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If a Body Loves a Body (t)  //1+5/55//64/46//53/21//3  AI-A  American SS-SM  1-2  VO,KB 
If a Body Loves a Body (t)    AI-A  Otsego CD, 1808  26   
If a Body Meet a Body (t)  //5-5-5-3/2123//5-5-6-5-/1//5-5-53/
2123 
IC-S  Aird 5, 1797  2  FI/VN/GF 
If a body meet a body coming thro' the rye (fl)  //55/53+//2+1+/2+3+//55/65//  AM-A  Duport MS-3, 1825  19-20  VO, KB 
If a brother o'th' law (fl)    BA-E  Mock Lawyer-L, 1733  6   
If a cavalier comes down (fl)    BA-E  Rest. Charles II, 1732  23   
If a courtier you wou'd be Sir (fl)    BA-E  Rome Excis'd, 1733  15   
If a coxcomb all starch (fl)  //111//25-5-//222//333//543  TW-E  Two To One, 1784  9-12  VO,2VN,HA 
If a daughter you have (fl)  //121/345//232/456//121/535  TW-E  Duenna, 1775  19  VO,HAF 
If a Daughter You Have (t)  //121/345//232/456//121/535  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  2  HA,VO 
If a daughter you have (fl)  //121/345//232/456//121/535  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  2  HA,VO 
If a Daughter You Have, &c. (it)    AI-A  Political Duen, 1778  14   
If a lover (fl)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  30   
If a pretty brisk wench (fl)  //17-1/233//432/531//17-1/223  IC-E  Houghton Airs, 1791  12-13  2HN,2MI/VO,B 
If a pupil you have of an obstinate turn (fl)    AI-A  Political Duen, 1778  14   
If a rival thy character draw (fl)  //333/333//32/23//444  TW-E  Midas-1, 1764  56-57  VO,HAF 
If a rival thy character draw (fl)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  55-56   
If a wench would be warm (fl)    BA-E  Sancho At Court, 1742  29-30   
If a woful sad ditty to know thou art willing man (fl)  //664//1+1+76//565321  SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  203-4  VO 
If a Youth Should Meet a Maiden (t), or When a Lover Kneels Before Her (at)  //5-1231//5-3453//666543//2217-6-5-
//5-1231//5-3453 
AI-A  Riley Flute 3, 1820  86-87  FL 
If all that I love is her face (fl)  //671+7//656//73/3+2+1+76//2+  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,62  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
If all that I love is her face (fl)  //61+7//656//73//3+2+1+76//2+1+765  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,47  VO,HAF+FL 
If all that I love is her face (fl)  //243//212//36-//65432//54321  SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  160  VO,HA 
If all that I love is her face (fl)  //61+7//656//63//3+2+1+76  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,256;MIII,136-137  VO 
If all that I love is her face (fl)  //61+7//656//73//3+2+1+76//2+1+765  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  441  VO,KB+FL 
If All the Fair Maidens (it)    BA-E  Jack Gyant Quel, 1749  8   
If All the Fair Maids (it)    BA-E  Little John, 1778  23   
If all the world and love were young (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,230-231;MIII,115-11  VO 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+/1//32/34//5/5  PL-E  Playford 1-01, 1651  27  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-02, 1652  44  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//6/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-03a, 1657  I,44  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-04, 1670  8  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-05, 1675  8  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-06, 1679  8  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+1+2//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-07, 1686  8  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+1+2//32+/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-08, 1690  8  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+1+2//32/34  PL-E  Playford 1-09, 1695  4  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//1+1+2//32/34  PL-E  Playford 1-10, 1698  4  VN 
If All the World Were Paper (t)  //65/67//6/12//32/34//55  PL-E  Playford 1-3b, 1665  I,44  VN 
If all things succeed (fl)  //321/556//765/1+1+7//654  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  442  2VO,B,/KB 
If all things succeed, As already decreed (fl)  //321/556//765/1+1+7//654/321//55  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B+2VO 
If all were to pay who at hotkockles play (fl)    BA-E  Humours/Court, 1732  29   
If all yt I love is her face (fl)  //243//212//36-//65432//54321  SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  7  VO,HAF+FL 
If ambition be a sin (fl)    BA-E  State Juggler 1733  16   
If any one long for a musical song (fl)  //1+76/543//234/35//671+/771+/2+  SC-E  Pills 4, 1719-20  92-94  VO 
If any wench Venus's girdle wear (fl)  //6-7-6-/132//345/5-5-//6-6-/321  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T4M1  VO 
If any wench Venus's girdle wear (fl)  //6-7-6-/132//345/5-5-//6-6-/321//6
-/11 
BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  23  VO 
If any wench Venus's girdle wear (fl)  //6-7-6-/132//345/55-//6-6-/321  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  26  VO 
If Apollo sings (fl)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  11   
If beauty by enjoyment can (fl)    SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  151  VO 
If beauty can alone invite (fl)  //13/51+//1+71+6/51+/6565  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  I,63  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
If beauty sense and virtue have a claim (fl)  //1/5-//25-//321/7-1  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  69  VO,HAF 
If beauty sense and virtue have a claim (fl)  //1/5-//25-//321/7-1//2  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
If beauty unrelenting see (fl)    BA-E  Lord Blunder's, 1733  17   
If beauty's lure alone invite (fl)  //55/7-143//22/345456//57-1  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,78  VO,HAF+FL 
If beauty's lure alone invite (fl)  //5/57-143//22/345456  SC-E  Musical Ent-1, 1740  74  VO,KB+FL 
If beauty's power so potent be (fl)  //1+3+2+7/1+5//6427/1+2  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  103  VO,HA 
If by chance a fine lady sits near (fl)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  19   
If Claret Be a Blessing (it)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  53   
If Claret Be a Blessing (it)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  29   
If Claret Be a Blessing (it)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  29   
If Cupid once the mind possess (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,163  VO 
If death, unkind to beauty (fl)    BA-E  Cure For Scold, 1735  55   
If E'er I Do Well 'Tis a Wonder (t)  //135//5671+//561+//2+1+2+//3+13  SC-S  Scots MM-4, 1792  332-333  VO,PF 
If e'er I prove false (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  10   
If e'er I prove false to thee (fl)  //121/34//5/56//543/251//6-  BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1730  14  VO 
If e'er I wed as most girls do (fl)  //321/217-//14/54//317-1/6-7-1  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  19  VO,KB+GF 
If e'er in honour of the fair (fl)  //136//321//7-25//7-6-5-  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  27  VO 
If e'er my fair proves false (fl)  //123//42//7-12//31  BA-E  Generous Free, 1731  7  VO 
If e'er Teague parts with his booty (fl)    BA-E  Ragged Uproar, 1754  20   
If E'er You Do Well It's a Wonder (t)  //1356//5671+//561+//2+1+2+//3+  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  I,27  GF 
If e'er you see a villain smile (fl)  //321/217-//11/123//11/123  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  66  VO 
If equity is but a specious pretence (fl)  //1234//543//654  BA-E  Beggar's Wed, 1729  T17M1  VO 
If ever 0 Hymen I add to thy tribe (fl)  //1351//61+5//54321//11//54321//343
 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,2VN,B 
If ever a fond inclination (fl)  //3//432//36-7-//17-//217-  TW-E  Love/Village, 1795  54  VO,HA 
If Ever a Fond Inclination (t)  //3//432//36-7-//17-//217-  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  33  HAF,VO 
If ever a fond inclination (fl)  //3//432//36-7-//17-//217-  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  33  HAF,VO 
If ever a sailor was fond (fl)  //15-4-/3-2-1-//5-6-7-/123//4321/1  AI-A  Elegant Exts, 1796  26-27  GF/VN/VO 
If ever a sailor was fond of good sport (fl)  //15-4-/3-2-1-//5-6-7-/123//4321/17
-27- 
AI-A  American MM, 1798  265-267  VO 
If ever I leave my Celia dear &c (bt)  //51+3+//543//21+7654//3//12343  SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  82  VO,KB+GF/EF 
If ever I quit the single state (fl)    AM-A  Thompson MS, 1790  9  VO,KB ; 
If ever I'm catch'd (fl)  //656/123//423/6-67//176/3217-6-//3
 
TW-E  Love/Village, 1795  59  VO,HA 
If ever it be my future fate (fl)    AM-A  Thompson MS, 1790  15-19  VO,KB ; 
If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe (fl)  //17-1/27-5-//234/35//642/351//7-43
/27-1 
SC-E  Clio-1, 1758  95  VO,HAF+MI 
If Ever Ye Do Well It's a Wonder (t)  //1356//5671+//561+//2+1+2+  AM-A  Perkins MS, 1790  11  MI 
If ever you mean to be kind (fl)  //3676/543//4/345//123/432  SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  74-75  VO 
If Every Woman Was Serv'd In Her Kind (t)  //77//77//753/53//363/43  SC-E  Pills 4, 1719-20  110-1  VO 
If every woman was serv'd in her kind (fl)  //77//77//753/53//363/43  SC-E  Pills 4, 1719-20  110-1  VO 
If fated with joys, The lover (fl)    BA-E  Sancho At Court, 1742  46   
If flattring love, if wild despair (fl)  //135//7-1//2343//2//234//51+76  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO/GF,KBF+FL 
If fortune puts him in my way (fl)    BA-S  Coup De Main, 1784  32   
If girls give you pleasure (fl)  //111+/765//671+/531//642/531  BA-E  Decoy, 1733  T28M7  VO 
If gold could lengthen life (fl)    SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  311  VO 
If gold could lengthen life, I swear (fl)  //3/5//1/3//6-/2  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TII,13;MIII,179-183  VO 
If he leaves me (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  11   
If He Will Tack the Hint (t)  //3-5-/5-6-7-//12/15-//3-5-/5-3  AM-A  Huntington MS, 1817  IV.77  FL/VN 
If heav'nly dames can rage (fl)    BA-E  Judgement/Paris, 1731  10   
If husbands sit unsteady (fl)  //6-7-6-/5-4-3//1/7-3//343/21  BA-E  Polly, 1729  T40M16  VO,B 
If husbands wish for happy lives (fl)  //235432//3321//7-13217-//13//4  TW-E  Summer Amuse, 1779  16-17  VO/VN,HA 
If I cannot plague the lubber (fl)  //56/54//3/2//1/1//56/54//32/1  TW-E  Midas-1, 1764  14-15  VO,HAF 
If I cannot plague the lubber (fl)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  10   
If I do, may I never be married (bt)  //1213/5653//1351+/3+1+3+5+//4+2+2+
1+/671+53//2 
AI-A  American SS-SM  1-2  VO,KB 
If I had a beau (fl)  //17-12/113//5456/53+3+//1+1+6/53  AM-A  Beach MS, 1801  137  KB 
If I had a beau for a soldier (fl)  //17-12/113//5456/53+3//1+66/533  AI-A  American Sheet Music    VO,KB 
If I had riches at my will (fl)    BA-E  Spanish Lady, 1765  19   
If I hear Orinda swear (fl)  //36-/6-7-//7-12//36/1+765//6/34  SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  20-1  VO 
If I live to be old, which I never will own (fl)    SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  T19M16  VO 
If I live to grow old (fl)  //345//543//456//24//567  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.1  225 & 239  VO,KB+FL 
If I live to grow old (fl)  //345//543//456//24//567  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  443  VO,KB+FL 
If I live to grow old (fl)  //345//543//456//24//567//671+  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
If I live to grow old (fl)  //345//543//456//24//567//671+  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
If I live to grow old (fl)  //345//543//456//24//567  SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  62  VO,KB+FL 
If I live to grow old, As I find I go down (fl)    SC-E  Calliope, 1788  T456M58  VO 
If I live to grow old, As I find I go down (fl)  //345//543//456//2  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  335-336  VO 
If I live to grow old (for I find I go down) (fl)  //345//543//456//24//5  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  16-17  VO 
If I live to grow old, For I find I go down (fl)  //345//523//456//24  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TII,109-110;MIII,244-2  VO 
If I may a secret unfold (fl)    BA-E  Judgement/Paris, 1731  9-10   
If I my Celia could perswade (fl)  //1+3+1+//2+75//6543//2//351+7//61+
4+3+ 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
If I my heart surrender (fl)    TW-E  Castle/Andalus, 1782  41   
If I the pert hussey with pleadwell should find (fl)    BA-E  Rival Milliners, 1737  24   
If I too high aspire (fl)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  63   
If I too high aspire (fl)    BA-E  Grub St.opera, 1731  55   
If I too high aspire (fl)    BA-E  Welsh Opera, 1731  37   
If I'm the happy man (fl)  //12/33//32/5-//23/4  TW-E  Summer Amuse, 1779  32  VO/VN,HA 
If in heart or brain sedition (fl)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  51   
If In Loving Singing (t)  //35//35//65//666//61+//1+76  AI-A  Riley Flute 4, 1826  23  FL 
If in soft blissful ease (fl)    BA-E  Jew Decoy'd, 1733  24   
If in that breast, so good, so pure (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,29  VO 
If in the courts your suit depend (fl)  //43/21//2123/123//43/21  TW-E  Midas-1, 1764  54  VO,HAF 
If in the Courts Your Suit Depend (it)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  52   
If in the courts your suit depend (fl) (it)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  52   
If into your henyard (fl)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  36   
If invention be wanting (fl)    BA-E  Love At First S, 1762  4   
If it be true, As wise men say (fl)  //35/1+1+//66/64//22+  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  444  VO,KB+FL 
If it does not rain to morrow (fl)  //321/34//543//556/45453434//25-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  2VO,KBF+FL 
If it does not rain to morrow (fl)  //321/34//543//556/45453434  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,KBF+FL 
If it was not that such a meek creature as (fl)  //321/7-12//17-6-/5-5-5-//5-13/5-24
//4 
TW-E  Seraglio, 1776  22-24  VO,KBF 
If kings on earth viceregents are (fl)    BA-E  Rest. Charles II, 1732  14   
If lawyers and physicians (fl)    BA-E  Cure For Scold, 1735  53   
If life can yield anything (fl)    BA-E  Hospital Fools, 1739  II,25   
If life's a rough path (fl)  //1+55//565432//135//51+//1+73+//3+
2+4+ 
AI-A  American Periodicals    VO,KB 
If life's a rough path, as the sages have said (fl)  //1+55//565432//135//51+//1+73+//3+
2+4+ 
AI-A  American MM, 1798  271-273  VO,B 
If love and reason ne'er agree (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,160-161  VO 
If Love and Reason Ne'er Agree (t)  //1+2+1+7//1+5//654//3215//1+  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  66-67  VO/VN/GF 
If love and reason ne'er agree (fl)  //1+2+1+7//1+5//654//3215//1+  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  66-67  VO/VN/GF 
If love attacks my daughter's heart (fl)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  8   
If love be a fault (fl)  //123//6-7-1//265432//7-5//6-42//7-
11 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
If love be a fault (fl)  //123//6-7-1//265432//7-5//6-42  SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  69  VO,KBF+FL 
If love be a fault and in me thought a crime (fl)  //123//6-7-1//265432//7-5//6-42  SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  196  VO,HA 
If love be a fault, and in me thought a crime (fl)  //123//6-7-1//265432//7-5//6-42  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  446  VO,KB+FL 
If love be life, I long to die (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,126-127  VO 
If love does give pleasure (fl)    BA-E  Sturdy Beggars, 1733  41   
If love gets into a soldier's heart (fl)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  12   
If love gets into a soldier's heart (fl)    BA-E  Grub St.opera, 1731  3   
If love gets into a soldier's heart (fl)    BA-E  Welsh Opera, 1731  4   
If love his arrows shoot so fast (fl)    BA-E  Judgement/Paris, 1731  7   
If Love Is the Cause of My Mourning (t)  //1233//35231//1+2+2+1+2+3+//35//61
+653//56531// 
IC-E  Scotch Tunes (P), 1700  10-11  VN/FL 
If love my dearest treasure (fl)  //34554/32//17-123/2343//2125-7-/1  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  447  VO,KBF,/B 
If love such a passion as mine (fl)  //654/3617-6-//6-1+/76567//53/66543
//4 
SC-E  Watts MM-5, 1731  200-203  VO,HA+FL 
If love the virgin's heart invade (fl)  //1+5671+//54//32342  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T5M2  VO 
If love the virgin's heart invade (fl)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1//2343  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  24  VO 
If love the virgin's heart invade (fl)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1//2343  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  28  VO 
If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade (it)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-7-  BA-E  Devil To Pay-1, 1731  51  VO 
If love the virgins heart invade; why is your faithful slave disdained (fl)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1+  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.1  241  VO,KB+FL 
If love the virgins heart invade; why is your faithful slave disdain'd (fl)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1//2343  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  448  VO,KB+FL 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  30   
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)  //231//27-3//17-17-//6-43//225  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T40M10  VO 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)  //231//27-3//17-17-//6-43//225//313
 
BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  68  VO 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  31   
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //231//217-3//17-17-6-//6-43//225  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  IV,29  GF/VN 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //345//435//643  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  148-149  VO,HAF 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //534217-//11+6//5654  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  149-150  VO,HAF 
If love's a sweet passion (fl)  //345//435//643  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  148-149  VO,HAF 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)    BA-E  Humours/Court, 1732  64   
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //345//435//643//321//27-11135  SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  230-231  VO,HA 
If love's a sweet passion (fl)  //345//435//643//321//27-11135  SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  230-231  VO,HA 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)  //231//27-3//17-16-  SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  82  VO 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //231//27-3//17-16-//6-43//22345  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  445  VO,KB+FL 
If love's a sweet passion (fl)  //231//27-3//17-16-//6-43//22345  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  445  VO,KB+FL 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //53531+6//5346//565321//1234//5353
1+6//531+6 
IC-S  Stewart Airs, 1788  3:133  GF/VN/FI 
If Love's a Sweet Passion (it)    BA-E  Sturdy Beggars, 1733  41   
If Love's a Sweet Passion (t)  //345//435//435//643//321  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1775  160-161  VO/VN/GF 
If love's a sweet passion (fl)  //345//435//435//643//321  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1775  160-161  VO/VN/GF 
If Love's a Sweet Passion, &c. (it)  //231//27-3//17-17-//6-43//225  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  84  VO 
If love's a sweet passion how can it torment (fl)  //345//435//643//321  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.1  240  VO,KB 
If love's a sweet passion how can it torment (fl)  //345//435//643//321  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  48  MI,VO,KB 
If love's a sweet passion, why does it torment? (fl)  //231//27-3//17-16-//6-43//2  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  287-8  VO 
If Love's a Sweet Passion,&c. (t)  //231//27-3//17-16-//6-43//22345//3
13// 
IC-E  Apollo's Banquet 1-7, 1693  66  VN/FL 
If mankind of our sex would judge (fl)    BA-E  Vanelia, 1732  5   
If men would but remark it (fl)    BA-E  Jack Gyant Quel, 1749  16   
If men would but remark it (fl)    BA-E  Little John, 1778  59-60   
If miser bid to have & hold me (fl)  //33/22//1/5-//5-/11//33  TW-E  No Song No Sup, 1790  28-29  VO,HA/PF 
If money can effect it (fl)    BA-E  State Juggler 1733  8   
If Musick be the food of love (fl)  //4321/7-123//217-6-/5-3-//6-6-/1  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  74-5  VO 
If Musick be the voice of love (fl)  //51+7//1+56//54//35//671+  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  449  VO,KB+FL 
If Musick be the voice of love (fl)  //5-17-//15-6-//5-4-//3-5-//6-7-1//
2343//2 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
If my addresses are grateful (fl)    SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  149  VO 
If my belov'd is dead (fl)    BA-E  Love & Revenge, 1781  11   
If my deary longs to swing (fl)  //1+1+531//232//767//1+1+5/31  BA-E  Generous Free, 1731  44  VO 
If my Gayford prove true (fl)    BA-E  Love At First S, 1762  28   
If my passion want explaining (fl)  //1+6//2+1+//76543//67//1+6  BA-E  Achilles, 1733  30  VO 
If Not Recoverable to Call Away (t)    IC-E  Blome Horn, 1686  Folio 17  HN 
If Not Recoverable to Call Away (t)    IC-E  Sportsman's Horn, 1735    HN 
If Not to Call Away (t)    IC-E  Cox Horn, 1697  Folio 1  HN 
If nought but the cure (fl)  //5-11/17-6-//7-22/27-//133/321//71
 
BA-E  Chambermaid, 1730  26  VO 
If nought but the cure (fl)    BA-E  Chambermaid, 1735  26   
If nought but the cure (fl)    BA-I  Gentleman Gard, 1751  17   
If nought but the cure (fl)  //5-11/17-6-//7-22/27-//133/321  BA-E  Village Opera, 1729  56  VO 
If o'er the cruel tyrant love (fl)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13/
324321//17- 
TW-E  Artaxerxes, 1762  50-51  VO,HA 
If o'er the cruel tyrant love (fl)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13/
324321 
SC-E  Clio-4, 1778  38-39  VO,HAF+GF 
If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love (t)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-12/
3221// 
IC-E  Hill Flute, 1762  31  GF 
If Oer the Cruel Tyrant Love (t)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13/
324321 
IC-E  Longman Flute, 1769  22  GF 
If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love (t)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13/
324321 
SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  215  VO,KBF+GF 
If o'er the cruel tyrant love (fl)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13/
324321 
SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  215  VO,KBF+GF 
If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love (t)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  29  VO,HA+GF 
If o'er the cruel tyrant love (fl)  //54/3217-//12321/7-6-5-4-//3-5-13  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  29  VO,HA+GF 
If of a woman's heart you would secure you (fl)    BA-E  Love & Revenge, 1781  7   
If once the fond maiden can find (fl)    BA-E  Mad Captain, 1733  11-12   
If Phillis denies me relief (fl)  //132/132//5434/17-1//252/7-127-  SC-E  Watts MM-1, 1729  108-9  VO/VN+FL 
If Phillis deny's me relief (fl)  //132/1234//543423/17-1//251  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  450  VO,KB+FL 
If Phyllis Denies Me Relief (it)    BA-E  Jealous Clown, 1730  11   
If ply's fine speeches (fl)    BA-E  Wedding, 1729  II,7   
If politicks you study (fl)    BA-E  State Juggler 1733  22   
If Powers above Could Mind (it)  //3217-/6-4//21//7-2323/6-1212//5-  BA-E  Female Parson, 1730  27  VO 
If pow'rs above could mind (fl)  //3217-/6-4//21//7-2323/6-1212//5-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B+FL 
If Rosamond, that was so fair (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TII,228-234;MIII,115  VO 
If she may be so bold, Sir (fl)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  47   
If Sleeping now Fair Maid of Love (t), Favourite Serenade, A (at)  //31/46-2//7-6-5-/15//523/46-2//  AI-A  Johnson, F. Sheet Music  1-2  PF 
If so, no girl should e'er despair (fl)  //1+7//1+7656//56//3  BA-E  Decoy, 1733  T42M10  VO 
If sorrow the tyrant invade thy breast (fl)  //121//436//43//2  SC-E  Pills 5, 1719-20  82-84  VO 
If stern glory claim'd my lover (fl)    BA-I  Old Quizzes, 1799  27   
If tears o'er our fate (fl)  //543//432//17-//132  BA-E  Generous Free, 1731  30  VO 
If that's all you ask (fl)  //5/671+//5/4//31+3/41+4//51+5/61+6
 
SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  8  HAF,VO 
If that's all you ask my sweetest (fl)  //5/671+//5/4//31+3/41+4//51+5  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
If thats all you ask, my sweetest and featest compleatest (fl)  //5/671+//5/4//31+3/41+4//51+5/61+6
//51+5/41+4 
TW-E  Dragon/Wantley, 1738  17  OB/VN,VA,VO,HAF 
If that's all you want (fl)  //15-3/342//315/564//535  TW-E  Maid/Mill, 1765  8  VO,HAF 
If the Cat Had Gold, &c. (at). #60 (t), or  //46-5-5-6-12435//4243216-35//46-5-
5-5-6-1 
IC-E  Bunting, 1796  33  PF 
If the cheats of knaves and villains (fl)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  66   
If the dear and faithful lover (fl)  //5132//7-1//2343//35-  BA-E  Generous Free, 1731  2  VO 
If the glasses they are empty (fl)  //31/7-6-//136/316-//31/7-6-//3  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,177  VO,HAF+FL 
If the glasses they are empty (fl)  //31/7-6-//136/316-//31/7-6-  SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  82  VO,HAF+FL 
If the glasses they are empty (fl)  //31/7-6-//136/316-//31  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  451  VO,KB+FL 
If the heart of a man (fl)  //565/565//1+5/534//565/565//2+  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T22M6  VO 
If the heart of a man is deprest with cares (fl)  //565/565//1+5/534//565/565  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  45-46  VO 
If the heart of a man is deprest with cares (fl)  //565/565//1+5/534//565  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  54-55  VO 
If the heart of a puppy's depress's with cares (fl)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  24   
If the Kirk Would Lett Me Be (t)  //454/61+2+/1+64//54/561+  MS-S  Gillespie MS, 1768  99  VN 
If the laws of this land (fl)    BA-E  Rest. Charles II, 1732  33-34   
If the river's swelling waves (fl)  //31/55-//16-/3//6-7-/15-5//44/3  TW-E  Artaxerxes, 1762  52-55  VO,HA 
If the swain we sigh for please us (fl)  //342//342//31+6//45  TW-E  Midas-1, 1764  14  VO,HAF 
If the swain we sigh for press us (fl)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  9   
If the traytor be falsly vile (fl)  //321/123//43/21//7-12/243  BA-E  Quaker's Opera, 1728  21  VO 
If the treasur'd Gold could give: Man a longer time to live (fl)  //15-/34//17-12/7-//6-1/5-1//  SC-E  Sancho Songs, 1769  5  PF,VO 
If there's a man (fl)  //1+71+/54//321/5//656/767  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  17  VO 
If this be the fruit of the thing we call love (fl)    BA-E  Fox Uncas'd, 1733  26   
If this strange vice in all good singers were (fl)    SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  342-4  VO 
If this, then, Be the case, Sir (fl)    BA-E  Sturdy Beggars, 1733  17   
If thou cans't like a friend (fl)  //556/51+//345/553//345/565//1+  BA-E  Quaker's Opera, 1728  8  VO 
If Thou Were Mine Own Thing (t)  //5-6-/1235//2/6-5-6-//11/123//  IC-E  Scotch Tunes (Y), 1720  5  VN 
If thou wilt spare my hedges (fl)  //17-6-7-/17-1//217-1/7-17-//6-3/32
//141 
BA-E  Robin Hood, 1730  19  VO 
If thoughtless of Hell (fl)  //676/55//676/367//1+2+1+/567  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  74  VO 
If thus - a man can die (fl)  //667//555//666//77  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  89  VO 
If thus a man can die (fl)  //667//555//666//77  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T55M15  VO 
If thus--a man can die (fl)  //667//555//666//7-7-  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  110  VO 
If Tis Joy (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  AM-A  Hawkins MS, 1794  II,70  GF 
If tis joy to wound a love (fl)    AM-A  Shattuck MS, 1801  70  MI 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //35/654//31/654//567/1+76  AI-A  American Periodicals    3VO 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  IC-E  Cahusac Oboe, 1790  32  OB 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)    BA-E  Gentle Shepherd, 1798  15   
If Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-112  IC-E  Longman Flute, 1769  27  GF 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335  IC-E  Longman Oboe, 1770  22  OB 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  IC-E  Longman Pb, 1778  94-95  VO/GF 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  IC-E  Longman Pb, 1778  94-95  VO/GF 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113  AM-A  Marchant MS, 1783  21-23  VP,KB 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33432//15-/5-113  AM-A  Marchant MS, 1783  21-23  VP,KB 
If 'tis Joy to Wound a Lover (it)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  9   
If 'tis Joy to Wound a Lover (it)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  38   
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //54333432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,119;MIII,55-57  VO 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33434//15-/5-113  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  166,2-168  FL,BS,2VN,B,VA,VO 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33434//15-/5-113  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  166,2-168  FL,BS,2VN,B,VA,VO 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443//
32 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,KB+GF 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443//
32 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,KB+GF 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  45,1-2  VO,B+GF 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  45,1-2  VO,B+GF 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5432  AM-A  Turner MS, 1788  I,32-33  VN 
If 'Tis Joy to Wound a Lover (t)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  230-233  VO/VN/GF 
If 'tis joy to wound a lover (fl)  //543/33432//15-/5-113//1335/5443  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  230-233  VO/VN/GF 
If tis true that once (fl)  //5-117-/1123//3/23//4321/26-7-1//7
BA-E  Village Opera, 1729  41  VO 
If to a Foreign Clime You Go (at). #1 (t), or  //44345/3123//43216-5-6-/5-6-1123//
4321216-5-/5-6-11 
IC-E  Bunting, 1796  1  PF 
If to force me to sing it be your intention (fl)  //313/535//646/5567//1+71+/62+1+  AM-A  Akerman MS, 1795  69  VO 
If to force me to sing it be your intention (fl)  //313/535//646/5567//1+71+  AI-A  American MM, 1798  252-254  VO 
If to force me to sing, it be your intention (fl)  //313/535//646/5567//1+71+/62+1+  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  88-89  VO 
If to force me to sing it be your intention (fl)  //313/535//646/5567//1+71+/62+1+  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  268-269  VO 
If to love or good wine (fl)  //5-5-5-//123//43217-6-//7-1  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.1  223,2-224,1  VO,KB+FL 
If to your arms (fl)  //36342//3634//36-421//7-  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  84  VO 
If Truth Can Fix (t)  //1+3+//2+1+71+5//61+7654//34//5321
671+ 
IC-E  Delightful-2, 1745  I,18  GF 
If Truth Can Fix (t)  //1+3+//2+1+71+5//61+7654//34//5321
671+//543// 
IC-E  Johnson Flute, 1760  25  GF 
If truth can fix the wavering heart (fl)  //1+3+//21+71+5//61+7654//3  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,54  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
If truth can fix thy wav'ring heart (fl)  //1+3+//2+1+71+5//61+7654//34//5321
671+//543//2 
SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,139  VO,B,MI 
If truth can fix thy wav'ring heart (fl)  //1+3+//2+1+71+5//61+7654//37//5321
671+ 
SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  68  VO,KB+FL 
If we feel a tender passion (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  8   
If we feel a tender passion (fl)  //6-7-/17-1//217-6-/7-5-//6-7-/123/
/4321/7-7- 
BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1730  10  VO 
If we lose the fair occasion (fl)    BA-I  Stage-Coach, 1761  10   
If we must die why die we must (fl)  //5-654//313//6-7-1325//543553//233
1//7- 
TW-E  Trip/Portsmouth, 1773  16-17  VO,KBF+GT/GF 
If Were Twedy (t)  //6/567//427-/246//6/531  DA-E  Johnson CD-3, 1744  6  VN/GF 
If what I have said (fl)    BA-E  Jealous Clown, 1730  14   
If what the tower of London holds (fl)  //56/5321//367/65//1+2+/3+4+3+2+//1
+765 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO+FL 
If wine & musick have ye pow'r (fl)  //1+3+/2+1+7//1+6/55//656/43  SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  65  VO,HAF+FL 
If wine and music have the pow'r (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,202  VO 
If wine be a cordial why does it torment? (fl)  //231//27-3//17-16-  SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  82  VO 
If Ye a Highland Laddie Meet (t)  //12/3235//61+1+/51+2+//3+4+3+/2+76
AM-A  Beach MS, 1801  96-97  VO,KB 
If ye a highland laddie meet (fl)  //12/3235//61+1+/51+2+//3+4+3+/2+76
AM-A  Beach MS, 1801  96-97  VO,KB 
If Ye Kiss My Wife Ill Tell the Minister (t)  //11+/1+5//3/15//35/15//  MS-S  Fife MS, 1780  927,98v  1FI OR 2FI/VN 
If you amuse me with vain hope (fl)    BA-S  Philosopher's O, 1757  4   
If you at an office solicit your due (fl)  //123/432//321/53//456/543  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T34M9  VO 
If you at an office solicit your due (fl)  //123/432//321/53//456/543  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  59  VO 
If you at an office solicit your due (fl)  //123/432//321/53//456/543//2  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  73-74  VO 
If You at an Office Sollicit Your Due (it)    BA-E  Country Coquet, 1755  29   
If you at the office solicit your due (fl)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  20   
If you, By sordid views misled (fl)  //2+6/67//1+/7//6  SC-E  Watts MM-5, 1731  3-5  VO,HA+FL 
If you can caper as well as you modulate (fl)  //222/222//231/7-6-5-//111/321//7-5
-7-/2 
TW-E  Midas-1, 1764  30  VO,HAF 
If you can caper as well as you modulate (fl)    BA-E  Midas-2, 1764  29   
If you can caper as well as you modulate (fl)  //222/222//231/7-6-5-//111/321  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+GT+GF 
If you can caper as well as you modulate (fl)  //222/222//231/7-6-5-//111/321  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  92  VO,HAF+GT+GF 
If you consent to dance with me (fl)  //55/55//65/5//33/43//  AI-A  Johnson, F. Cotillions  4-5  PF,VO(4) 
If you Consent to Dance with Me. No. 3 (t)  //55/55//65/5//33/43//  AI-A  Johnson, F. Cotillions  4-5  PF,VO(4) 
If you did see (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  30   
If you did see (fl)  //1+1/11+//76/54//31+/27//1+  BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1730  32  VO 
If you expect to thrive amain (fl)    BA-E  State Juggler 1733  33   
If you find out his lair (fl)  //127-//112//342//334//555  AI-A  American MM, 1798  287-291  VO,B 
If You Had Been Where I Had Been (t)  //3/321//4/432//3/4321  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  IX,18-19  GF/VN 
If you have a smart wife (fl)    AI-A  Better Sort, 1789  11   
If you hope by your skill (fl)  //345/11+//71+2+/55//654/543//3+71+
 
BA-E  Mock Doctor-2, 1732  32  VO 
If you in freedom rove (fl)    BA-E  Lord Blunder's, 1733  63   
If you in this age would quickly rise high (fl)    BA-E  Vanelia, 1732  8   
If You Love Me Be Free in Expressing It (it)    BA-E  Mad Captain, 1733  21   
If you marry a wife (fl)  //345/565/1+//2+2/234/32//345/565/6
 
BA-E  Devil To Pay-1, 1731  55  VO 
If You Mean to Hire for Service (t)  //1234/55//65/1+5//65/1+5  AM-A  Van Renssel. MS, 1782  I,37  KB 
If you my wandering heart would find (fl)  //12/12321//15-5-5-//12/345-1  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  I,15  GF,VO,HAF+FL+GF 
If You My Wand'ring (t)  //1212321//15-5-5-//123451//7-222//
32113//217-7-5// 
IC-E  Johnson Flute, 1760  18  GF 
If you my wand'ring heart woud find (fl)  //12/12321//15-/5-5-//12/3451//7-2  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,159  VO,B+FL 
If you my wand'ring heart wou'd find (fl)  //12/12321//15-/5-5-//12/3451  SC-E  Vocal Enchant, 1783  258-259  VO 
If you then my dearest but make me your wife (fl)    BA-E  Vanelia, 1732  51   
If you trust your repose (fl)    BA-E  Love At First S, 1762  36   
If you want a young man (fl)  //345/675//61+6/567//1+2+3+/671+//2
+75/1+ 
TW-E  Love/Village, 1795  21-23  VO,HA 
If you wed a young virgin (fl)    BA-I  Lover His Own R, 1759  10   
If you wed a young virgin of sixteen years (fl)  //565/565//1+5/534//565/565  BA-E  Lover His Own R, 1736  5  VO 
If you, when invested with pow'r (fl)    BA-E  Sturdy Beggars, 1733  16   
If you will be still (fl)    SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  346-7  VO 
If you will but follow me (fl)    BA-E  Coach Drivers, 1766  21   
If you will dance we will sing (fl)  //33/3//22/2//56/54//  AI-A  Johnson, F. Cotillions  8-9  PF,VO(4) 
If You Will Dance we will sing. No. 5  //33/3//22/2//56/54//  AI-A  Johnson, F. Cotillions  8-9  PF,VO(4) 
If you will love me, be free in expressing it (fl)  //6656//6-6-7-//1432//32343  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  271  VO 
If you will love me, Be free in expressing it (fl)  //6656//6-6-7-//1432  SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  164-5  VO 
If You Will Not Have Me You May Lett me Go (t)  //5-1/13/21//7-2/24/32//  MS-E  Vickers MS, 1770  34  MI 
If you wou'd true courage (fl)  //5-1/43//21/2//5-1/3//31/15-  BA-E  Female Parson, 1730  22  VO 
If you would be a clever man (fl)    BA-E  Rome Excis'd, 1733  45   
If you would gain the wife, Sir (fl)    BA-E  Love & Revenge, 1781  12   
If you would keep your Damon true (fl)  //565/1+23//454/712//343/643  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,45  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
If you would keep your Damon true (fl)  //565/1+23//454/712//343  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,136  VO,B+FL 
If you'd take my advice (fl)    BA-E  Honest Electors, 1733  17   
If you'll believe me (bt)  //3/23//43//21/23//1  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  250-251  VO 
If you'll believe me (bt)  //3/23//43//21/23//1  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KB+GT 
If you'll consent my lovely dear (fl)  //432/12//17-6-/5-15-//6-7-1/2343//
32 
TW-E  Fair American, 1782  44-45  VO,KB 
If your failings you'd hide (fl)    BA-E  Calista, 1731  41   
If You're Not to Proud (t)  //112/334//556/223  IC-E  Cahusac Flute, 1792  24  GF 
If You're Not to Proud (t)  //112/334//556/223//4654/3565//  IC-E  Cahusac Flute, 1798  24  FL 
If you're not too proud (fl)  //111/333//556/223//4654/3565  AI-A  American Periodicals    VO,KB 
If You're Not Too Proud for a Word of Advice (t)  //112/334//556/223//4654/3565  IC-E  Cahusac Flute, 1788  24  GF 
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