Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839
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Why alas do you now leave me (fl)  //1+3+/671+//76/543//1+3+/64+3+2+//
1+76/6 		 SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  309  VO 
Why all these pretences (fl)    BA-E  Oxford, 1733  36   
Why all this whining (fl)  //12345//65//443//32//117-  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  474  VO,KB+FL 
Why all this whining (fl)  //12345//65//443//32//117-  SC-E  Watts MM-4, 1730  24-26  VO,HA 
Why Am I Doom'd, &c. (t)  //1+765671+//543//654321//17-//571+
2+3+ 		 SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  223  VO,HA 
Why am I doom'd,&c. (fl)  //1+765671+//543//654321//17-//571+
2+3+ 		 SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  223  VO,HA 
Why am I the only creature (fl)  //6-1/34//3217-/17-6-//7-7-/13-  SC-E  Pills 5, 1719-20  165-6  VO 
Why am I ye powers above (fl)    BA-S  Coup De Main, 1784  24   
Why Are Mine Eyes Still Flowing (it)  //134//27-//17-1321//7-7-//1  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T55M15  VO 
Why Are Mine Eyes Still Flowing (it)  //134//27-//17-1321//7-7-  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  90  VO 
Why Are Mine Eyes Still Flowing? (it)  //134//27-//17-1321//7-7-//1  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  111  VO 
Why are my eyes still flowing (fl)  //134//27-//17-1321//7-7-  SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  198-9  VO 
Why are you kind too late (fl)  //3234//25-54//5645-//5-5-  SC-E  Pocket Comp, 1725  30  VO,HAF+FL 
Why art thou drest, my lovely maid (fl)  //17-6-/6-43//217-6-/6-3//4321/3452
//43 		 SC-E  Convivial, 1782  350-351  VO 
Why art thou drest, my lovely maid! (fl)  //17-6-/6-43//217-6-/6-3//4321/3452
 		 SC-E  Watts MM-1, 1729  12-13  VO/VN+FL 
Why Aske You (t)  //31+/757//636/533//345/671+6//  MS-E  Fitzwilliam MS-2, 1609  192  VI 
Why Aske You (t)  //53+/2+72+//1+51+/7//53+//2+72+//  MS-E  Fitzwilliam MS-2, 1609  462-464  VI 
Why charmer why (fl)  //1+/2+3+4+//3+3//61+/76//54/3  BA-E  Patron, 1729  7  VO 
Why Cloe Still These Jealous Heats (t)  //7-6-//5-1//23432//35//643212//642
1 		 IC-E  Delightful-2, 1745  V,22  GF 
Why Cloe still those jealous heats (fl)  //7-6-//5-1//23432  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  196-7  VO,HAF 
Why Coelia this wavering & doubting (fl)  //321/217-//123234/33//217-  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,185  MI,VO,B+FL 
Why Collin, must your Laura mourn (fl)    AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  T16M15  VO 
Why, Cruel creature, why so bent (fl)  //3154321//7-1//2123234//3  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,1  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
Why cruel creature, why so bent (fl)  //6/52//12/3//61+/76//5  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,63  VO,HAF+FL 
Why cruel creature, why so bent (fl)  //6/32//12/3//61+/76  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,45-46;MIII,18  VO 
Why, Cruel creature, why so bent (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-3, 1730  T86M84-85+87  VO,HA+FL 
Why d' ye with such disdain refuse (fl)  //31/27-//123/434//55/4321  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,116-117;MIII,54-55  VO 
Why, Delia, Ever when I gaze (fl)  //16-5-7-/6-6-//7-217-/12//34/317-6
- 		 SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,16-17;MIII,7  VO 
Why Did You Prmis to Mary Me (t)    AM-A  Johnson, J. MS, 1769  15r   
Why Did You Promise to Marry? (t)  //11/121/7-5-//11/123/427-//  MS-E  Vickers MS, 1770  60  MI 
Why Did You Promise to Marry Me (t)  //11/131/7-5-//11/123/432  DA-E  Johnson CD-3, 1744  74  VN/GF 
Why Did You Promise to Marry Me (t)  //11/131/7-5-//11/123/432  DA-E  Walsh CD-3.5, 1754  89  VN//OB/GF 
Why did you spare him (fl)  //33343//22232//1121//7-  BA-E  Polly, 1729  T26M9  VO,B 
Why did you spare him (fl)    BA-E  Polly, 1777  26   
Why do kings and princes jarr? (fl)    BA-E  Sancho At Court, 1742  6   
Why do you fix your eyes on mine? (fl)  //36765//67//1+2+3+//3//3671+2+  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,26  VO,HAF+FL 
Why Do You Kiss and Tell (it)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  43   
Why do you show your self so coy (fl)    BA-E  Fancy'd Queen, 1733  23-24   
Why do you with disdain refuse (fl)  //31/27-//123/434//55/4321  SC-E  Watts MM-3, 1730  134-135+137  VO,HA+FL 
Why Does Azure Deck the Sky (t)  //11/17-6-//5-6-4-/3-//17-1/6-21  AI-A  Paff Amus 2, 1812  16  FL/VN 
Why Does Azure Deck the Sky (t)  //11/17-6-//5-6-4-/3-//17-1/6-21  AI-A  Riley Flute 2, 1817  52  FL 
Why does he fly me, when I love (fl)    BA-S  Disappointed G, 1738  52   
Why does my fairest Daphne fly (fl)  //554/321//25/23//45  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  476  VO,KB+FL 
Why does my fairest Daphne fly (fl)  //554/321//25-/23//45/4321//7-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B+FL 
Why does my heart thus restless prove (fl)  //17-12//3234//56543//2  SC-E  Pocket Comp, 1725  136-138  VO,HAF+FL 
Why does my heart thus restless prove? (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-5, 1731  T139M138-139  VO,HA+FL 
Why does the morn in blushes rise (fl)  //532/17-15-//6-7-6-5-/1//6-6-/421/
/7-/2 		 SC-E  Pills 4, 1719-20  238-9  VO 
Why does the Sun dart forth his chearful rays (fl)  //6-7-12//365432//17-1254  AI-A  Songsters Asst, 1800  11-13  VO 
Why does the Sun dart forth his cheerful rays (fl)  //6-7-/12//36/5432//17-1/254  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  9-11  2VO 
Why does Willy shun his dear? (fl)  //13/15//36/56//5653/13  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  231-2  VO 
Why, don't you know me by my scars? (fl)  //35/1+54//31/123//4543/221  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  64-66  VO 
Why do's my looks my thoughts betray (fl)  //561//7-123//4534//21//5  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,89  VO,B+FL 
Why dos't Muse and fold thy arms (fl)  //5656/5434//5671+76/57-1+5//1+765  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  475  VO,KB+FL 
Why dost thou fly me thou dear bewitching creature (fl)  //671+7/6565//471+2+4/43//671+7/656
5//471+2+4 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,2VN,BF+FL 
Why droops this heart with fancy'd woes forlorn (fl)  //3/23//43//21/23//15-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  2VO,B+GT 
Why fair maid in every feature (fl)  //17-6-2//7-5-16-//7-123//132  AM-A  Allen, W. MS, 1790  104-105  VO,B 
Why fair maid in every feature (fl)  //55/66//767/1+5//51+7/56  IC-E  Astor Guitar, 1800  31  VO,GT 
Why fair maid in ev'ry feature (fl)  //17-123//234351//7-17-6-//5-6-5-4-
6-1//17-123//234351 		 AI-A  American SS-SM  1-2  VO,KB 
Why fair maid in ev'ry feature (fl)  //13/53//1+6/53//64/53  AM-A  Beach MS, 1801  111  VO 
Why, Fair maid, in ev'ry feature (fl)  //17-123//234351//7-17-6-//5-5-1//1
7-123 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,PF/HARP 
Why Fly Thus, Ye Moments (t)  //135321//651+//51+6421//17-13//4  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1775  106-107  VO/VN/GF 
Why fly thus, ye moments (fl)  //135321//651+//51+6421//17-13//4  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1775  106-107  VO/VN/GF 
Why Hangs That Cloud (t)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  280-282  VO 
Why Hangs That Cloud (t)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  143  VO,PFF 
Why Hangs That Cloud (t), or Song 33 (at)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-E  Orpheus Cal-2, 1733  T74-75MOP75+II,4  VO,HA+GF 
Why Hangs That Cloud (at). Song 97 (t), or  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  188-189  VO 
Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow (fl)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-E  Calliope, 1788  188-189  VO 
Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow? (fl)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  280-282  VO 
Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow? (fl)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-E  Orpheus Cal-2, 1733  T74-75MOP75+II,4  VO,HA+GF 
Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow (fl)  //321/11+2+//3+2+1+/61+//31+/5321  SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  143  VO,PFF 
Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow (fl)  //1123/13-//2-1-2-3-/6-5-//15-/1232
 		 SC-E  Watts MM-1, 1729  133-35  VO/VN+FL 
Why Hast Thou Taught Me to Love thee (t)  //5-5-1/7-6-5-4-//3-4-4-/5-5-//4-3-
2-1-/2-2-6-5- 		 AI-A  Riley Flute 4, 1826  49  FL 
Why haste gentle Devon away (fl)  //543/257-//1/17-//6-7-1/43231  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  134,1-2  VO,HA,BS+GF 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2 		 AM-A  Beck MS, 1786  150  GF 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1//2 		 SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,145  VO,B+MI 
Why heaves my fond bosom (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1//2 		 SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,145  VO,B+MI 
Why heaves my fond bosom (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2 		 SC-E  Calliope, 1788  213  VO 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (it)    BA-E  Double Disap, 1760  30-31   
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-3
4//533115-//6-5-1// 		 IC-E  Johnson Flute, 1760  18  GF 
Why heaves my fond bosom (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1 		 SC-E  Muses Delight, 1754  59  VO,HA 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//3-34//533115-/
/4-5-1 		 MS-I  Regan MS, 1764  41-42  MI 
Why heaves my fond bosom? (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//312
//317-6-7-1//25-2- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+GF 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1 		 SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  130  VO,KB+GF/GT 
Why heaves my fond bosom (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1 		 SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  130  VO,KB+GF/GT 
Why Heaves My Fond Bosom (t)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
3//317-6-7-1//25-2- 		 IC-E  Thumoth, 1785  52-53  GF/VN,HAF 
Why heaves my fond bosom (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1 		 SC-E  Vocal Enchant, 1783  248-249  VO 
Why heaves my fond bosom, Ah! what can it mean (fl)    AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  T18M17  VO 
Why heaves my fond bosom, oh, what can it mean (fl)  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2//317-6-7-1 		 SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  I,52  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
Why Heaves My Troubled Breast (t)  //3/23//11+6//53/21  AI-A  Hill Airs, 1803  13  2VN 
Why Heaves (at). Song 112 (t), or  //5-11321//217-6-5-//6-16-5-4-//3-1
2 		 SC-E  Calliope, 1788  213  VO 
Why, how now justice squirt (fl)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  21   
Why how now, madam flirt (fl)  //1+1/34//543//42/5-4//43  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  79-80  VO 
Why how now. Madam Squall! (fl)    BA-E  Beggar's Pant-1, 1736  12   
Why how now, Madam Squall (fl)    BA-E  Beggar's Pant-2, 1736  15-16   
Why how now, madame flirt (fl)  //1+1/34//543//42/5-4//43  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T37M10  VO 
Why how now madame flirt (fl)  //1+1/34//543//42/5-4//43/5  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  64  VO 
Why how now miss pert (fl)  //15-3/315//566/654//342/127-//17-1
 		 TW-E  Maid/Mill, 1765  18-19  VO,HAF 
Why, how now, Mr.Pride (fl)    BA-E  Court Legacy, 1733  54   
Why how now saucy Jack (fl)    BA-E  Sailor's Opera, 1745  44   
Why how now, Sir Clown (fl)    BA-E  Honest Yorkshir, 1736  16   
Why how now, Sir clown (fl)    BA-E  Wonder, 1736  25   
Why is dear liberty banish'd from princes (fl)    BA-E  Court Medley, 1733  21   
Why is dear liberty banish'd from princes (fl)    BA-E  Fortunate Prin, 1734  21   
Why is death forever late (fl)  //34//33//27-1//6-  TW-E  Artaxerxes, 1762  66-67  VO,HA 
Why Is Your Faith--ful Slave Disdain'd (t)  //53/455-//132/7-1//6-5-/23//  IC-E  Apollo's Banquet 1-6, 1690  B51  VN 
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain'd (it)  //1+5671+//54//32342  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1728  T5M2  VO 
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain'd (it)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1//2343  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1765  24  VO 
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain'd? (it)  //1+5671+//54//32342//7-1//2343  BA-E  Beggar's Opera, 1777  28  VO 
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain'd (it)    BA-E  Mad-House, 1737  11   
Why is your faithful slave disdain'd? (fl)  //534/55-//132/7-1//6-4/23  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  211-12  VO 
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdain'd (it)    BA-E  Rehearsal, 1737  11   
Why Is Your Faithful Slave Disdained &c (it)    BA-E  Bow Street Op, 1773  8   
Why Is Your Faithful Swain (it)    BA-E  Court Legacy, 1733  54   
Why leaves my fair Phillis the joys of the plain (fl)  //15-3//217-//111//1316//543//217-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B,MI+GF/GT 
Why little charmer of the air (fl)  //65432//2123//43456//54332//434456
 		 SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  477  VO,KB+FL 
Why lovely charmer tell me why (fl-r)  //636//737//1+7671+2+//3+3+//4+3+2+
 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
Why, lovely charmer, tell me why (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-1, 1729  T170-171M168+171  VO/VN+FL 
Why, madam, Do you give such words as these (fl)    BA-I  Author's Farce, 1730  55   
Why must I appear so deceitfull (fl)  //321/7-6-5-//6-5-1/7-12//321/7-13/
/3 		 TW-E  Deserter, 1773  8  VO,KBF 
Why must I burn (fl)  //654//3//1+76//5567//543  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.1  276,2-277,2  VO,KB 
Why quits the merchant blest with ease (fl)  //5/4//351/247-//5/4//351/247-//1  TW-E  Maid/Mill, 1765  25-26  VO,HAF 
Why shine those charming eyes so bright (fl)  //36/51+//71+2+3/2+4//31+/3+21+7  SC-E  Clio-1, 1758  114  VO,HA 
Why shou'd a man and wife (fl)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  25   
Why shou'd I my passion smother (fl)  //317-6-5-//6-4//356432//17-  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,34  VO,HAF+FL 
Why shou'd I preach, &c., then (bt)  //6-/7-1//2/17-//7-6-  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,B+FL 
Why Shou'd not I Love My Love (it)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  18   
Why shou'd sorrow discompose us (fl)  //77/76//5671+/2+7//1+6/65  BA-E  Beggar's Wed, 1729  T55M10  VO 
Why shou'd sorrow discompose us (fl)    BA-E  Phebe, 1729  36   
Why shou'd you blame what heav'n has made (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-2, 1729  122-123  VO/VN+FL 
Why should Delia pine and languish (fl)  //13/51+//2345/43//51+/1+71+7  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  162,1-3  VO,HAF+GF/GT 
Why should Delia pine and languish (fl)  //13/51+//2345/43//51+  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  83,1-2  VO,HA+GF/GT 
Why should I my passion smoother (fl)  //317-6-5-//6-4//356432//17-//154  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  II,121  VO,B+FL 
Why Should I Not Like My Love (t)  //676/1+6/1+2+3+//55/55+3+/2+75//67
6/1+6/1+2+3+ 		 IC-S  Aird 2, 1785  55  FI/VN/GF 
Why should I not like my Love (t)  //6-7-6-/16-/123//5-6-/5-53/27-5-//
 		 MS-C  Molyneaux MS-2, 1788  38  1 OR 2 GF 
Why Should I Not Like My Love. A Retreat (t)  //232/42/456//11/11+6/531//  MS-S  Fife MS, 1780  14,2r  1FI OR 2FI/VN 
Why should I vain fears discover (fl)  //11/17-7-//22/212//323/43  TW-E  Inkle & Yarico, 1787  31-33  VO,HAF,MI 
Why should none indulge (fl)  //64/67//1+76/71+2+1+7//1+71+/56  BA-E  Female Parson, 1730  4  VO 
Why should not I love robin (fl)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  18   
Why should not I love robin (fl)    BA-E  Grub St.opera, 1731  8-9   
Why should our joys transform to pain (fl)    AM-A  Akerman MS, 1795  16  4VO/4MI:SA(T)B 
Why should our joys transform to pain? (fl)  //1+/33//32/55//55/1+5//65  AI-A  American MM, 1798  241-244  VO,B 
Why should our joys transform to pain (fl)  //33/32//55/55//1+5/65  AM-A  Commonplace MS, 1797  M34T33V-37V  VO 
Why should our joys transform to pain (fl)  //1/33//32/55//55/1+5  AM-A  Dickinson MS, 1800  142  2VO:(S)B 
Why should our joys transform to pain (fl)  //1/33//32/55//55/1+5  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  32-34  2VO 
Why should our joys transform to pains (fl)  //12/33//32/55//55/1+5  AM-A  Cary MS, 1797  17-18  VO 
Why should our joys transport to pain (fl)  //11/13//53/13//22/23  AM-A  Allen, W. MS, 1790  26  MI/VO,B 
Why should the flame (fl)    BA-S  William & Lucy, 1780  32   
Why should this treacherous woman (fl)    BA-E  Trepan, 1739  17   
Why should unwary men complain (fl)    BA-E  Oxford, 1733  27   
Why should vain mortals tremble at the sight of (fl)  //1+/76//5/6//36/56  AM-A  Copp MS, 1799  8-9  3VO:S(T)B 
Why should we at our lot complain (fl)  //13/56//44/32//31/43  AM-A  Dickinson MS, 1800  148  2VO:(S)B 
Why should we at our lot complain (fl)  //13/56//44/32//31/43  AM-A  Spicer MS, 1797  91-92  2VO 
Why should we boast of Arthur and his knights (fl)  //111/12//17-6-5-/6-//6-22/2222  SC-E  Pills 3, 1719-20  116-9  VO 
Why should we boast of lais and his knights (fl)  //111/12//17-6-5-/6-//6-22/2222  SC-E  Pills 4, 1719-20  272-6  VO 
Why should women so much be (fl)    BA-E  Honest Yorkshir, 1736  3   
Why should women so much be controul'd (fl)  //3212123/134//543432/37-1//222222/
234 		 SC-E  Musical Cent-1, 1737  44  VO,FH+FL 
Why should women so much be controul'd (fl)    BA-E  Wonder, 1736  15   
Why sleeps the thunder in the skies (fl)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  11   
Why so cold, so coy (fl)  //36/67//57/7//71+2+1+7/1+71+6  BA-E  Love/Riddle, 1729  T55-56M91  VO 
Why So Pale (t)  //1+7/65//43/2345//61/7-6-  SC-E  Clio-1, 1758  86  VO,HA 
Why so pale and wan fond lover (fl)  //1+7/65//43/2345//61/7-6-  SC-E  Clio-1, 1758  86  VO,HA 
Why so pale and wan, Fond lover (fl)  //63/432//16-1+7//1+565/4321//1  SC-E  Convivial, 1782  268-269  VO 
Why so pale and wan fond lover? (fl)  //63/432//16-1+7//1+565/4321//133  SC-E  Pills 5, 1719-20  194-5  VO 
Why so pale and wan, Fond lover (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,130-131  VO 
Why so pale and wan fond lover (fl)  //12345//165//12345//5-44543//2+774
4//1+5533 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  2VO,KBF 
Why so pale and wan fond lover (fl)  //34/56//534/543//322  SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
Why so pale, why so pale and wan (fl)  //34/56//534/543//322/3232  SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  126  VO,KBF 
Why Soldiers Why (it)  //1+/2+3+4+//3+3//61+/76//54/3  BA-E  Patron, 1729  7  VO 
Why stands ye glass around (fl)    AM-A  Bush MS, 1779  76v  VO 
Why steals from my bosom the sigh (fl)  //53+1+//72+7//1+7//654//36543//234
 		 AI-A  Six Songs, 1794  15  VO,HA/PF 
Why Strephon why dost thou thus pine (fl)  //31/13//61+76/543//43/254  SC-E  Clio-3, 1762  168  VO,HA 
Why such affectation? (fl)  //6-6-13/16-//6-6-67/53//55543/27-5
- 		 BA-E  Achilles, 1733  32  VO 
Why swells my wavy burnish'd grain (fl)  //55/5642//12/7-5-//121/7-123//32  TW-E  Mariners, 1793  I,28-29  VO,KB 
Why taries my love (fl)  //1212/325-//2323/432//1235/5443  AM-A  Allen, W. MS, 1790  87  2VO 
Why tarries my love (fl)  //1212/325-//2323/432//1235/5443  AM-A  Hitchcock MS, 1800  3  VO,KB 
Why tarries my love? (fl)  //123//325-//234//4334//565  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  93,1-3  VO,HAF,2VN+2GF+2GT 
Why tarries my love? ah! where does he rove? (fl)  //123//325-//234//43  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  54-55  VO 
Why tarries my love oh where does he rove (fl)  //123//325-//234  AM-A  Dawes MS, 1790  13-14  VO,HA 
Why that languish (fl)  //1+/3//22/767//1+54/32//31  BA-E  Polly, 1729  T71M30  VO,B 
Why this pain? love adieu (fl)  //6-7-/1//12/3//36/4//22/3//7-3/1//
6-2/7- 		 BA-E  Achilles, 1733  63  VO 
Why this talking still of dying? (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-4, 1730  T117M116  VO,HA+FL 
Why thus am I held at defiance? (fl)  //345/521/7-6-5-//345/527-/545  BA-E  Achilles, 1733  3  VO 
Why turns my Jen her head (fl)  //343/232//11/5-1//22/22  AI-A  Phila Pock Comp, 1794  6-7  GT/CL/VO 
Why we love, and why we hate (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,143-144  VO 
Why weeps my lovely fair (fl)    BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1729  8   
Why, what's that to you, if my eyes I am wiping (fl)  //133/244//321/7-22//321/16-6-  AM-A  Cary MS, 1797  130-131  VO 
Why, why must I feel your dart (fl)  //565//435-//2//232//52  SC-E  Pocket Comp, 1725  127  VO,HAF+FL 
Why! why! oh ye pow'rs that rule the sky (fl)  //1+76//1+2+3+2+//7-65//71+2+3+  SC-E  Pills 2, 1719-20  88-89  VO 
Why, why shou'd a foolish marriage vow (fl)  //6/1+76//1+765/6567//36/5432  SC-E  Watts MM-2, 1729  52-53  VO/VN+FL 
Why will Clemene, when I gaze (fl)    SC-E  Pills 6, 1719-20  372-3  VO 
Why Will Florella (it)    BA-E  Bay's Opera, 1730  47   
Why Will Florella (it)  //3217-6-//2343//217-16-7-//6-5-7-  BA-E  Don Quixote Eng, 1734  9  VO 
Why Will Florella (it)  //3217-6-//2343//217-16-7-//6-5-7-  BA-E  Fashionable, 1730  11  VO 
Why Will Florella (it)    BA-E  Genuine Grub, 1731  54   
Why Will Florella (it)    BA-E  Grub St.opera, 1731  45   
Why Will Florella, &c (it)    BA-E  Don Quixote Eng, 1777  5   
Why will Florella, when I gaze (fl)  //632//17-6-//671+//56//732  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  II,70-71  VO,HAF+FL 
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //135/315-//3457-/15//654  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,91  VO,B+FL 
Why Will Florella, When I Gaze (it)    BA-E  Footman, 1732  63   
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //135/315-//3457-/15//654/3451  SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  95  VO,HAF+FL 
Why will Florella, when I gaze (fl)    SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,14  VO 
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //34/51+76//55/54//4321/61  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  273  VO,KB+GF/GT 
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //135/315-//3457-/15//654  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.2  198  VO,KB+F 
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //135/315-//3457-/15//654/3451  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  478  VO,KB+FL 
Why will florella when I gaze (fl)  //632//17-6-//671+//56//734//321//7
- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+FL 
Why will Florella when I gaze (fl)  //135/315-//3457-/15//654/3451  SS-E  SS, Huntington-1  124  VO,KB+FL 
Why will Florella, when I gaze (fl)  //135315-//3457-15//6543451  SC-E  Watts MM-1, 1729  72-73  VO/VN+FL 
Why Will Florella, Whilst I Gaze (it)    BA-E  Devil Duke-1, 1732  31-32   
Why Will Florella, Whilst I Gaze (it)  //632//17-6-//671+  BA-E  Devil Duke-2, 1732  T31-32M15  VO,HAF 
Why Will Florella, Whilst I Gaze (it)    BA-S  Devil Duke-3, 1733  38   
Why will my Caelia, Charming maid! (fl)  //54321/7-122//34543/322//3153/6543
21 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
Why will my Caelia, Charming maid! (fl)  //54321/7-122//34543/322//3153/6543
21 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF 
Why will you my passion reprove (fl)  //3153/1+76//65/5  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  190-1  VO,HAF 
Why will you my passion reprove (fl)  //3153/1+76//65/5//4365/1+5654  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,60-62;MIII,24-25  VO 
Why will you my passion reprove (fl)  //5/35//4/24//3  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  88,2-89,1  MI,VO,KB 
Why with sighs (fl)  //531+7//765//5365//543//2  TW-E  Lionel & Clar, 1768  70  VO,HAF 
Why you little blind contriver (fl)    BA-E  False Guardians, 1740  II,27   
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