Bibliography - Merry Medly, 1804

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Short Title Merry Medly, 1804 
Title Merry Medly, The 
Pages 142 
Publisher Shaw, Samuel and Adancourt, Francis 
Location MH, MWA/0AoA/0WC/Rdx MF 6772 
Date 1804 
Place Lanisngburgh 
Data Place Rdx S06772 
Comments  
First Line Page Verses
Hail, Columbia happy land (fl)  10-12 
Foolish pratter, what dost thou (fl)  13-14 
Banish sorrow, grief's a folly (fl)  14-15 
Come, Let Us Be Jovial and Hearty (fl)  15-17 
Jolly mortals fill your glasses (fl)  17 
Oh! Think on my fate! Once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  18-19 
For England, when with fav'ring gale (fl)  19-20 
No more more [sic] I'll court the town-bred fair (fl)  21-22 
When first this humble roof I knew (fl)  23-24 
How happy's the soldier who lives on his his pay [sic] (fl)  23-24 
Come, let us dance and sing (fl)  24-26 
Dear Nancy, I've sail'd the world all around (fl)  26-28 
When Columbia's brave sons call'd my hero to lead 'em (fl)  28-32  10 
Down the burn and thro' the mead (fl)  32-33 
Peaceful slump'ring o'er the ocean (fl)  34 
On Richmond Hill there lives a lass (fl)  34-35 
Wealthy fool with gold in store, The (fl)  35-36 
Her mouth with a smile (fl)  36-37 
Kiss that he gave when he left me behind, The (fl)  37-38 
Night o'er the world her curtain hung (fl)  38-39 
Alone on the banks of the dark rolling Danube (fl)  40-42 
I've plenty of lovers who sue me in vain (fl)  42-43 
You all must have heard of the learned Pig (fl)  43-47   
Pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings (fl)  48-49 
Flaxen-headed cow-boy, A (fl)  49-50 
Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl)  50-52 
What virgin or shepherd in vally or grove [sic] (fl)  52-53 
What beauties does Flora disclose? (fl)  53-55 
While the lads of the village shall merrily ah [sic] (fl)  55-56 
Come live with me, and be my love (fl)  56-57 
How imperfect is expression (fl)  57-58 
Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl)  58-60 
Of all the girls that are so smart (fl)  60-62 
Lust, like a rav'nous tiger, springs (fl)  62-63 
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen (fl)  63-64 
Twins of Latona, so kind to my boon, The (fl)  65-66 
Merry may the maid be (fl)  66-68 
When I've money I am merry (fl)  68-69 
In love be I fifth button high (fl)  69-70 
Were I oblig'd to beg my bread (fl)  70-71 
My daddy is dead and has left me some money (fl)  71-74 
But three months yet I've been a wife (fl)  74-75 
Johnny met me t'other day (fl)  75-76 
Cit much distress'd, A (fl)  76-77 
Wine, wine is the liquor of life (fl)  78-79 
When weary Sol gang'd down the west (fl)  79-80 
Life's like a sea, in constant motion (fl)  80-81 
Go, drooping rose, by heat oppress'd (fl)  82 
Where are those hours fled (fl)  82-83 
As wand'ring out one summer's morn (fl)  83-85 
Since love is the plan (fl)  85-86 
Bed of moss we'll straight prepare, A (fl)  86 
As bringing home the other day (fl)  87-88 
My name is honest Harry O (fl)  88-89 
Dear Tom this brown jug that now foams with mild ale (fl)  89-90 
Sweet-scented beau, and a simp'ring young cit, A (fl)  90-92 
My bonny sailor won my mind! (fl)  92-93 
Sun sets at night, and the stars shun the day, The (fl)  93-94 
'Twas near a rock, within the bay (fl)  94-96 
Lonesome bird of night repining, The (fl)  96 
O how I love to play and toy (fl)  97-98 
When sleep invites the village train (fl)  98 
In defence of her sex sure a woman may speak (fl)  99-100 
Our fathers left a race of kings (fl)  101 
In what history can you find (fl)  101-102 
God save "The Rights of Man!" (fl)  102-104 
Gloomy night before us flies, The (fl)  104-107  14 
My heart from my bosom would fly (fl)  107-108 
On every hill, in every grove (fl)  108-110 
Henry came to me last week (fl)  110 
Delia! Thy sighs must now no more (fl)  111 
Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake (fl)  111-113  10 
Flocks are sporting, doves are courting (fl)  113-114 
I wish I could like Zephyr steal (fl)  114 
How dark are the hours while my love is away (fl)  115-116 
When Lucy try'd her virgin fires (fl)  116-117 
Meadows with flowrets were drest, The (fl)  117-119 
Ye lovers of Union, of ev'ry degree (fl)  119-120 
Adieu, a heart, fond, warm, adieu (fl)  121-123 
Ere God the universe began (fl)  123-124 
Let Masonry from pole to pole (fl)  124-125 
Let Masons' fame resound (fl)  125-126 
When Masonry expiring lay (fl)  127 
To all who Masonry despise (fl)  128 
Mason's daughter fair and young, A (fl)  129-130 
Ye gracious powers of choral song (fl)  130-132  10 
We have no idle prating (fl)  132-133 
Unite, unite, your voices raise (fl)  133-134 
When my divine Althea's charms (fl)  134-135 
Let Masons ever live in love (fl)  135-136 
Arise, and blow thy trumpet, Fame! (fl)  136-137 
Bacchus opened all thy treasure (fl)  137-138 
Lightly o'er the village green (fl)  138-139 
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