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Short Title Amorous, 1800 
Title Amorous Songster, The 
Pages 96 
Publisher Sporting Club 
Location AoA 
Date 1800 
Place New-York 
Data Place AoA: E36834 
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Come, come, my jolly lads!  3-4 
Go patter to lubbers and swabs d' ye see  4-6 
I sail'd from the downs in the Nancy  7-8 
Wealthy fool with gold in store, The 
When trees did bud, and fields were green  9-10 
There was a jolly miller once  11-12 
When weary Sol gaz'd down the West  12 
How stands the glass around?  13-14 
How pleasant a sailor's life passes  14-15 
Tuneful lav'rocks cheer the grove, The  15-16 
By the gaily circling glass  16 
How bright are the joy, of the table [sic]  16-17 
Woman is like to--but stay--, A  18-19   
Man is like to--but stay--, A  19-21   
Dear Kathleen, you, no doubt  21-22 
Rose tree in full bearing, A  22-24 
Ah! Delia, see the fatal hour  24-26 
Of damask cheeks, and snowy neck  26 
'Twas in the flow'ry month of May  27-28 
Sails unfurl'd, the ship unmoor'd, The  28 
Hail, godlike Washington!  29-32  13 
Amo amas  33 
Oh! Cupid forever  34-35 
'Twas at the break of day we spy'd  35-36 
'Twas near a thicket's calm retreat  36-37 
Welcome, welcome, brother debtor  37-38 
But are you sure the news is true?  38-41 
While some for pleasure pawn their health  41 
Term full as long as the siege of old Troy, A  42 
I've kiss'd and I've prattled with fifty fair maids  43 
Come all you pretty maidens, some older some younger  43-44 
Women all tell me I'm false to my lass, The  45-46  10 
From night till morn I take my glass  46 
What a charming thing's a battle!  47 
Lord! what care I for mam or dad  48 
In Martindale a village gay  48-49 
Chear up gluttons fill your bodies  49-51 
Gayly lads! our friends we're leaving  51-52  10 
Arise, and blow thy trumpet, Fame!  52-53 
When first we hear the boatswain's bray  53-55 
Come. sailors, be filling the can  55-56 
Beautious sterling late I saw, A [sic]  56-57 
Some women take delight in dress  57-58 
How imperfect is expression  58-59 
Our immortal poet's page  59-62 
Strephon with his Flora lying  63-64 
Bold Jack, the sailor here I come  64-65 
I sail'd in the good ship the Kitty  66 
Here's to the lass of bashful fifteen  66-67 
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day  67-68 
When last honest Jack, of whose fate I now write  68-69 
When our tutelar saint, in his wigwam reclin'd  69-70 
My goddess Lydia, heavenly fair  70-71 
Let others Damon's praise rehearse  71-72 
When I was a chit, just got into my teens  72-73 
To ease his heart, and own his flame  73-74 
I am a brisk young lively lass  74-75 
Old woman clothed in grey, An  76-78 
I gently touch'd her hand, she gave  78-79 
'Twas when the seas were roaring  79-80 
Good madam, when ladies are willing  80-81 
As cross the field the other morn  81-82 
When whistling winds are heard to blow  82-83 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day  83-85 
Fields were green, the hills were gay, The  85-86 
On that fair bank where Lubin died  86 
Jolly fat friar lov'd liquor good store, A  87 
Come listen awhile, and I'll sing you a ditty  88-90 
One midsummer morning, when nature look'd gay  90-91 
Dear Tom, this brown jug, that now foams with mild ale  92 
By the side of a stream at the foot of a hill  92-93 
What pleasures can compare  93-95 
Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The  95-96 
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