Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839
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We All Be Merry (t)  //31123/4226//531+3/22254//31123/42
26 
DA-E  Johnson CD-7, 1756  47  VN/GF 
We all say (fl)  //3-5-1/353//416-/4-6-1//4-  TW-E  Lionel & Clar, 1768  52-53  VO,HAF 
We All to Conquering Beauty Bow (it)  //65/63//61+7/53//6563/4321  BA-E  Devil To Pay-1, 1731  26  VO 
We all to conquering beauty bow (fl)  //65/63//61+7/543//6563/4321//7-  SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  36-37  VO 
We all to conquering beauty bow (fl)  //65/63//61+7/543//6563/4321  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,183;MIII,83-84  VO 
We all were born upon the coast (fl)    BA-E  Ship-Wreck, 1746  42-43   
We Are All a Coming (t)  //5+3+1+//71+71+//6432  DA-E  Thompson CD-5, 1788  42  VN/GF/OB 
We Are All a Coming (t)  //5+/3+1+//71+/71+//64/32//  DA-E  Thompson CD-5a, 1788  42  VN/GF/OB 
We Are All Dead with Drinking (t)  //3455-5-/325//3455-5-/16-6-5//3455
-5- 
DA-E  Rutherf CD-2.2, 1760  87  MI 
We Are All Forsaken for What Siller (t)  //32/7-27-/6-16-//13//316-/7-24//  MS-E  Vickers MS, 1770  89  MI 
We Are All Merry (t)  //66661+/757//665/4223//66661+/756/
IC-S  Stewart Reels, 1775  40  VN/GF,VC/HA 
We Are All of a Bunch (t)  //111/111//135/531//7-7-7-/7-7-7-  DA-E  Johnson CD-7, 1756  20  VN/GF 
We Are All Right at Canterbury (t)  //1231/432//1231/27-6-5-//1324/3531
//5-17-2 
DA-E  Rutherf CD-2.1, 1756  7  VN/GF/OB 
We Are Gayly Yet (t)  //1+/3+//2+7/5//67/1+6  DA-E  Thompson CD-3, 1773  59  VN/GF/OB 
We Are Gayly Yet (t)  //1+/3+//2+7/5//67/1+6//  DA-E  Thompson CD-3a, 1773  28  VN/GF/OB 
We Are Here Again (t)    AI-A  Ladies and Gent's Comp, 1803  21   
We are mere outside pretenders (fl)    BA-E  Disappointment, 1732  12   
We are na fou, we're na that fou, &c (bt)  //51+6/6543//62+/1+765//56/5321  SC-S  Scots MM-3, 1790  301  VO,PF 
We Are on Our March to Boston (t)  //3/323//43/21//7-1/23  AM-A  Cabot MS, 1784  19  GF 
We are on our march to Boston (t)  //3/323//43/21//7-1/23//  AM-A  Morris MS, 1776  26v  FI 
We Are on Our March to Boston (t)  //13/13//53/15//23/23//27-  AM-A  Willis MS, 1795  39  MI 
We are wiser than the miser (fl)  //3543//27-12//3543//27-1//1  BA-E  Robin Hood, 1730  24  VO 
We Be de Merry Savoyard (t)    AM-A  Huntington MS, 1817  III.20  FL/VN 
We beg, But in a higher strain (fl)  //6-3/654//3451/7-6-5-//6-3  BA-E  Jovial Crew, 1731  17-18  VO 
We bipeds made up of frail clay (fl)  //335/112//3/2//345/543//32  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  48-50  VO 
We Brought the Summer with Us (at). #61 (t), or  //5-5-6-1/222//231/25-//123/42  IC-E  Bunting, 1796  33  PF 
We Cant Help It Now (t)  //12/16//53/21//1+2+/1+6  MS-E  Hammersley MS, 1790  95B  MI 
We Cheated the Parson (it)  //123/27-5-//12/33//456/531//42/7-5
 
BA-E  Achilles, 1733  20  VO 
We Cheated the Parson (it)    BA-E  Court & Country, 1743  6-7   
We Cheated the Parson (it)    BA-E  Fox Uncas'd, 1733  34   
We Cheated the Parson (it)    BA-E  Rome Excis'd, 1733  25   
We claim tythe of most things now under the sun (fl)    BA-E  Fox Uncas'd, 1733  20   
We defye all care and strife (bt)  //67/1+76//56/3//33+  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  479  VO,KB+FL 
We Dragoons Lead Merry Lives (it)  //1+7/1+2+//1+7/6//76/71+//6/5  BA-E  Patron, 1729  15  VO 
We find, By experience, A woman (fl)    BA-E  State Juggler 1733  10   
We follow brave Hanniball & Scipio (fl)  //3/5//1+1+2//3456/543  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  389  VO,KB+FL 
We had a balloon there (fl)    AI-A  Darby's Return, 1789  13-14   
We hate the hasty lover (fl)    BA-E  Court & Country, 1743  53   
We Have Cheated the Parson (it)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  32   
We Have Nothing Else to Do (t)  //121/353/27-5-//121/353/427-//121/
345/671+ 
DA-E  Johnson CD-8, 1758  83  VN/GF 
We Have Nothing Else to Do (t)  //121/353/27-5-//121/353/427-//121/
345/671+ 
DA-E  Thompson CD-1, 1757  65  VN/GF/OB 
We Have Nothing Else to Do (t)  //121/353/27-5-//121/353/427-//  DA-E  Thompson CD-1a, 1757  64  VN/GF/OB 
We kings who are in our senses (fl)  //13/13//13/4321//7-2/7-2//7-  AI-A  Gent's Amus, 1794  57  GF/VN/VO 
We know that priests and friars (fl)    BA-E  Fox Uncas'd, 1733  17   
We laugh a little and drink a little (bt) (bt)  //55/44//33/22//11/22  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  176-177  VO 
We, like superiors sure shou'd know (fl)  //36/656//76/671+//2+3+/2+765//5  BA-E  Quaker's Opera, 1728  2  VO 
We live in many a straw roof'd cot (fl)  //11133//1//355/33355//3  TW-E  Midnight Wand, 1793  42-51  5VO,KB,MI 
We London valets all are creatures, (fl)  //565/565//671+/757//1+3/65  SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  172-4  VO 
We London vallets all are creatures (fl)  //565/565//671+/757//1+3/65  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO/FL,B 
We maids for husbands fit, Sir (fl)  //17-6-7-/17-1//217-1/217-//6-3/32  BA-E  Lover His Own R, 1736  24-25  VO 
We maids for husbands fit, Sir (fl)    BA-I  Lover His Own R, 1759  26   
We may resolve to resist temptation (fl)  //1+7654//315//1+2+2+//3+51//3+  BA-E  Achilles, 1733  56  VO 
We May Roam Through This World (t), or Cary Owen (at)  //654/321//343/31+7//654/321//  AM-A  Irving MS, 1796  148  1 MI 
We merry wives of windsor (fl)  //56/54//3/15//61+/71+2+1+//1+/1+2+
 
SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  211-2  VO 
We Met (t)  //35-13//35-1//343//325-//25-7-2//4
24 
AI-A  Riley Flute 4, 1826  79  FL 
We never blame the forward swain (fl)  //6-2/23//432/234//56/5321  BA-E  Polly, 1729  T38M15  VO,B 
We never blame the forward swain (fl)    BA-E  Polly, 1777  39   
We Oft Have Drank Stinking Water (it)    BA-I  Cobler's Op-1, 1729  27   
We Oft Have Drank Stinking Water (it)  //112/323//11/17-6-//5-5-/5-3-  BA-E  Cobler's Op-2, 1729  T29M8  VO 
We ought to revolve in our mind (fl)    BA-E  Sturdy Beggars, 1733  51   
We Politick Kings (it)    BA-E  Art of Management, 1735  46   
We Politick Kings (it)    BA-E  Country Coquet, 1755  6   
We prophets of the modern race (fl)  //66/67//1+6/653//55/1+2+3+  SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  105-6  VO 
We prophets of the modern race (fl)  //66/67//1+6/633//55/1+2+3+  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO/FL,B 
We sing a little & laugh a little (bt) (bt)  //55/44//33/22//11/22  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  52-53  VO 
We sing a little, and laugh a little &c (bt)  //55/44//33/22//11/22  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  186-165(189)  VO 
We sing a little, &c. (bt)  //55/44//33/22//11/2  AI-A  American MM, 1798  17-20  VO 
We sing a little &c (bt)  //55/44//33/22//11/22  AI-A  Young's Vocal, 1793  48-49  VO,PF 
We sing not now of Grecian days (fl)  //4321/7-1//5-4-/3-5-//6-7-12/5-4  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  18  VO,HAF+GT/GF 
We soldiers drink, we soldiers sing (fl)  //11/31//44/432//11/31//55/5  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  362-363  VO 
We the sword of justice drawing (fl)  //534/534//5456/51//534  BA-E  Polly, 1729  T58M23  VO,B 
We the sword of valour drawing (fl)    BA-E  Polly, 1777  46   
We the veil of fate undraw (fl)  //56/34//56/34//55/43  TW-E  Pirates, 1792  85-86  3VO,KB 
We there will laugh at those credulous fools (fl)  //1+1//543//671+//7  BA-E  Penelope, 1728  T31M12  VO 
We wake to love, &c (bt)  //121/323//213/24//31/7-2  TW-E  Highland Reel, 1788  10-11  2VO,KB 
We Will All Ly Together (t)  //11/5-1/321//121/5-1/7-12//  MS-E  Vickers MS, 1770  146  MI 
We Will Be Merry In Our Old Clothes (t)  //1+5/671+765//1+/56//71+7/742  MS-E  Hammersley MS, 1790  41B  MI 
We Will Down with the French (t)  //53/53//121/3//43/43  DA-E  Bride CD, 1776  III,92  VN/OB/GF 
We Will Down with the French (t)  //53/53//121/3//43/43//  MS-S  Fife MS, 1780  430,44v  1FI OR 2FI/VN 
We Will Down with the French (t)  //53/53//121/3//43/43  DA-E  Thompson CD-4, 1780  8  VN/GF/OB 
We Will Down with the French (t)  //53/53//121/3//43/43//  DA-E  Thompson CD-4a, 1780  9  VN/GF/OB 
We with Fun the Stocking Throw (t)  //11/121/7-6-5-//11/123/432  IC-E  Balls Amus 3, 1830  34  FL/VN 
We with Fun the Stocking Throw (t)  //11/121/7-6-5-//11/123/432  AI-A  Riley Flute 2, 1817  43  FL 
We women appear now kind, now severe (fl)  //1+7654//34/54321//7-2//  BA-E  Silvia, 1731  40  VO 
We women like poor Indians trade (fl)  //135//575//61+//565//61//531  TW-E  Love/Village, 1795  24  VO,HA 
We Women like poor Indians Trade (t)  //135//565//61+//565//61+//531//  AM-A  White, G. MS, 1790  76  VN 
We women wou'd be forc'd to bliss (fl)  //13/313//7-2/27-2//13/313//5/1+5-  BA-E  Lover His Own R, 1736  28  VO 
We women would be forced (fl)    BA-I  Lover His Own R, 1759  30   
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