by a Chapl-n to a Man-of-War. Viii. The humble Petition of Ph-p D. of Wh-n, to a Great Man in London. Besides many other curious Pieces never before published
- The lottery. : A dialogue between Mr. Thomas Trueman and Mr. Humphrey Dupe
- The love-sick maid: or, Cordelias lamentation for the absence of her Gerhard. : To a pleasant tune
- The lovers prophesie : when all these things shall come to pass, you in this paper read if I can find a pretty lass I'le marryed b: indeed : to the tune of the Doubting virgin, or, Buggering oats prepare thy neck
- The loving chamber-maid, or, Vindication of a departed maidenhead. : Being the art to lye with a man and yet be a virgin. To a new tune Maidens .... but Ah what is a maid I pray an infant female that scarce views the day, for e're the things we virgins call aspire to 13 years, they feel a strange desire: longing for what themselves can scarcely tell, which strange desire of make their bellies swell and then what 'tis they know too fatal well
- The loyal English man's wi[sh] for the preservation of the King and Qu[een]
- The loyal Irish-man, or The Irish lovers : to a new tune
- The loyal maids good counsel to all her fellow-maids. : To be careful of wanton young men, They'll promise they love you again and again: But if they get theirwill [sic] of you before you are wed You may look a new sweetheart and a new maiden-head: And believe no false youngmen [sic] that will dissemble and lye, Lest they send you away with salt tears in your eye. To the tune of, Come hither my own sweet duck. This may be printed, R.P
- The loyal soldiers of Flanders : a new song, made by a Protestant centinel of the English forces : to an excellent new tune, much in request
- The lusty miller's recreation: or, The buxome females chief delight. : Being a most pleasant design between a certain miller, the good-wife, and her three daughters. A most delectable new song, &c. Fair Peggy first to'th mill with grist was sent, who pleas'd return'd, but would not tell th' event; which Betty once perceiving, needs would go, who sped in the same tune, returned too; at which the mother knew not what to guess, but did her self in admiration bless. Till Jenny, of the three the youngest lass, would needs go see how all this came to pass, returns the same; then forth the mother set, who finds the plot, but ne'r discover'd it. To a pleasant new tune
- The maids ansvver to the batchelors ballad. Or, Love without remedy. : Thou scriber! unto whom the vulgar crew, gives small applause, yet more then is thy due; whose brazen brow, a wither'd wreath adorns, which better wou'd become a pair of horns: know we contemn thee: thy malicious pen can have no influence on the minds of men: in our dispraise, in vain thou seek'st to write, true, thou mayst shew thy teeth, but canst not bite. Alas! rude boy; love is a generous pain, which minds ignoble, cannot entertain: therefore thy accusations are unjust, in giving love the character of lust. With allowance, by Ro. L'Estrange. To the tune of; No more silly Cupid: or, The Duke of Monmouth's jig
- The maids complaint for want of a dill-doul : this girle long time hath in a sickness been, which many maids do call the sickness green : I wish she may some comfort find, poor soul, and have her belly filled with a dill doul, : To a new tune, called, The dill doul, or Women
- The maltsters daughter of Malborough [sic] : containing a pleasant discourse between her mother and she, about the weary burthen of a troublesome maiden head, concluding with the mother's consent to the daughter's satisfaction : To the tune of, The Scotch hay-makers
- The man in the moon drinks clarret [sic] : as it was lately sung at the Curtain Holy-Well : to the same tune
- The merry maid of Shoreditch, : her resolution and good counsel to all her fellow maids; and says that she will never tye her self to a crab-tree so long as she has a whole wood to range in. The tune is, I have a mistris of my own: or, Hold buckle and thong together
- The mother and daughter; or, A dialogue betwixt them composed in verse, : if you will attend, I will rehearse: how the mother did chide the daughter for folly, the daughter with her mother did not dally, to silence her mother her self she did fix, and proved her mother to be a meretrix. She still'd her mothers tongue that so loud did sound, nuncl'd her Mam, and got twice fifty pound. Those two fadillaes, as chaste as Jane Shore, live quiet, that never did so before. The tune is, Come sweet-heart and embrace thine own: or, The dancing of primrose-hill
- The mournful shepherd: or Torment of loving, and not beiug [sic] lov'd again. : A song made by a gentleman who dyed for his cruel mistris. No torment can be found no greater pain then truly loving and not lov'd again; for thats a strange disease which racks, the mind, still routs the judgment, and does reason blind: raises a Civil War, distrasts the soul, whilst fancy like a raging sea does roul: the lovers dreams of nothing but strang charms. And often thinks his mistris in his arms; but waking finds he did embrace a shade; which all his hopes with it he had conveyd, to a pleasant new tune, called Could man his wish obtain, &c. Play'd and sung at the King's Play-House
- The mourning lady, or, The loyal lover's lamentation for the loss of her noble commander, who received his death's wound at the decent to France : to the tune of, The guinney wins her, &c
- The nevv way of marriage. Or, A pleasant contract between John and Kate. : Marriage that simple contract still doth bind, and mittigate the freedom of the mind: Kate for prevention of that endless strife, will be a mistris rather then a wife. To a pleasant new tune. With allowance
- The new Scotch-jigg: or, The bonny cravat. : Johnny wooed Jenny to tye his cravat; but Jenny perceiving what he would be at, with delayes put him off, till she found out his mind; and then afterwards she proved more kind: at length both parties were well agreed, and went to the kirk to be wed with all speed. Tune of, Jenny come tye my, &c
- The nobe [sic] mans generous kindness, or The country-mans unexpected happiness, : giving a true account of a nobleman, who taking notice of the poor man's industrious care and pains for the maintaining of his charge, which was seven small children, meeting him upon a day, discoursed with him, and inviting him and his wife, with his children, home to his house, and accordingly bestowed upon him a farm of thirty acres of land, to be continued to him and his heirs for ever. To the tune of, The two English travellers. this may be printed, R.P
- The old woman's resolution: or, A dialogue betwixt Jack Drumbold and his Old Granny Gregory; : who vow'd she would marry though fourscore years and ten because she would shoe her horse round. To the tune of I marry and thank ye too: Licensed according to order
- The pearls of vertue, or, The womens deserved praise : being a treatise of the many vertues of the female sex, in divers rare examples taken from scripture and sundry histories, to confute the slanders and calumnies some have cast upon that happy creature woman
- The penny-worth of wit. : Here's a choice penny-worth of wit, for all that stand in need of it
- The pensive lover; or, The damosels crosses crown'd with comfort. : She for a time had lost her swain, for which her heart near broke; likewise she would her self have slain, but Phaon stopt the stroke. To the tune of, Grim king of the ghosts
- The perjur'd swain, or, The damsels bloody tragedy : you loyal lovers now that hear this damsels destiny, sure can't forbear to shed a tear at this sad tragedy : the tune is, Sefautian's farewel
- The philosopher in Bristol
- The plagues of Nod
- The poor blind boy
- The pretended country squire, : with an account of his last will and testament: together with a whole dicar of legacies bequeathed to his new-found friends; who at length, to their unspeakable sorrow, are left in the lurch. : To the tune of, Merry and Glad
- The rich farmers ruine; : vvho murmured at the plenty of the seasons, because he could not sell corn so dear as his covetous heart desired. To the tune of, Why are my eyes still flowing, as it is play'd on the violin. This may be printed, R.P
- The royal recreation of jovial anglers : proving that all men are intanglers, and all professions are turn'd anglers : to the tune of, Amarillis
- The sailor, who had served in the slave trade. (From Southey's poems.) : In September, 1798, a dissenting minister of Bristol, discovered a sailor in the neighbourhood of that city, groaning and praying in a hovel. The circumstance that occasioned his agony of mind is detailed in the annexed ballad
- The school of Venus. : VVhen lusty lads and lasses meet, and merrily do play; the pleasures are so strong and sweet, both sexes love obey. Tune of, Hail to the mirtle shade
- The scolding wife : to a pleasant new tune
- The scolding wives vindication: or, An answer to the cuckold's complaint. : Wherein she shows what just reasons she had to exercise severity over her insufficient husband. To the tune of, The cuckold's complaint. Licensed according to order
- The scornful maid, and the constant young-man. : With mocks and taunts she doth him jear, as in this ditty you may hear; yet no denyal he would have, but still her favour he did crave: yet at the last she granted love, and vowed she would constant prove; yet in this ditty you may find, it is money that doth a bargain bind. Tune of, Times changling I will never be: or, Sawny, or, A fig for France
- The second edition (with additions) of The sturdy reformer, : a new song, exemplifying to the good people of England, the doctrines of the rights of man. To be Sung to the Tune of Ballinamona, at all Revolution Dinners; and particularly recommended to the English Club des Jacobines. Concluding with some wholesome advice to John Bull. Written by W. T. F*** G****d, Esq
- The shepherds glory: or, A pleasant song o'th shepherd swain, who feed their flocks upon the plain: : whose arms and honour far out-shines the Coesar's [sic] and great Constantines. To the tune of, True love rewarded with loyalty: or, Flora farewel
- The six-penny whore, or The London frollick. : Being a true relation, how a porter and a counsellors wife were found in bed together near West-Smithfield
- The soldiers fortune: or The taking of Mardike.
- The songs of Irving Berlin
- The sorrowfull damsels lamentation for want of a husband. : This maiden sure was in a longing temper, and young men they are to blame that would venture, it is a pity any damsel she should want the help of a young man's company. This maidens fortune proves so very hard, that never a young does her no more regard: but young men hereafter be sure to have a care, they do not bring young maidens to despair. To the tune of, The country farmer
- The souldiers farewel to his love : being a dialogue betwixt Thomas and Margaret : to a pleasant new tune
- The squire's grief crown'd with comfort: or, Nectar preferr'd before scornfull Cynthia, : To the tune of Let the soldiers rejoyce. Licensed according to order
- The streamlet that flowed, : &c. A new song. Sung by Mr. Incledon, in The woodman
- The streamlet that flowed, : &c. Sung by Mr. Incledon, in The woodman
- The sturdy reformer, : a new song, exemplifying to the good people of England, the doctrines of the rights of man. To be sung to the Tune of Ballinamona, at all revolution dinners; and particularly recommended to the english club des jacobins. Written by W. T. F*** G****d, Esq
- The subtil Miss of London: or, The ranting Hector well fitted by this cunning Miss, : who by putting certain ingredients into his wine, laid him into a deep sleep, and striping his gallant attire, cloathed him in a red petticoat, and coyf [sic] on his head; then sent him in a great chest by water to Gravesend. To the tune of, The two English travellers. This may be printed, R.P
- The suprizd shepherdess : the shepherdess she sleeping lay, thinking no shepherd nigh, but Strephon came along that way, and did her napping spye : the tune is, Maggies jealousie
- The tears of the Muses
- The tragical history of the children in the wood. : Containing a true account of their uhappy fate, with the history of their parents, and their unnatural uncle. : Interspersed with instructive morals. : Embellished with cuts
- The true lovers ghost. : False men do often prove unkind to those that would to them be true; then carefully my story mind, the like before you never knew. To the tune of, Tender hearts of London-city
- The true lovers overthrow : whilst poor Amintas pin'd to death, for Celia bright and fair, at last for him she lost her breath, a grief beyond compare : to the tune of State and ambition
- The two babes in the wood: : together with Divine songs for children
- The two entire lovers, or, The young-man and maids care and grief crown'd with joy and comfort : to an excellent new ayre
- The two ioyful lovers, or, A true pattern of love : the maid at first was most unkinde, yet bore at last a faithful minde : for Cupid with his bow and shield, at last did force her for to yield : the tune is, Francis Phoenix
- The unfortunate lover; or, Merry Andrew's sad and wofull [sic] lamentation for the loss of his sweetheart Joan. : To the tune of, I marry and thank ye too. Licensed according to order
- The valiant soldiers last farewell, or, His dying letter to his loving lady Lucretia : to the tune of What shall I do to show how much I love her
- The valorous acts performed at Gaunt, by the brave bonny lass Mary Ambree : who in revenge of her love's death, did play her part most gallantly : to the tune of, The blind beggar, &c
- The vvest-country damosels complaint: or, The faithful lovers last farewel. : Being the relation of a young maid who pined her self to death, for the love of a young-man, who after he had notice of it, dyed likewise for grief. Careless young-men, by this a warning take, how you kind virgins (when they love) forsake; least the same fate o're-take you, and you dye for breach of vows, and infidelity. Be kind, but swear not more then what you mean, least comick jests become a trajeck scean. To the tune of, Johnny Armstrong
- The wandring [sic] virgin; or, The coy lass well fitted; or, the answer to the wand'ring maiden. : Virgins whose coyness and disdain does the fatal ruin of cemented love, (prove learn and beware lest you like me cry out I'le find my love, or search the world about [sic] To a pleasant new tune, Over hills and high mountains
- The wanton vintner, and the subtile damosel, : being an account of a young blade who needs would be dabling with his maid servant, to which she seemed to agree, but went directly and informed her mistriss, who resolved to prove the truth of this matter her own self; so away she went to the place appointed, being the vault, but her husband in the mean time sent another to toy with his maid, so by his own contrivance he hornified his own pate, his wife in the dark supposing it to be her own husband. To the tune of, The doubting virgin
- The west country nymph or The loyal maid of Bristol. : The flower of Bristol doth complain for the absence of her love and vows she constant will remain like to the turtle dove. Tune, Young Jammy
- The west-country jigg: or, Love in due season. : A longing maid which had a mind to marry, complaining was, that she so long should tarry; at length a brisk young lad did chance to spy her, and liking of her well, resolv'd to try her: and courting her, and vowing to be constant, they there clapt up a bargain in an instant. To a pleasant new tune, called, New Exeter. With allowance
- The west-country maids advice; : Here is a song I send to you, fair maidens every one; and you may say that it is true, when I am dead and gone. To the tune of, Hey boys, up go we
- The wind in the east : or, pri'thee friend keep back. An ominous warning. A humorous ballad. By a sailor on board the S---ness fleet
- The wind in the east. : Or, Prithee friend keep back. An ominous warning. A humorous ballad. By a sailor on board the S---ness fleet
- The wonderfull example of God shewed vpon Jasper Coningham, : a gentleman born in Scotland, who was of oppinion, that there was neither God, nor diuell, heauen nor hell.
- The young mans joys compleated. Or, The coy damsel conquered by his pure love and loyalty. : She first deny'd to be his bride, least he should prove unjust; but when she knew his love was true she set his heart at rest. To the tune of, O so ungrateful a creature. This may be printed. R.P
- The young-mans complaint, or, An answer to the damosels tragedy. : When friends deny, and won't comply, but let them suffer smart, we often see such cruelty, will break a lovers heart. To the tune of, Charon, &c. This may be printed, R.P
- The young-mans resolution to the maidens request : being a witty dialogue between a young-man and a maid: wherein she asks him when he inteds to marry, and he resolves her how long he will tarry. To the tune of, In summer time
- The young-mans resolution to the maidens request, : being a witty dialogue between a young-man and a maid : wherein she asks him when he intends to marry, and he resolves her how long he will tarry. To the tune of, In summer time
- Tho. Brown's recantation of his Satyr on the French King. : Facit recantatio versum
- Three excellent songs called Neptune in tears for the Royal George. The sailor's return. The tinker and farmer's daughter
- To her brown beard. : For i'le warrant the girl he'l love the [sic]. This counsel doth advise all maidens, kind, to have a care lest Cupid make them blind, whereby to dote on young mens fickle love, which their actions will unconstant prove: husbands enough, and plenty may be had, some very good, and some exceeding bad; then come fair maids, pray pick and chuse thebest [sic], and let Old Nick make use of all the rest, tune of Sweet is the lass, or My maidenhead will not o're load me
- To our valiant English nation, an encomium on that vvorthy exploit of Capt. John Baddison, commander of the Swallow, of 180 tuns, and 26 men : who preserv'd himself, and two other small ships, from a Turks man of war, of 36 guns, and 220 men : whom he after a long and terrible fight, very honourably repulsed, and brought home 4 of the Turks prisoners
- True love rewarded with loyalty, or, Mirth and joy after sorrow and sadness : This young man he did walk in pensive manner being a souldier under cupids banner, in loving terms he did express his mind. Still fearing that his love will prove unkind, but she to ease him from all future pain, did cheer his heart & grant him love again
- Truth tryumphant, over perjury rampant : on the tryal of the Salamanca doctor at the Kings-Bench-Bar, May the 8th. and 9th. 1685. : to the tune of, Sir Eglemore
- True love unvail'd, or, The coy lady over-come at last. : This lively gallant having time and leisure, did court the lady to injoy his pleasure; but she seemed coy, and would not moved be, unto his loving suit for to agree: till at the length, love pleading without fee, she did resign up all immediately. To a rare new tune, or, The French minnim. With allowance
- Two-penny-worth of wit for a penny, or, The bad husband turn'd thrifty : this man that wrought his own decay, and spent his money night and day, is turn'd so saving I do swear, there's few that with him can compare : and lives so civil in his ways, that all his neighbours give him praise, and does repent his wicked crime, and desires good fellows to turn in time : there's many a man runs himself clear out, when ale's in his head, then wit is out : to the tune of, Packingtons pound
- Vernon's glory. : Containing Fifteen New Songs, occasion'd by the Taking of Porto-Bello and Fort Chagre
- Wealthy farmers choice, or, The beautiful damosels fortunate marriage. : Fair beauty bright, was his delight, He would not wed for gold; in his loves face, each charming grace, his fancy did behold. To the tune of Cold and raw. This may be printed, R.P
- Youth's warning-piece: : the tragical history of George Barnwell, who was undone by a strumpet, who caused him to rob his master, and murder his uncle. : [Text]
- [ ] A new loyal song, for the 1st of January, 1793; the 104th year of Britains̀ liberty
- [A jovial garland, or, Variety of songs,] : [full of mirth and pleasure, for young-men and maids to read at their leisure]
- [A pleasant new ballad of] King Henry the Second, and the miller of Mansfield : and how he was lodged at the miller's house, and of their pleasant communication : to the tune of, The French lavalto, &c
- [T]he [jolly pinder] of Wakefield : [with Robin Hood], Scarlet, and John
- [The rump carbonadod, or], A new ballad : to the tune of the Black-smith
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