Bibliography - Philadelphia Songster, 1805

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Short Title Philadelphia Songster, 1805 
Title Philadelphia Songster, The 
Pages 288 
Publisher Graves, B. 
Location DLC, MH, MWA, RPB/0AoA/Rdx MF 9140 
Date 1805 
Place Philadelphia 
Data Place Rdx S09140 
Comments  
First Line Page Verses
Fragrant as the rose-bud throwing (fl)  1-2 
Why, fair maid, in ev'ry feature (fl)  2-3 
Coward to love and manly duty, A (fl)  3-4 
Passing bell no longer toll'd, The (fl) 
'Tis chaos all, all seems confounded (fl) 
Is't my country you'd know, I'm an Irishman born (fl)  6-8 
I'm a comical fellow, I tell you no fib (fl)  8-9 
Sun when arising bespangles the dew, The (fl)  9-10 
Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn (fl)  10-11 
My friends all declare that my time is mispent (fl)  11 
For our country, when, with fav'ring gale (fl)  11-12 
Say, have you seen my Arabel (fl)  12-13 
Come, messmates, fill the flowing can (fl)  13-14 
Now we're all met together (fl)  14-16 
Hail, great republic of the world! (fl)  16-17 
How blest a life the sailor leads (fl)  17-18 
How blest the life a soldier leads (fl)  19-20 
Let the farmer praise his grounds (fl)  20-22  10 
O, ye bucks and ye bloods of the town (fl)  22-23 
I have a silent sorrow here (fl)  24 
Oh! the hours that I have pass'd in the arms of my dear (fl)  24-25 
'Twas post meridian, half past four (fl)  25-26 
In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining (fl)  26-27 
Decks were clear'd, the gallant band, The (fl)  27-28 
What virgin or shepherd in valley or grove (fl)  28-29 
Let Sawney loo the lasses O (fl)  29-31  10 
My name d' ye see's Tom Tough, I've seed a little sarvice [sic] (fl)  32-33 
Ah! tell me ye swains have ye seen my Pastora (fl)  33-34 
Ye sons of Hibernia, who snug on dry land (fl)  34-37  12 
Irishman's Tongue is so long and so thick, An (fl)  37-38 
If pity, sweet maid, ever dwelt in thy breast (fl)  38-39   
Peaceful slumb'ring on the ocean (fl)  39 
Sweet is the ship that under sail (fl)  39-40 
Life's like a ship in constant motion (fl)  40-41 
My mam is no more, and my dad's in his grave (fl)  41-42 
In a nate little cabin not far from Kilkenny (fl)  42-43 
I sail'd from the Downs in the Nancy (fl)  43-44 
While high the foaming surges rise (fl)  44-45 
Tight lads have I sail'd with, but none ne'er so sightly (fl)  45- 
When first from Kilkenny as fresh as a daisy (fl)  46-47 
In the world's crooked paths where I've been (fl)  47-48 
At the dead of the night, when by whiskey inspir'd (fl)  48 
Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl)  48-49 
Tho' winter spreads her drear domain (fl)  49-50 
Cease fair ladies, cease bewailing (fl)  50 
'Twas at Stepney chursh I was splic'd to Doll (fl)  51-52 
O think on my fate once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  52 
When I, to London, first came in (fl)  53 
Dear Nancy I've sail'd the world all round (fl)  54 
Begone, dull Care, I pray thee begone from me (fl)  54-55 
See the park throng'd with beauties, the tumult's begun (fl)  55-56 
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly (fl)  56-57 
One sweet May morn in Woodley Park (fl)  57-58 
Trees seem to fade as yon dear spot I'm viewing, The (fl)  58-59 
What mortal can more happy be (fl)  59-60 
O listen to the voice of love (fl)  60-61 
O'er barren hills and flow'ry dales (fl)  61-62 
In the dead of the night, when, with labor opprest (fl)  62 
Hush, ev'ry breeze, let nothing move (fl)  62-63 
In the first book of Job, that I now mean to quote (fl)  63-64  14 
And bearing up to gain the port (fl)  64   
Why Moses, why Aaron, my boys I've met with you here (fl)  64   
I've kiss'd and I've pratted with fifty fair maids (fl)  64-65   
I sigh! and lament me in vain (fl)  65   
Cease rude Boreas Blustering railer (fl)  65   
Oh! dear, what can the matter be (fl)  66   
With my pipe in one hand and my jug in the other (fl)  67 
When our great Sires this land explor'd (fl)  67-68 
Tho' far beyond the mountains that look so distant here (fl)  68-69 
Of all that strive to live and thrive (fl)  69-70   
Over furze cover'd mountains as weary I roam (fl)  70-71 
Gallants attend, and hear a friend (fl)  71-74  22 
Down the burn and thro' the mead (fl)  74-75 
Shepherds I have lost my love (fl)  75-76 
It was summer so softly the breezes were blowing (fl)  76-77 
This world is a stage, where all men engage (fl)  77  10 
When lav'rocks sweet. and yellow broom (fl)  78-79 
Stag thro' the forest, when rous'd by the horn, The (fl)  79 
Wealthy fool with gold in store, The (fl)  79-80 
I envy not the proud their wealth (fl)  80 
No glory I covet, no riches I want (fl)  81 
Leave off your foolish prating (fl)  81-82 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day (fl)  82-83 
'Tis wine that clears the understanding (fl)  83-84 
Drunk I was last night, that's poz (fl)  84-85 
Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer! (fl)  85-87 
No more I'll court the town bred fair (fl)  87-88 
As you mean to set sail for the land of delight (fl)  88-89 
Guardian angel now protect me (fl)  89 
Echoing horn call the sportsmen abroad, The (fl)  90 
Spring was advancing, and birds were beginning, The (fl)  90-91 
Hunters are up and the ruddy fac'd morn, The (fl)  92 
When the blythe village-maid leads her flocks to the plains (fl)  92-93   
Sun from the east tips the mountains with gold, The (fl)  93-94 
How imperfect is expression (fl)  94-95 
Hark, dear girl, the message hear (fl)  95 
I've kiss'd and I've pratted with fifty fair maids (fl)  96 
To horse, ye jolly sportsmen (fl)  96-97  10 
One summer's eve, when Luna's beam (fl)  98 
As through the grove the other day (fl)  98-99 
As passing by a shady grove (fl)  99-100 
My love is gone to sea (fl)  100-101 
Hark! hark! the joy-inspiring horn (fl)  101-102 
Says Plato, why should man be vain (fl)  102 
See beneath yon bow'r of roses (fl)  103 
Since love is the plan (fl)  103-104 
Happy, harmless, rural pair (fl)  104 
Lovely nymph, now cease to languish (fl)  104-105 
Linnet's nest with anxious care (fl)  105-106 
Banish sorrow grief and folly (fl)  106 
Busy crew their sails unbending, The (fl)  107 
I sing the beauties that adorn (fl)  107-108 
Blow chearfully ye winds, till my Henry return (fl)  108 
Last Valentine's day, when bright Phoebus shone clear (fl)  108-109 
It was upon a Lammas night (fl)  110-111 
Ye sportsmen draw near, and ye sportswomen too (fl)  111-112 
Wind blew hard, the sea ran high, The (fl)  112-113 
How sweet the rosy blush of morn (fl)  113-114 
Fields were green, the hills were gay, The (fl)  114 
As my cow I was milking just now in the vale (fl)  115 
On that fair bank where Lubin died (fl)  115-116 
As down on Banna's banks I stray'd (fl)  116-117 
Lord, what care I for mam or dad? (fl)  117-118 
How stands the glass around? (fl)  118-119 
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day (fl)  119-120 
Oh! the days when I was young (fl)  120 
Young Willy woo'd me long in vain (fl)  121 
Hark! hark! sweet lass, the trumpet sounds (fl)  121-122 
In vain to me the hours of care (fl)  122 
Go! tuneful bird, that glads the skies (fl)  122-123 
I dreamt I saw a piteous sight (fl)  123-124 
This for men the women fair (fl)  124 
Cease, tyrant of my flaming bosom, cease (fl)  125 
Wand'ring sailor ploughs the main, The (fl)  125-126 
Behold on the brow the leaves play in the breeze (fl)  126-127 
Knights errant of old (fl)  127 
De'il burn you a', quote Dr. Andrew (fl)  127-128 
Now, cotsplood, quoth St. David (fl)  128 
St. Dennis di, mes chere amis (fl)  128 
St Patrick, hot as lightning with whisky and old bumbo (fl)  128 
When errant knights, in proud array (fl)  128-129 
Sun shone pale on mountain snow, The (fl)  129 
Few years ago, in the days of my Grannum, A (fl)  130 
Aspasia rolls her sparkling eyes (fl)  [131] 
Come bustle, bustle, drink about (fl)  [131]-132 
What a charming thing's a battle! (fl)  133 
Ye fair possess'd of ev'ry charm (fl)  133-134 
I winna marry ony mon but Sandy o'er the lee (fl)  134-135 
How sweet is love when virtue guides (fl)  135 
One morning young Roger accosted me thus (fl)  135-136 
What pleasures can compare (fl)  136-137 
O Sandy, why leav'st thou thy Nelly to mourn? (fl)  138 
Hark! forward, away, my brave boys to the chace (fl)  138-139 
That I might not be plagu'd with the nonsense of men (fl)  139-140 
'Twas at the break of day we spy'd (fl)  140-141 
Here's to the maid of bashful fifteen (fl)  141-142 
When running life's race (fl)  142-143 
There was a jolly miller once liv'd on the river Dee (fl)  143-144 
Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear (fl)  144-145 
Of all the things that the gay celebrate (fl)  145-146 
Dear Tom, this brown jug, that now foams with mild ale (fl)  146 
Say Phoebe why is gentle love (fl)  146-147 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The (fl)  147-148 
Go plaintive sounds! and to the fair (fl)  148-149 
A courting I went to my love (fl)  149-150 
Encompass'd in an angel's frame (fl)  150-151   
West of th' old Atlantic, from Liberty Stands! (fl)  151-153  14 
When America first, at Heaven's command (fl)  153-155 
Fame, let thy trumpet sound (fl)  155-156 
When exil'd Freedom, forc'd to roam (fl)  156-157 
At length war's sanguine scenes are o'er (fl)  157-159 
Since first l'Ambuscade came here (fl)  159-161  14 
Ye sons of France, away to glory (fl)  161-162 
In a chariot of light from the regions of day (fl)  163 
O'er the vine-cover'd hills and gay regions of France (fl)  164-165 
Lift aloft the trumpet (fl)  165-166 
Hail, social converse! source of purest pleasure (fl)  166-167 
Why give to your tyrants the laurel of fame? (fl)  167-171  19 
Whilst in peaceful quarters lying (fl)  171-174  11 
My temples with clusters of grapes I'll entwine (fl)  174 
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still (fl)  175 
Contented I am, and contented I'll be (fl)  176-177  11 
God save... "The Rights of Man" (fl)  177-179 
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise (fl)  179-180 
Nimrods of the North had among themselves agreed, sit! (fl)  181-183  10 
On the cliffs of the Andes, where virtue once reign'd (fl)  183-184  10 
Genius of France from his star begem'd throne, The (fl)  185-186 
Now let rich music sound (fl)  186-187 
Again by the spirit of Freedom invited (fl)  188-189 
Don't blubber, dear Norah, I beg you'd be easy (fl)  189-190 
When a nation's absorb'd under Tyranny's chain (fl)  190-191 
While tyranny marshalls her minions around (fl)  192-194  15 
Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The (fl)  194-195 
Crown'd with auspicious light (fl)  195-196 
Power that created the night and the day, The (fl)  197 
Hark! Hark! a joyous cheering sound (fl)  197-198   
No longer let kings and base princes decree (fl)  198-199 
Unfold, Father Time, thy long records unfold (fl)  199-200 
When our Fathers came o'er (fl)  200-202  10 
Ye sons of Freedom hail the day (fl)  202-204 
When the sails catch the breeze, and the anchor is weigh'd (fl)  204-205 
Fairest flow'rets bring, The (fl)  205-206 
From Susquehannah's utmost springs (fl)  206-208  14 
Why stands the tear in Maria's eye (fl)  208-209 
While landmen wander uncontroul'd (fl)  209-211 
Independence! how bright are the blessings you give (fl)  211-212 
Hail! the first, the greatest blessing (fl)  212-213 
Come muster, my lads, your mechanical tools (fl)  213-215 
Hail, Freedom, all hail! on the top of Mount Bleed (fl)  215 
Let the foes of Great Britain now wantonly brag (fl)  216-217 
To a mouldering cavern, the mansion of woe (fl)  217-218 
Come, come, my friends, let's hail the day (fl)  218 
Red arm of slaughter is stretch'd o'er the plain, The (fl)  219 
Ye vile swinish herd in the sty of taxation (fl)  220-221  12 
When stranded on some desart coast (fl)  222 
Hail lovely maid! Hail poer divine! (fl)  222-223 
When Freedom's sons, at heav'ns command (fl)  224-226  10 
That seat of science Athens and earth's proud mistress Rome (fl)  227 
Hail America hail, unrival'd in fame (fl)  227-229 
Let's be jovial, fill our glasses (fl)  229-230 
When flow'ry meadows deck the year (fl)  230-231 
Teach me, Chloe, how to prove (fl)  231 
By a murmuring stream a fair shepherdess lay (fl)  231-232 
Tell me, Hamilla, tell me why (fl)  232-233 
All in the Downs the fleet was moored (fl)  233-234 
Alone to the banks of the dark rolling Danube (fl)  235 
In storms, when clouds obscure the sky (fl)  236 
Not drunk, nor yet sober, but brother to both (fl)  237 
Ah, where can fly my soul's true love (fl)  238 
On the Lake of Killarney I first saw the lad (fl)  238-239 
Ye sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought (fl)  239-241 
Sailor's life's a life of woe, A (fl)  241-243 
How sweet in the woodlands, with fleet hounds and horn (fl)  243-244 
Day is departed, and round from the cloud, The (fl)  244 
Adieu, adieu, my only life (fl)  245 
Sweet are the charms of her I love (fl)  246 
Farewell to Lochaber, and farewell my Jean (fl)  247-248 
While the lover is thinking (fl)  248 
In spite of love at length I've found (fl)  248-249 
When thy beauty appears (fl)  249-250 
Sweet rosy morn peeps over the hills, The (fl)  250 
Sunk was sunk beneath the hill, The (fl)  251=252 
Alexis, how artless a lover! (fl)  252 
On Africa's wide plains where the lion now roaring (fl)  253-254 
Streamlet that flow'd round her cot, The (fl)  254 
Return enraptur'd hours (fl)  254-255 
Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (fl)  255-256 
When bidden to the wake or fair (fl)  256 
'Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl)  256-257 
Tho' Bacchus may boast of his care killing bowl (fl)  257-258 
See the course throng'd with gazers, the sports are begun (fl)  258-259 
Sure wont you hear what roaring cheer (fl)  259-261 
Ye lads and ye lasses so buxom and clever (fl)  261-262 
Sup of good whisky will make you glad, A (fl)  262-263 
Ask me for a song? Egad, you'll soon wish you hadn't (fl)  264-265   
How happy are we, Now the wind is abaft (fl)  265-266 
Behold! Behold! with generous hand (fl)  266-267 
Brave sons of Columbia, your triumph behold! (fl)  267-269 
Let despots retain all their minions in chains (fl)  269-270 
When ven'trous o'er th' Atlantic main [sic] (fl)  270-271 
Hail! Liberty! supreme delight (fl)  271-272 
Come, come, my jolly lads (fl)  273 
There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin (fl)  274-275 
O Fortune how strangely thy gifts are awarded (fl)  275-277 
When William at eve meets me down at the stile (fl)  277 
Twins of Latona, so kind to my boon, The (fl)  277-278 
Let bards elate of Sue and Kate (fl)  278 
To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee (fl)  279-280 
Clarion of liberty sounds thro' the world, The (fl)  281 
Pomp of courts and pride of kings, The (fl)  282 
Her mouth, with a smile (fl)  282-283 
When once the gods, like us below (fl)  283 
I vonsh vash but a pedlar, and my shop vash in my box (fl)  284-285 
Let's home, my brave boys, to tell our joys (fl)  285-286 
Tuneful lav'rocks cheer the grove, The (fl)  286 
When first this humble roof I knew (fl)  287 
Oh! the moment was sad when my love and I parted (fl)  287-288 
Meadows look cheerful, the birds sweetly sing, The (fl)  288 
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