Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839
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Text Incipit  Gnr-Cntry  Short Title Page Instrument 
We'r Aw Forsaken for Want Aw Siller (t)  //32/7-127-/6-7-16-//13/316-/7-24  DA-E  Walsh CD-2.2, 1735  50  VO/OB/GF/FL 
We'r Aw Forsaken for Want Aw Siller (t)  //32/7-127-/6-7-16-//13/316-/7-24  DA-E  Walsh CD-3.2, 1749  50  VN/OB/GF 
We're a Forsaken for Want O' Siller (t)  //7-124/32//7-127-/6-7-16-//13/316-
 
IC-S  Stewart Airs, 1788  1:26-27  GF/VN/FI 
We're A' Kiss'd Sleeping-1 (t)  //1/5-//7-232//1/5-  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  XI,4  GF/VN 
We're A' Kiss'd Sleeping-2 (t)  //11+/11+//7-7/427-//11+/11+  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  XI,4  GF/VN 
We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, &c (bt)  //113/555//671+6//5//113/555  SC-S  Scots MM-6, 1803  540  VO,PF 
We're A'kiss'd Sleeping (t)  //1/5-//7-232//1/5-//11+  DA-E  Rutherf CD-2.2, 1760  86  MI 
Were alaster and I but join'd (fl)  //345/567//656/44//345/565  BA-E  Highland Fair, 1731  45  VO 
Were all womens secrets known (fl)  //37-/57-//17-12/11//5-1/217-6-  BA-E  Intriguing Cham, 1750  27-28  VO 
Were Celia kind as she is fair (fl)  //1212321//255-//1321//7-//2223//55
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B+FL 
Were crimes to be punish'd as they shou'd be (fl)    BA-E  Court & Country, 1743  43   
Were ever three sisters so lericompoop'd (bt)  //365/654321//7-122/217-//123/311  SC-E  Pills 1, 1719-20  185-7  VO 
We're gaily yet (bt) (fl)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  466  VO 
We're Gaily Yet(bt)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  466  VO 
We're gaily yet, and we're gaily yet (bt) (fl)  //15/543//26/671+//13/535  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  276  VO 
We're Gaily Yet (at). Song 252 (t), or  //15/543//26/671+//134/535  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  466  VO 
We're Gaily Yet(2nd Pt) (t)  //11+/53/42//11+/543/456  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  467  VO 
We're Gayly Yet (t)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535  DA-E  Johnson CD-5, 1750  25  VN/GF 
We're Gayly Yet (t)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B 
We're Gayly Yet (t)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1,DUP  VO,B 
We're gayly yet (fl)(bt)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B 
We're gayly yet (fl)(bt)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1,DUP  VO,B 
We're gayly yet (bt)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B 
We're gayly yet (bt)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//15  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1,DUP  VO,B 
We're Gayly Yet (t)  //15/543//26/671+//134/535//  DA-E  Universal Magazine  185, 1749  MI 
Were I as poor as wretch can be (fl)  //67/1+3//42/33//65/4321  TW-E  Thomas & Sally, 1761  10-12  VO,HAF 
Were I assur'd you'd constant prove (fl)  //51+351+3/2123//565653/5576//51+51
+31+31+/2123 
BA-E  Gentle Shepherd, 1775  68-69  VO 
Were I assur'd you'd constant prove (fl)  //5321/6-5-6-1//565653/56//56534321
/6-5-6-13 
SC-S  Scots MM-3, 1790  257  VO,PF 
Were I assur'd you'll constant prove (fl)    BA-S  Gentle Shepherd, 1753  34   
Were I entranc'd but in thy arms (fl)  //35/3532//17-6-/6-5-6-//12/3453  BA-E  Merry Cobler, 1735  20  VO 
Were I laid on Greenland's coast (fl)  //1232/1232//16-/6-5-//1232/1231//4
2/25- 
BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  39-40  VO 
Were I laid on Greenland's coast (fl)  //1232/1232//16-/6-5-//1232/1231  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  47  VO 
Were I laid on Scotland's coast (fl)    BA-I  Author's Farce, 1730  45   
Were I oblig'd to beg my bread (fl)  //66/671+//55/54//33/345  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  43-44  VO 
Were I oblig'd to beg my bread (fl)  //66/671+//55/54//33/345//2  AI-A  Gent's Amus, 1794  59  GF/VN/VO 
Were I oblig'd to beg my bread (fl)  //66/671+//55/54//33/345//  AM-A  Pynchon MS, 1797  3r  MI 
Were I obliged to beg my bread (fl)  //566671+//55/54//33/345//22/25//66
61+71+2+1+71+6 
AM-A  Aborn MS, 1790  126-128  VO,KB 
Were I to chose my fav'rite charms (fl)  //5-6-7-/17-1//22/212//33/321  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  81  VO 
Were kings and their people permitted to see (fl)    BA-E  Jack Gyant Quel, 1749  26   
We're kings and we're princes of thunder (bt)    BA-E  Calista, 1731  22   
Were Na My Heart Light I Wad Die (t)  //6-12/356//532/15-//6-12/356  SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  126  VO,PF 
Were na' my hearts light I wad die (bt)  //6-12/356//532/15-//6-12/356  SC-E  Orpheus Cal-1, 1733  T88-90MOP89  VO,HA+GF 
Were Na' My Hearts Light I Wad Die (t), or Song 40 (at)  //6-12/356//532/15-//6-12/356  SC-E  Orpheus Cal-1, 1733  T88-90MOP89  VO,HA+GF 
Were not the sinful Mary's tears (fl)  //32/17-16-//5-6-/5-5-//6-7-/17-1  AM-A  Beach MS, 1801  141  KB 
Were to my wish thy temples bound (fl)  //1335/543//4661+/1+2+3+2+//1+543/6
5//4321 
SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+GF 
Were we but in wedlock join'd (fl)  //5-1/13//217-/6-//17-6-5-/123//432
1/345 
BA-E  Highland Fair, 1731  27  VO 
Were women wise they would not wed (fl)    BA-E  Cure For Scold, 1735  40   
Were't not for Kate's too pow'rful charms (fl)    BA-S  Jamie and Bess, 1787  13-14   
Wer't not my right (fl)    BA-E  Rest. Charles II, 1732  29   
Wert Thou But My Ain Thing (it)  //5-1/13//217-/6-//17-6-5-/123//432
1/345 
BA-E  Highland Fair, 1731  27  VO 
Wert thou yet fairer than thou art (fl)  //521+/76//55/67-  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  10-11  VO,HAF+GF 
Wertemberg Waltz (t)  //111//333//555//67//1+76//543  AM-A  Morse MS, 1811  23  MI,B 
Werter's Sonnet (t)  //5/434//3/3//34/23  AM-A  Psalmody MS, 1798  39  MI 
Werth Hornpipe, The (t)  //1+34/5353//1+34/51+//6543/22+4+  AM-A  Shattuck MS, 1801  103  MI 
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