Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839
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Tis a custom that ne'er will decay (fl)    BA-E  False Guardians, 1740  II,22   
Tis a foolish mistake (fl)    SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  115  VO 
'Tis a maxim I hold (fl)  //1234/531//4345/671+//1+543/2654  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  1  VO,KB+GF+GT 
'Tis a pitiful thing that now adays sirs (fl)    SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  T249-52M246-7  VO 
'Tis a trick I learn'd at schule (fl)    BA-E  Coach Drivers, 1766  3-4   
'Tis a twelvemonth ago nay perhaps they are twain (fl)  //355//111//4654//34554//31364//2  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
Tis All a Joke,' (t)    AI-A  Amer Ladies PB, 1802  3   
Tis All a Joke,' (t)    AI-A  Lady's Monitor, 1801  1/18,143   
'Tis all click clack, &c. (bt)  //35/1+76//5/1//43/21//5  TW-E  Fair American, 1782  10-11  VO,KB 
Tis artifice all (bt)    AM-A  Tuesday Club MS, 1745  4/281   
Tis Best Kissing (t)  //313/4231//6-6-6-6-/5-6-12//3236/5
31+3 		 AM-A  Beck MS, 1786  19  GF 
'tis better by half love and nectar to quaff (bt)  //27-5-//316-//427-//5  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  122-123  VO 
Tis bright Bacchus alone (fl)    BA-E  Oxford, 1733  41   
'Tis bumpers lull all cares to rest (fl)  //1+765/65//4321/55//1+5/65  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  66  VO,HAF 
Tis But Fancy's Sketch (t)  //565/5432//1/11//565/5432  AI-A  Blake Amus 1, 1824  23  CL 
Tis But Fancy's Sketch (t)  //153+2+/2+1+76//6543/3217-//153+2+
/2+1+76 		 AI-A  Riley Flute 2, 1817  31  FL 
'Tis Ceres bids play (fl)  //1+12/31+//765/66//543  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.2  152  2CORNI,2VN,2OB,2VO,KBF 
'Tis done! The edict past (fl)  //1+5/67//1+5//1+76/54//43  AI-A  American MM, 1798  142-147  3VO 
'Tis done! The edict past (fl)  //1+5/67//1+5//1+76/54//43/7  AI-A  American Periodicals    3VO,KB 
Tis freedom's day, let millions rise (bt) (bt)  //1/13//57/1+2+//1+1/35//6543/3  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  118-120  2VO 
Tis freedom's day-let millions rise (bt)  //1/13//57/1+2+//1+1/35  AM-A  Dickinson MS, 1800  138  2VO:(S)B 
'Tis gold alone employs all his care (fl)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  53   
Tis gold alone employs all his care (fl)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  53   
Tis gold is the cause of all our woes (fl)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  28   
Tis gold that tempts the statesman (fl)    BA-E  Female Rake, 1736  12   
Tis gold that tempts the statesman (fl)    BA-E  Woman Of Taste, 1738  6   
'Tis gone, The black and gloomy year (fl)    SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  278-9  VO 
Tis grog that banishes sorrow (fl)    BA-S  Coup De Main, 1784  9   
Tis he's an honest fellow (fl)  //3111/351+//61+51+1+/41+35//3111  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  341  VO,KB+FL 
'Tis hope that sweetens want and woe (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  9   
'Tis hope that sweetens want and woe (fl)  //35/1+7//6543/24//5321/345//1+  BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1730  12  VO 
Tis, I vow, and swear (fl)  //1+3+/2+75//61+/753//46/531  BA-E  Devil To Pay-1, 1731  4  VO 
Tis, I vow and swear (fl)  //1+3+/2+75//61+/753//46/531  BA-E  Devil To Pay-2, 1731  3  VO 
Tis interest that governs (fl)    BA-E  Mock Lawyer-L, 1733  13   
Tis int'rest that governs mankind (fl)  //666/555//12/343//217-6-/33  BA-E  Beggar's Wed, 1729  T8M1  VO 
Tis known to wise sages, who judge of the mind (fl)    BA-S  Disappointed G, 1738  74   
Tis liberty dear liberty alone (fl)  //323432/11+//3+2+3+4+3+2+/1+1+//54
321/21+ 		 SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  36-37  VO,HAF+GF 
'Tis liberty, Dear liberty alone (fl)  //323432/1/1+//54321/2  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  18-19  VO,HA 
Tis Love In the Heart (t)  //5-3-4-2-/1-1//7-216-/5-4-3-1-//3-
5-/4-6- 		 AI-A  Riley Flute 3, 1820  32  FL 
Tis love like the Sun (bt)  //324//321//217-//13//27-53  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  198-200  4VO,HA 
Tis love, like the Sun, &c. (bt)  //324//321//217-//13  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,226-228;MIII,113-11  VO 
'Tis love like the sun, &c. (bt)  //1+1+3+2+1+//2+54//365432//11+//2+
1+765//3+45 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1,DUP  VO,KB+GF 
Tis man alone so subtle wise is (fl)    BA-E  Cure For Scold, 1735  5   
'Tis manifest to all the world (fl)  //13/345//63/31+//76/75//6  BA-E  Decoy, 1733  T58M14  VO 
'Tis masonry unites mankind (fl)  //11/15-//1/2//3  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,65  2VO 
'Tis money makes the coward brave (fl)    AI-A  Disappointment, 1767  29-30   
'Tis money o'ercomes all (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  34   
'Tis money that makes us great (fl)  //434543432//1233217-6  BA-E  Decoy, 1733  T50M12  VO 
'Tis money that seduces all mankind (fl)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  32-33   
Tis money that seduces all mankind (fl)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  32-33   
'tis My Glory (it)    BA-E  Wedding, 1729  II,16   
'Tis my glory to adore you (fl)  //543//4254//3161//7-1  SC-E  Pocket Comp, 1725  9  VO,HAF+FL 
Tis my glory to adore you; per la gloria da dorarvi (fl)  //543//4254//3161//7-1//23  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  342  VO,KB+FL 
Tis Nae Very Lang Sinsyne,' (t)  //131/531/27-5-//131/531/25-//131/4
21/7-32 		 SC-S  Scots MM-6, 1803  569  VO,PF 
'Tis nae very lang sinsyne (fl)  //131/531/27-5-//131/531/25-//131/4
21/7-32 		 SC-S  Scots MM-6, 1803  569  VO,PF 
Tis night & the landscape is lovely no more (fl)  //24/32//15-/5//464/32/1  AM-A  Hiester MS-1, 1793  51-52  KB,VO 
'Tis not a kiss, or gentle squeeze (fl)    SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  271  VO 
Tis not long since old England you thought to bring low (fl)    BA-E  Sailors Opera 1789  32   
Tis Not My Ain House (t)  //3-5-1-5/321+//6-7-15-3-/6-2-4-//3
- 		 DA-E  Bride CD, 1776  III,89V  VN/OB/GF 
Tis Not the Beam of a Languishing Eye (t)  //345/234//654/355-//121/7-25  AI-A  Riley Flute 3, 1820  72  FL 
Tis Not the Bloom on Damon's Cheek.' (t)  //535/13//23432/11//7-6-5-7-/1335//
4534/32 		 AI-A  American SS-SM  1-3  VO,KB 
Tis not the bloom on Damon's cheek,' (fl)  //535/13//23432/11//7-6-5-7-/1335//
4534/32 		 AI-A  American SS-SM  1-3  VO,KB 
Tis not the liquid brightness of those eyes (fl)  //711+//71+2+4//351+//654//31+71+7  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  60-61  VO,HAF+GF 
'Tis not the tint of ruby hue (fl)  //5/55//1+/5//51+/71+//2+  AI-A  American SS-SM  1  VO,KB 
'Tis not true that in our grief (fl)  //1/2//36-/217-//1//43//321  TW-E  Artaxerxes, 1762  84-85  VO,HA 
'Tis not wealth (fl)  //33525//33525//11+7//65  TW-E  Love/Village, 1795  51  VO,HA 
Tis Not Wealth,' (t)  //33525/33525//11+7//65//43  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  54  HAF,VO+FL/GT 
Tis not wealth,' (fl)  //33525/33525//11+7//65//43  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  54  HAF,VO+FL/GT 
Tis Not Wealth,' (t)  //33525//33525//11+7//65//43  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  27  VO,HA 
Tis Not Wealth (t)  //3525//3525//11+7//65//43//4342//  IC-E  Thorowgood Guitar, 1763  26-27  GT 
Tis not wealth it is not birth (fl)  //33525//33525//11+7//65//43  SC-E  Clio-4, 1778  52-53  VO,HAF+MI 
Tis not wealth it is not birth,' (fl)  //33525//33525//11+7//65//43  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  27  VO,HA 
Tis not yet day (bt)    SC-E  Calliope, 1788  T439-440M52  VO 
Tis not yet day (bt) (bt)    AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  T134M35  VO 
'Tis not yet day, &c (bt)    SC-S  Edinburgh MM-1, 1792  T130M128-129  VO 
Tis not your saying that you love (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,30-31  VO 
'Tis nought, 'tis nought (bt)  //534/567//1+76/543//2  TW-E  Summer Amuse, 1779  34  VO/VN,HA 
'Tis now or we never can bend (fl)    BA-E  Mad Captain, 1733  8   
Tis now since I sat down before (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,131-133  VO 
'Tis now since I sat down before (fl)  //61+/76//56/365//432/17-6-  SC-E  Watts MM-3, 1730  17-19  VO,HA+FL 
Tis now the noon of gloomy night (fl)    BA-E  Lucinda, 1769  249-250   
Tis past the fair one's art (fl)    BA-E  Female Rake, 1736  22   
Tis past the fair one's art (fl)    BA-E  Woman Of Taste, 1738  17   
Tis poor rogues only hang, love (fl)    BA-E  Vanelia, 1732  20   
'Tis said we ven'trous diehards (fl)  //11/23//4/3//217-/12  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-1, 1792  212-214  VO 
'Tis said we young ladies (fl)  //121/7-6-5-//232/2234//531/153//3  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B 
'Tis sweet, when time allows (fl)    BA-E  Conspirators, 1749  45-46   
Tis the best of all juice (fl)    BA-E  Ship-Wreck, 1746  41   
'Tis the birth day of Phillis (fl)  //1+3+2+1+7//1+55//61+7654//35//654
321 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,KBF+GF 
'Tis the nature, and the state (fl)    BA-I  Cobler's Op-1, 1729  28   
Tis the nature, and the state (fl)    BA-E  Cobler's Op-2, 1729  T30  VO 
'Tis the people's strength (fl)    BA-E  Critic Upon Cr, 1788  40   
'Tis the sparkling champaign, &c. (bt)  //351+3+//2+7//1+7654//34//51+765  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KB 
'Tis the sparkling champaign, &c. (bt)  //351+3+//2+7//1+7654//34//51+765  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KB 
Tis Thee I Love (t)  //6563//671+7//6563//2343//217-//3  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,195  VO,HAF+FL 
Tis thee I love (fl)  //6563//671+7//6563//2343//217-//3  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,195  VO,HAF+FL 
Tis thee I love (fl)  //6563//671+7//6563//2343//217-//32
17-6-// 		 IC-E  Prelleur Modern, 1731  24  VO 
Tis thee I love I'll constant prove (fl)  //2+1+2+6//2+3+4+3+//2+1+2+6//5676/
/543 		 SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  77  VO,HAF+FL 
'Tis these broad shoulders that sustain (fl)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  24-25   
Tis these broad shoulders that sustain (fl)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  24-25   
'Tis this o'ercomes all (fl)  //1+1+1+/1+1+//35/5//1+1+7/54//3455
 		 BA-E  Generous Free, 1731  9  VO 
Tis thus the tuneful feather'd kind (fl)    BA-E  Raree Show, 1739  29   
Tis thus we shepherds live (fl)    BA-E  Shepherd's Op, 1739  23   
'Tis thus with a wife, and a prosperous life (fl)  //111/111//222/24//5321/4217-  TW-E  Genius, 1784  27-29  VO,HAF 
Tis Time Enough Yet (t)  //567/1+76//564/34//54321/671+  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  14-15  VO,HAF 
'Tis time my dear Fanny to leave off your fooling (fl)  //633/36-3//4234//433//1+76  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  343  VO,KB+FL 
Tis time to wed when beggars woo (fl)  //1232/1232//16-/6-5-//1232/1231  BA-E  Beggar's Wed, 1729  T50M9  VO 
Tis true (bt)  //315/531+//54/35//643/254  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  8  VO,KB+GT 
'Tis true, my good dear I am bone of your bone (fl)  //1/5-6-//6-5-/2-//3-4-5-/4-5-//2-/
5- 		 BA-E  Mock Doctor-1, 1732  6  VO 
'Tis true the law I do profess (fl)  //53/24//36/57-//11+/76  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  195  VO,KB 
'Tis Washington's health (fl)  //112//323//432//17-1//27-5-//317-6
-//5- 		 AI-A  American SS-SM  3  VO,B 
'Tis we that command (fl)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  28   
Tis we that command (fl)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  28   
Tis wine, &c. (bt)  //31/53//671+6/71+//2+5/45  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TII,42-43;MIII,212-213  VO 
Tis wine makes us love (fl)  //553/11+//1+654/34//517-/6-6-4  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  25  VO,HAF 
'tis wine, pure wine, &c. (bt)  //31/53//671+6/71+//2+5/45  SC-E  Pills 5, 1719-20  144-5  VO 
'tis wine, pure wine, revives sad souls &c (bt)  //31/53//671+6/71+//2+5/45  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  194-195  VO 
Tis wine that clears the understanding (fl)    BA-S  Devil Duke-3, 1733  34   
Tis wine that creates (fl)  //1+76//56//54321  BA-E  Beggar's Wed, 1729  T30M6  VO 
Tis wine that creates (fl)    BA-E  Phebe, 1729  27   
'tis wine, wine, women and wine (bt)  //6563/2343//27-1/5-//6-7-/17-6-  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  264-265  VO 
'Tis wisest to drive softly (fl)    BA-E  Coach Drivers, 1766  2   
'Tis woman that seduc'd my mother's son (fl)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  3   
'Tis Woman that Seduces All (it)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  32-33   
Tis Woman that Seduces All &c (it)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  32-33   
'Tis woman that seduces all mankind (fl)  //17-12/321//3456/55  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T2M1  VO 
'Tis woman that seduces all mankind (fl)  //17-6-2/321//3456/56//5653/4321//7
-123/23 		 BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  21  VO 
'Tis woman that seduces all mankind (fl)  //17-12/321//3456/56//5653/4321  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  23-24  VO 
Tis Woman that Seduces &c (it)    BA-E  Mock Lawyer-L, 1733  13   
Tis wondrous hard a licens'd bard (fl)  //23212//7-17-6-5-//4-3-2-1-1-1//54
34 		 SC-E  Musical Cent-2, 1740  46  VO,KB+FL 
'Tis you Sir you are a very bad fellow (fl)  //1+7//63//434254//315//1+1+1+//765
646//2+2+2+ 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  3VO 
'Tis yours to possess if you practice no harm (fl)  //15-6-4-/3-5-12//3143/234//5231/7-
252//316-4- 		 TW-E  Enchanted Cas, 1787  20-21  VO,KB 
Tissoney's Cotillon (t)    AM-A  New Hampshire MS, 1795  12   
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