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Short Title Columbian, 1797 
Title Columbian Songster, The 
Pages 232 
Publisher Greenleaf Press 
Location AoA 
Date 1797 
Place New York 
Data Place AoA: E31961 
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Down the burn and thro' the mead  1  3 
Fair Hebe I left with a cautious design  2  1 
Lowland lads think they are fine, The  2  3 
My sweet pretty Mog, you're as soft as a bog  3  3 
As Jockey sat beneath a shade  3-4  3 
Shepherds I have lost my love  4  4 
It was summer so softly the breezes were blowing  5  6 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The  5-6  6 
Too plain, dear youth, these tell-tale eyes  6-7  6 
Leave, neighbours, your work, and to sport and to play  7-8  5 
Topsail shivers in the wind, The  8  4 
Some how my spindle I mislaid  8-9  3 
This world is a stage, where all men engage  9-10  9 
When lav'rocks sweet and yellow broom  10  3 
When kind friends expect a song  11  6 
Come now, all ye social pow'rs  11-12  5 
Ye virgins attend, believe me your friend  12-13  5 
My days have been so wondrous fine  13  8 
It is I believe, next Hollandtide eve  14  5 
Stag thro' the forest, when rous'd by the horn, The  14  2 
Cobler there was, and he liv'd in a stall, A  15  7 
Wealthy fool, with gold in store, The  16  4 
Taylor I once was as blithe as e'er need be, A  16-17  6 
I envy not the proud their wealth  17  5 
Me be one poor slave, brought into Barbado  18  5 
No glory I covet, no riches I want  18-19  5 
Leave off your fooloish prating  19  3 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day  20-21  5 
'Tis wine that clears the understanding  21  4 
Let the tempest of war  21-22  3 
Drunk I was last night, that's poz  22  6 
Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer!  22-24  9 
No more I'll court the town-bred fair  24-25  4 
When war's alarms entic'd my Willy from me  25  2 
At Totterdwon hill there dwelt an old pair  25-26  4 
As you mean to set sail for the land of delight  26-27  4 
Guardian angel now protect me  27  3 
Echoing horn calls the sportsmen abroad, The  28  4 
Spring was advancing, and birds were beginning, The  28-29  5 
O the days when I was young  29-30  3 
Hunters are up and the ruddy fac'd morn, The  30-31  4 
Jacky Bull, when bound for France  31  2 
When gentle zephyr fans the ocean  31-32  3 
Amo amas, I love a lass  32-33  3 
When the blythe village-maid leads her flocks to the plains  33  4 
Sun from the East tips the mountains with gold, The  33-34  5 
Three daughters I have, and as prettily made  34  4 
How imperfect is expression  35  3 
Hark, dear girl, the message hear  35-36  4 
I've kiss and I've prattled with fifty fair maids [sic]  36  4 
To horse, ye jolly sportsmen  36-38  10 
Dear Kathleen, you no doubt  38  3 
One summer's eve, when Luna's beam  38-39  3 
As through the grove, the other day  39-40  3 
As passing by a shady grove  40-41  3 
My love is gone to sea  41  3 
Ye sons of Mars, attend  41-42  3 
Hark! hark! the joy-inspiring horn  42-43  4 
Wou'd you know, my good friends, what the honey-moon is  43-44  3 
Says Plato why should man be vain?  44  3 
See beneath yon bow'r of roses  45  4 
Since love is the plan  45  2 
Happy, harmless, rural pair  46  3 
Lovely nymph now cease to languish  46  4 
Linnet's nest with anxious care, A  47  3 
Banish sorrow, grief and folly  47-48  3 
Busy crew their sails unbending, The  48  5 
I sing the beauties that adorn  48-49  4 
Blow chearfully ye winds, till my Henry return  49   
Last Valentine's day, when bright Phoebus shone clear  49-50  6 
It was upon a Lammas night  50-51  4 
Ye sportsmen draw near, and ye sportswomen also  52  3 
Wind blew hard, the sea ran high, The  52-53  6 
Say little foolish fluttering thing  53-54  2 
How sweet the rosy blush of morn  54  3 
From the man that I love, though my heart I disguise  54-55  4 
Fields were green, the hills were gay, The  55  3 
As my cow I was milking just now in the vale  56  4 
On that fair bank where Lubin died  56-57  4 
As down on Banna's banks I stray'd  57-58  7 
Lord, what care I for mam or dad?  58-59  5 
How stands the glass around?  59  3 
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day  60  3 
Oh! the days when I was young!  60-61  3 
Young Willy woo'd me long in vain  61  4 
Master I have, and I am his man, A  61-62  6 
Gad a mercy! devil's in me  62-63  2 
Hark! hark! sweet lass, the trumpet sounds  63  4 
In vain to me the hours of care  63-64  4 
Go! tuneful bird, that glads the skies  64  2 
Ye gents, give ear to me, I pray  64-66  6 
I dreamt I saw a piteous sight  66-67  8 
Thus for men the women fair  67  2 
Cease, tyrant of my flaming bosom  67-68  5 
Wand'ring sailor ploughs the main, The  68  3 
Behold on the brow the leaves olay in the breeze  68-69  8 
Knights errant of old  69-70  1 
De'il burn you a', quothe St. Andrew  70  1 
Now, cotsplood, quoth St. David  70  1 
St. Dennis di, mes chere amis  70  1 
St. Patrick, hot as lightning with whiskey and old bumbo  70  1 
When errant knights, in proud array  70-71  2 
Thou soft flowing Avon! by the silver stream [sic]  71  4 
Sun shone pale on mountain snow, The  71-72  3 
Few years ago, in the days of my grannum, A  72-73  3 
Aspasia rolls her sparkling eyes  73  4 
Come bustle, bustle, drink about  74  7 
What a charming thing's a battle  74-75  2 
Ye fair possess'd of ev'ry charm  75-76  3 
Ma chere amie, my charming fair  76  3 
Mon cher ami, amis tres cher  76-77  3 
I winna marry one mon but Sandy o'er the lee  77  3 
How sweet is love when virtue guides  77  3 
Now's the time for mirth and glee  78  4 
Gallants attend, and hear a friend  78-81  22 
One morning young Roger accosted me thus  81  6 
What pleasures can compare  82  5 
O Sandy, why leav'st thou thy Nelly to mourn?  83  4 
Hark! forward away, my brave boys to the chace  83-84  3 
That I might not be plagu'd with the nonsense of men  84  6 
'Twas at the break of day we spy'd  85  4 
When Orpheus went down to the regions below  86  4 
When I wake with painful brow  86-87  6 
Here's to the maid of bashful fifteen  87-88  4 
When running life's race  88-89  8 
There was a jolly miller once liv'd on the river Dee  89-90  4 
Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear  90  3 
As on a summer's day  91-92  8 
Jolly mortals fill your glasses  92  3 
Of all the fine things that the gay celebrate  92  4 
Dear Tom, this brown jug that now foams with mild ale  93  3 
Say Phoebe why is gentle love  93  3 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The  94  4 
Go plaintive sounds! and to the fair  94-95  8 
A courting I went to my love  95-96  6 
Encompass'd in an angel's frame  96  4 
West of th' old Atlantic, firm Liberty stands  97-99  14 
When America first, at Heaven's command  99-100  8 
Fame, let thy trumpet sound  101-102  6 
When exil'd Freedom, forc'd to roam  102-103  6 
At length war's sanguine scenes are o'er  103-104  6 
Since first l' Ambuscade came here  104-106  4 
Eventful point of time!  106-108  8 
Ye sons of France, away to glory  108-109  4 
In a chariot of light from the regions of day  109-110  4 
O'er the vine-cover'd hills and gay regions of France  110-112  6 
Lift aloft the trumpet  112-113  2 
Hail, social converse! source of purest pleasure  113-114  5 
Why give to your tyrants the laurel of fame?  114-118  18 
Whilst in peaceful quarter's lying  118-121  11 
My temples with clusters of grapes I'll entewine  121  5 
At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still  122-123  4 
Contented I am, and contented I'llbe  123-124  11 
Her sheep had in clusters crept close to a grove  124-125  4 
Friendship to every willing mind  125-126  5 
God save---"The Rights of Man""  127-128  8 
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise  128-130  6 
Nimrods of the North had among themselves agreed, sir!, The  130-132  10 
On the cliffs of the Andes, where virtue once reign'd  133-134  10 
Aujourd'huy qua l'egalite  134-136  6 
     
Genius of France from his star begem'd throne, The  136-138  6 
Now let rich music sound  138-139  6 
Al hail! to Freedom's sons  139-140  4 
Again by the spirit of Freedom invited  140-141  4 
Don't blubber, dear Norah, I beg you'd be easy  142-143  7 
Donna makoo makoonas!  143-146  13 
When a nation's obsorb'd under Tyranny's chain  146-147  8 
While tyranny marshals her minions around [sic]  147-149  15 
Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The  149-150  4 
While high the foaming surges rise  150-151  3 
Crown'd with auspicious light  151-153  6 
Power that created the night and the day, The  153-154  4 
Hark! hHark! a joyous, cheering sound  154  4 
Sweet briar grows in the merry green wood, The  155-156  7 
Come all ye sons of song  156-157  5 
O yes, my good people, draw near  157-158  12 
No longer let kings and base princes decree  158-159  4 
Unfold, Father Time, thy long records unfold  159-160  4 
When our fathers came o'er  160-162  10 
God save great Washington  162-163  7 
Ye sons of Freedom hail the day  164-165  8 
When the sails catch the breeze, and the anchor is weigh'd  165-166  3 
Fairest flow'rets bring, The  166-167  4 
Hark! hark! the joyful news is come  167-168  4 
Americans rejoice!  168-169  6 
From Susquehannah's utmost springs  169-171  14 
While war's crimson carnage is drenching the plains  171-173  14 
Why stands the tear in Mara's eye  173-174  4 
Come all, ye lovely virgins, come  174-175  3 
While landmen wander uncontroul'd  175-177  7 
Fill! fill to Washington  177-179  7 
Independence! how bright are the blessings you give!  179  5 
Hail to the sun, whose circling ray  180-181  8 
Great Washington! the hero's come  181-182  8 
Hail! the first, the greatest blessing  183-184  6 
Come muster, my lads, your mechanical tools  184-186  10 
Hail, Freedom all hail! on the top of Mount Bleed  186  3 
Ye patriots, listen to my strain  186-188  8 
On the basis of fame Columbia stands  188  5 
Come all ye sons of song  189  5 
Let the foes of Great-Britain now wantonly brag  190-191  6 
Let some in grog place their delight  191-192  6 
Arise ye generous youths of France  192-194  8 
Hail thou auspicious day  194-196  9 
America's birth day bids Freemen arise  196-197  6 
'Tis done! the edict past by Heav'n decreed  197-199  7 
To a mouldering cavern, the mansion of woe  199-200  3 
To Heaven's empyreal height  200-202  6 
Come, come, my friends, let's hail the day  202  5 
Come, peace of mind, delightful guest  202-203  4 
Whilst sycophantic trembling slaves  203-205  5 
Red arm of slaughter is stretch'd o'er the plain, The  205-206  5 
When first the mitre's wrath to shun  206-208  6 
Who, and what are you, sceptred bullies? speak  208-211  14 
Ye vile swinish herd in the sty of taxation  211-213  12 
Tho' many a nymph may claim my song  214  3 
Exulting beauty! phantom of an hour!  214-215  3 
To thee, fair freedom, I retire  215-216  5 
Angel of the darkest hue, An  216  5 
When stranded on some distant coast  217  4 
Pray kiss me, gentle Chloe cry'd  217-218  4 
With thankful hearts and cheerful voice  218-219  6 
Have I then committed treason?  219-220  6 
Let music's sons rejoice  220-221  5 
Thou lovely daughter of the sea  221-222  3 
Delia. for thee I'd seek the foe  222-223  6 
Hail lovely maid! Hail power divine!  223-224  7 
When Freedom's sons, at Heav'ns command  225-227  10 
Enthron'd in weeds of state  227-228  5 
Hail! great Republic of the world  229  6 
That seat of science Athens and earth's proud mistress Rome  230  3 
Hail America hail, unrival'd in fame  230-323  6 
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