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Short Title Humming Bird, 1798 
Title Humming Bird, The 
Pages 278 
Publisher Spotswood and Etheridge 
Location AoA 
Date 1798 
Place Boston 
Data Place AoA: E33913 
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When duty call'd I sail'd away  3-4 
Ye ling'ring winds that feebly blow  4-5 
O you, whose lives on land are pass'd 
Have we cross'd the boist'rous main  5-6 
Come, pretty Poll, thy tears refain 
Now Henry has left me to plough the [salt] sea 
When bending o'er the lofty yard  7-8 
To distant shores the breezy wind  8-9 
I'm here or there a jolly dog  9-10 
How poor is the man, tho' he wealth should possess  10 
You ask why I thus droop my head  10-11 
Night scarce her mantle had withdrew  11-12 
I was press'd, while rowing so happy  12-13 
When whistling winds are heard to blow  13-14 
Sea-worn tar, who in the war, The  14-15 
Dauntless sailor leaves his home, The  15-16 
Fair Kate of Portsmouth lov'd a tar  16-17 
Here a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling  17-18 
I that once was a ploughman, a sailor am now  18-19 
'Twas as underneath a May-blown bush  20 
Oh! have you my Mary seen  20-21 
I'v found, my fair, a true-love knot  21-22 
O'er barren hills and flow'ry dales  22-23 
While happy in my fair-one's arms  23-24 
Returning home, across the plain  24-25 
Whither, my love, ah! whither art thou gone?  25 
When spring returning decks the groves in glittering array  25-26 
Where Charles's tide encircling leaves  26-27 
To be sure I don't love in my heart, now  27-28 
I'm a dashing dog, you may see that I am  28-29 
When I had scarcely told sixteen  29-30 
'Twas in his vessel sailing  30-32 
On En[t]ick's green meadows where innocence reigns  32-33 
My friends all declare that my time is mis-spent  33 
Ma belle coquette, ah! why disdain  34-35 
Ah: fashion, wherefore do'st thou still  35-36 
My name's Tippy Bob, With a watch in each fob  36-37 
When night, and left upon my guard  37-38 
I like each girl that I come near  38-39 
Maid I love who loves not me, A  39 
Glass is good, and a lass is good, A  40 
Spangled green confess'd the morn, The  40-41 
When thirst of gold enslaves the mind  41-42 
Sweet Laura, see the fatal hour  42-43 
Why will Laura thus retire  43-44 
In this sad and silent gloom  44-45 
When summer smiling bids the hills  45 
Ye gents, give ear to me I pray  45-47 
Dapper Ted Tattoo is my natty name  47-49 
In the world's crooked path, where I've been  49-50   
On freedom's happy land  50 
Western sky was purpl'd o'er, The  50-51 
In the land of Hibernia young Pat drew his breath  51-52 
'Tis not the tint of ruby hue  52 
Tom Tacle was noble, was true to his word [sic]  53-54 
When e'er I view the opening dawn  55 
Let care be a stranger to each jovial soul  55-57 
Again, my dear friends, since we're met in full glee  57-58 
Hark! forward's the word, and all join in the chace  58-59 
One morning in June, all nature did bloom  59-60 
Let all those who would wish to hear reason  60-61 
O[f] Columbia's boast the praise be mine  61-62 
Whilst on those hills I feed my sheep  62-63 
Young Donald is a bonny lad  63-64 
Returning spring resumes the groves  64-65 
In the dead of the night, when, with labour opprest  65-66 
Dear is my little native vale  66-67 
When lovers for favors petition  67 
Such a Tom-boy before I had enter'd my teens  68-69 
Lark had proclaim'd the new day, The  69-70 
Kilkardy is a bonny place  70-71 
Long e'er the tints of rosy day  71 
Tho' oft we meet severe distress  71-72 
I tread the borders of the main  72 
'Twas at the hour of day's decline  72-73 
Dear wand'rer, O whither thy steps shall I trace  73 
Oh, come away  74 
When in a garden sweet I walk  75 
How pleas'd within my native bow'rs  75-76 
From dimpled youth to wrinkled age  76 
Chilling gale that nip'd the rose, The  77 
Restrain'd from the sight of my dear  77-78 
O think on my fate! once I freedom enjoy'd  78-79 
How sweet when the silver moon is blinking  79-80 
Zephir come, thou playful minion  80 
When first I slipp'd my leading strings---to please her little Poll  80-81 
Sweet inmate---sensibility  81 
My heart from my bosom would fly  81-82 
On a mossy bank reclin'd  82-83 
Chloe, by that borrow'd kiss  83 
When Fanny I saw, as she trip'd o'er the green [sic]  83-84 
Let me fly into thy arms  84 
Why that sadness on thy brow  84-85 
Celia, by those smiling graces  85-86 
When Donald first came wooing me  86-87 
When I was a chit, just got into my teens  87-88 
Ye youths, wheresoever ye wander so free  88-89 
Village hind with toil had done, The  89-90 
Thro' groves sequester'd dark and still  91 
If truth can fix the wav'ring heart  91-92 
When all the trees are bare, not a leaf to be seen  92-93 
I am a jolly gay pedlar  93-94 
Ned oft' had brav'd the field of battle  94-95 
Alas!, they've torn my love away  95-96 
Eve her silver vestment wore, The  96-97 
Whither my love, ah! whither art thou gone  97 
Infant spring returns again, The  97-98   
Little thinks the townsman's wife  98-99 
Sweet zephyr tho' 'midst rose-buds playing  99 
Lovely woman, pride of nature  99-100 
Tho' late I was plump, round and jolly  100-101 
Farewell ye groves and chrystal fountains  101 
Winds, gently tell my love  101-102 
If your lovers, maids, forsake you  102 
Our trade to work in clay began  103-104 
From whom I'm descended, or how I came here  104-105 
Come, courage, lads, and drink away  105 
How pleasant a sailor's life passes  105-106 
Sons of Bacchus lets be gay  106-107 
Dear sir, this brown jug that now foams with mild ale  107-108 
My true honest fellows who smoke with such glee  108-109 
'Twas past meridian half past four  110-111  12 
Come each gallant lad  112 
I was call'd knowing Joe by the boys of our town  113-115 
Good people all attend to me, I'll sing you a merry tale, sir  115-117 
Attention pray give while of hobbies I sing  118-119 
Return ye raptur'd hours  120 
'Twas in Edinborough town I met with a Lad  120-121 
Come hither, ye youths, and attend to my call  121-122 
In vain the broom blooms fresh and gay  122-123 
Cease, rude Boreas, boisterous railer  123-126  18 
Sir Solomon Simons, when he did wed  126-127 
Our immortal poet's page  127-130 
Fresh and strong the breeze is blowing  130-131 
Sweet briar grows in the merry green wood, The  131-132 
Soldier's is the noblest name, A  132-133 
We soldiers drink, we soldiers sing  133-134   
Young Damon has woo'd me a monstrous long time  134-135 
Hither, Mary, hither come  135-136 
How stands the glass around  136-137 
Gallants attend, and hear a friend  137-140  22 
Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, d' ye see  140-142  12 
While high the foaming surges rise  142-143 
Fickle bliss, fantastic treasure  143-144 
Hear me, gallant sailor hear me  144 
Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer  145-146 
Hail, godlike Washington!  146-149  12 
Who'd know the sweets of liberty?  150 
Ye sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought  150-154 
When first the sun o'er the ocean glow'd  154-155 
Here's Ichabod has come to town  155-158  10 
When discord's bloody flag unfurl'd  159-160 
Guardians of our nation, stand firm in your station  160-161 
Hark, hark, the loud drums call the soldiers away  161-162 
Soldier, a soldier, a soldier for me, A  162-163 
There was once, it was said, when, is out of my head  163-167  18 
Lord, what care I for mam or dad?  167 
Ye nymphs and swains  168-169 
If e'er I should learn the sweet passion of love  169-170 
Did not tyrant custom guide me  170-171 
Go, tuneful bird, that glads the skies  171 
Cupid, god of love and joy  171-172 
From the court to the cottage convey me away  172-173 
I've kiss'd and I've prattled with fifty fair maids  173-174 
From night till morn I take my glass  174 
Sun sets at night, and the stars shun the day, The  175 
Not long ago how blythe was I!  176-177 
Forsaken my pipe and my crook  177 
Farewell, ye green fields and sweet groves  178 
Rose tree in full bloom, A  178-179 
Sweet nightingale! queen of the spray  179 
Since Emma caught my roving eye  180 
Shall I, like an hermit, dwell  180-181 
Tho' I am now a very little lad  181-182 
Cou'd you to battle march away  183-184 
Rose just bursting into bloom, The  184 
Few years in the days of my grannam, A  184-186 
Come, my Sylvia! come and bless  186 
Songs of Shepherds in sweet roundelays  187   
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day  189 
At the sound of the horn  189-190 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The  191-192 
Ye sportsmen draw near, and ye sportswomen too  192-193 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day  193-194 
Summer gay, delightful scene, The  194-195 
In Charles the Second's merry days  195-197 
Extinguish the candles, give Phoebus fair play  197-199  10 
Well met, jolly fellows, well met  199-200 
To Columbia, who, gladly reclin'd at her ease  200-203 
Columbia's Bald Eagle displays in his claws  203-204 
Awake from delusion, ye sons of the brave  204-205 
Great Washington, the hero's come  205-208  12 
Sing Yankee Doodle that fine tune  208-210  14 
Come all grenadiers let us join hand in hand  210-211 
Hail Independence, hail  211-213 
Heav'ns fav'rite daughter, power devine  214-215 
Says Plato, why should man be vain?  215-216 
When first to Helen's lute  216 
Youth and beauty kindle love  216 
Roving about, good fellows to meet  217 
Contented I am, and contented I'll be  218 
When one's drunk not a girl but looks pretty  219 
When Jove was resolv'd to create the round earth  220-221 
No more I'll court the town-bred fair  221 
Oh ever in my bosom live  222-223 
When bidden to the wake or fair  223 
Tuneful lavrocks cheer the grove, The  224 
Yet a while, sweat sleep, deceive me [sic]  224 
As in a grot reclin'd  225-227  11 
Hail Columbia! happy land  22 
Poets may sing of their Helicon streams  229-230 
When Britain with despotic sway  231-232 
When our great sires this land explor'd  232-234 
Ye chieftains of Columbia, your forces marshal out  234-237 
Hark! the clarion's shrill alarms  237-238 
Columbians all, the present our  238-239 
Song, a song, is the cry of manind, A  239-240 
E'er time's great machine was in motion  241-243 
Almighty sire! our heavenly king  243-244 
Let Masonry from pole to pole  244 
E'er God the universe began  244-245 
Hail Masonry! thou Craft divine!  246-247 
When Masonry expiring lay, by knaves and fools rejected  247 
Come let us prepare  248-250   
Ye dull stupid mortals give o'er your conjectures  250-251 
King Solomon that wise projector  251-253 
Genius of Masonry descend  253-255 
'Tis Masonry unites mankind  255-256 
Mason's daughter fair and young, A  256-257 
Hail Masonry! thou sacred art  257 
No sect in the world can with Masons compare  257-258 
Come, come, my brethren dear  259-260 
In hist'ry we're told, how the lodges of old  260-261 
Wake the lute and quiv'ring strings  261-262 
Hail to the Craft! at whose serene command  262-264 
Here social love serenely smiles  264 
So much of Masonry's been sung  265 
Bacchus open all thy treasure  266 
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