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Short Title Complete Modern, 1806 
Title Complete Modern Songster, The 
Pages 276 
Publisher Graves, B. 
Location NNC, MWA/MWA Cat:(Dated Books) 
Date 1806 
Place Philadelphia 
Data Place MWA Dated Books 
Comments  
First Line Page Verses
Sun when arising bespangles the dew, The (fl)  1-2 
Bright Chanticleer proclaims the dawn (fl)  2-3 
My friends all declare that my time is mispent [sic] (fl)  3-4 
For our country, when with fav'ring gale (fl)  4-5 
Say have you seen my Arabel (fl)  5-6 
Come, messmates, fill the flowing can (fl)  6-7 
Now we're all met together (fl)  7-9 
How blest the life a sailor leads (fl)  9-11 
Hail, great republic of the world! (fl)  11-12 
How blest the life a soldier leads (fl)  12-13 
Let the farmer praise his grounds (fl)  14-16  11 
Oh! The hours that I pass'd in the arms of my dear (fl)  16 
I have a silent sorrow here (fl)  17 
O, ye bucks and ye bloods of the town (fl)  17-19 
'Twas past meridian, half past four (fl)  19-21 
In the downhill of life when I find I'm declining (fl)  21-22 
Decks were clear'd the gallant band (fl)  22-23 
What virgin or shepherd in valley or grove (fl)  23-24 
Let Sawney loo the lasses, O (fl)  24-27  10 
My name d'ye see's Tom Tought, I've seed a little sarvice (fl)  27-29 
Ah! Tell me ye swains have you seen my Pastora (fl)  29-30 
Ye sons of Hibernia, who snug on dry land (fl)  30-34  12 
Irishman's tongue is so long and so thick, An (fl)  34-35 
If pity, sweet maid, ever dwelt in thy breast (fl)  35-36 
Peaceful slumb'ring on the ocean (fl)  36 
Sweet is the ship that under sail (fl)  36-38 
Life's like a ship in constant motion (fl)  38-39 
My mam is no more, and my dad's in his grave (fl)  39 
In a nate little cabin now far from Kilkenny (fl)  39-40 
I sail'd fron the Downs in the Nancy (fl)  41-42 
While high the foaming surges rise (fl)  42-43 
Tight lads have I sail'd with, but none ne'er so sightly (fl)  43-44 
When first from Kilkenny as fresh as a daisy (fl)  45-46 
In the world's crooked path where I've been (fl)  46 
At the dead of night, when by whiskey inspir'd (fl)  46-47 
Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl)  47 
Tho' winter spreads her dreer domain (fl)  48-49 
Cease fair ladies, cease bewailing (fl)  49 
'Twas at Stepney Church I was splic'd to Doll (fl)  49-51 
O think on my fate once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  51 
When I to London, first came in (fl)  52-53 
Dear Nancy, I've sail'd the world all around (fl)  53-54 
Begone, dull care, I pray thee begone from me (fl)  54 
See the park throng'd with beauties, the tumult's begun (fl)  54-55 
Fragrant as the rose-bud throwing (fl)  55-56 
Why fair maid, in ev'ry feature (fl)  56-57 
Coward to Love and Manly Duty, A (fl)  58-59 
Passing bell no longer toll'd, The (fl)  59 
'Tis chaos all, all seems confounded (fl)  59-60 
Is't my country you'd know? I'm an Irishman born (fl)  61-63 
I'm a comical fellow, I'll tell you no fib (fl)  63-64 
Hush ev'ry Breeze, let nothing move (fl)  65 
O'er barren hills and flow'ry dales (fl)  65-66 
With my pipe in one hand and my jug in the other (fl)  66 
In the dead of the night, when with labour opprest (fl)  67 
One sweet May morn in Woodley Park (fl)  67-68 
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly (fl)  69-70 
Trees seem'd to fade, as the dear spot I'm viewing, The (fl)  70-71 
In the first book of job, that I now mean to guote (fl)  72-76  12 
And bearing up to gain the port (fl)  73 
Why Moses, why Aaron, my boys, I'm glad (fl)  73 
I've kiss'd and I've prattl'd with fifty fair maids (fl)  74 
I sigh! And lament me in vain (fl)  74 
Cease rude Boreas blustering railer (fl)  74-75 
Oh! Dear what can the matter be (fl)  75 
Over furze cover'd mountains as weary I roam (fl)  76-77 
Gallants attend and hear a friend (fl)  77-80  22 
Of all that strive to live and thrive (fl)  80-81 
When our great Sires this land explor'd (fl)  81-82 
Tho' far beyond the mountains, that look so distant here (fl)  82-84 
What mortal can more happy be (fl)  84-85 
Down the burn and thro' the mead (fl)  85-86 
O listen to the voice of love (fl)  86 
Shepherds I have lost my love (fl)  86--87 
It was summer and softly the breezes were blowing (fl)  87-88 
This world is a stage, where all men engage (fl)  88-89  10 
When lav'rocks sweet and yellow broom (fl)  90 
'Tis wine that clears the understanding (fl)  90-91 
Drunk I was last night, that's poz (fl)  91-92 
Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer! (fl)  92-94 
Hunter's up and the ruddy fac'd morn, The (fl)  94-95 
When the blythe village-maid leads her flocks to the plain (fl)  95-96 
Sun from the east tips the mountains with gold, The (fl)  96-97 
How imperfect is expression (fl)  97-98 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day (fl)  98-100 
No glory I covet, no riches I want (fl)  100 
Leave off your foolish prating (fl)  101 
Guardian Angel now protect me (fl)  101-102 
Echoing horn call the sportsmen abroad [sic] (fl)  102-103 
Spring was advancing, the birds were beginning, The (fl)  103-104 
Stag thro' the forest when rous'd by the horn, The (fl)  105 
Wealthy fool, with gold in store, The (fl)  105-106 
I envy not the proud their wealth (fl)  106 
No more I'll court the town bred fair (fl)  107 
As you mean to set sail for the land of delight (fl)  108 
Hark, dear girl, the message hear (fl)  108-109 
I've kiss'd and I've prattl'd with fifty fair maids (fl)  109-110 
Young Willy woo'd me long in vain (fl)  110-111 
Hark! Hark! Sweet lass, the trumpet sounds (fl)  111 
To horse ye jolly sportsmen (fl)  111-113  10 
Go! Tuneful bird, that glads the sky (fl)  113 
One summer's eve, when Luna's beams (fl)  114 
As through the grove the other day (fl)  114-115 
See beneath yon bow'r of roses (fl)  116 
Linnet's next with anxious care, A (fl)  116-117 
Since love is the plan (fl)  117-118 
Happy, harmless, rural pair (fl)  118 
Lovely Nymph, now cease to languish (fl)  118-119 
Banish sorrow grief and folly (fl)  119-120 
I dreamt I saw a piteous sight (fl)  120-121 
Thus for men the women fair (fl)  121-122 
Busy crew their sails unbending, The (fl)  122 
As passing by a shady grove (fl)  123 
My love is gone to sea (fl)  123-124 
Hark! Hark! The Joy-inspiring Horn (fl)  124-125 
Says Plato why should man be vain (fl)  125-126 
Last Valentine's day when bright Phoebus shone clear (fl)  126-127 
I sing the beauties that adorn (fl)  127-128 
It was upon a Lammas night (fl)  128-129 
As down on Banna's banks I stray'd (fl)  129-131 
As my cow I was milking just now in the vale (fl)  131-132 
Blow chearfully ye winds, till my Henry return (fl)  132 
How stands the glass around (fl)  133 
Lord, what care I for Mam or Dad? (fl)  134 
On that fair bank where Lubin died (fl)  134-135 
Wind blew hard, the sea ran high, The (fl)  135-136 
How sweet the rosy blush of morn (fl)  136-137 
Fields were green, the hills were gay, The (fl)  137-138 
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day (fl)  138-139 
Ye sportsmen draw near, and ye sportswomen too (fl)  139 
In vain to me the hours of care (fl)  140 
Cease, tyrant of my flaming bosom, cease (fl)  140-141 
Behold on the brow the leaves play in the breeze (fl)  141-142 
Wand'ring sailor ploughs the main, The (fl)  142-143 
Aspasia rolls her sparkling eyes (fl)  143-144 
Come bustle, drink about (fl)  144-145 
Knights errant of old (fl)  145 
De'll burn you a', quoth St. Andrew (fl)  145 
Now, cotsblood, quoth St. David (fl)  146 
St. Denis di, mes chere amis (fl)  146 
St. Patrick, hot as lightning with whiskey and old bumbo (fl)  146 
When errant knights, in proud array (fl)  146-147 
Hark! Forward, away, my brave boys to the chace (fl)  147 
That I might not be plagued with the nonsense of men (fl)  147-148 
'Twas at the break of day we spy'd (fl)  148-149 
Sun shone pale on mountain snow, The (fl)  150 
Few years ago, in the days of my Granum, A (fl)  150-151 
What a charming thing's a battle! (fl)  152 
Ye fair possess'd of ev'ry charm (fl)  152-153 
I winna marry ony mon but Sandy o'er the lee (fl)  153-154 
How sweet is love when virtue guides (fl)  154 
One morning young Roger accosted me thus (fl)  155 
What pleasures can compare (fl)  156-157 
O Sandy, why leavest thou thy Nelly to mourn! (fl)  157-158 
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen (fl)  158 
When running life's race (fl)  159-160 
There was a jolly miller once liv'd on the River Dee (fl)  160-161 
Blow high, blow low, low, let tempests tear (fl)  161-162 
Of all fine things that the gay celebrate (fl)  162-163 
Say Phoebe why is gentle love (fl)  163 
Encompass'd in an angel's frame (fl)  164-165 
Acourting I went to my love (fl)  165 
Dear Tom, this brown jug, that now foams with mild ale (fl)  166 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The (fl)  166-167 
Go plaintive sounds! And to the fair (fl)  167-168 
Fame, let thy trumpet sound (fl)  168-170 
When exil'd freedom forc'd to roam (fl)  170-171 
At length war's sanguine scenes are o'er (fl)  171-172 
West of th' old Atlantic, from liberty stands! [sic] (fl)  173-176  14 
When America first, at Heaven's command (fl)  176-177 
Ye sons of France, away to glory (fl)  178-179 
Since first l'Ambuscade came here (fl)  179-182  13 
Lift aloft the trumpet (fl)  182 
Hail! Social converse! Source of purest pleasure (fl)  183 
Why give your tyrants the laurel of fame (fl)  183-188  19 
At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still (fl)  188-189 
My temples with clusters of grapes I'll entwine (fl)  189-190 
Contented I am, and contented I'll be (fl)  190-192  11 
O'er the vine-cover'd hills and gay regions of France (fl)  192-194 
In a chariot of light from the regions of day (fl)  194-195 
Whilst in peaceful quarters lying (fl)  195-198  11 
Nimrods of the North had among themnselves agreed, sir, The (fl)  198-201  10 
Don't blubber, dear Norah, I beg you be easy (fl)  201-203 
When a natiion's absorb'd under tyranny's chain (fl)  203-204 
God save . . . . "The Rights of Man!" [sic] (fl)  204-206 
Columbia! Columbia! To glory arise (fl)  206-208 
On the cliffs of the Andes, where virtue once reign'd (fl)  208-210  10 
While tyranny marshalls her minions around (fl)  210-212  15 
Moon had clim'd the highest hill, The (fl)  212-213 
Genius of France from his star begem'd throne, The (fl)  213-215 
Now let rich music sound (fl)  215-216 
Again by the spirit of freedom invited (fl)  217-218 
Power that created the night and the day, The (fl)  218-219 
Hark! Hark! A joyous, cheering sound (fl)  219-220 
No longer let king and base princes decree (fl)  220 
Why stands the tear in Maria's eye (fl)  220-221 
While landmen wander uncontroul'd (fl)  221-223 
Let the foes of Great Britain now wantonly brag (fl)  224-225 
Ye sons of freedom hail the day (fl)  226-228 
When the sails catch the breeze, and the anchor is weigh'd (fl)  228-229 
Fairest flow'rets bring, The (fl)  229-230 
From Susquehannah's utmost springs (fl)  230-232  14 
When freedom's sons, at Heav'n's command (fl)  232-235  10 
Crown'd with auspicious light (fl)  236-237 
Unfold, Father Time, thy long records unfold (fl)  238-239 
When our fathers came o'er (fl)  239-241  10 
Independence! How bright are the blessings you give! (fl)  241-242 
Hail! The first, the greatest blessing (fl)  242-243 
Come muster, my lads, your mechanical tools (fl)  243-245 
That seat of science Athens, and earth's proud mistress Rome (fl)  245 
Hail America hail, unrival'd in fame (fl)  246-248 
To a mouldering cavern, the mansion of woe (fl)  248-249 
Come, come, my friends, let's hail the day (fl)  249-250 
Red arm of slaughter is stretch'd o'er the plain, The (fl)  250-251 
Ye vile swinish herd in the sty of taxation (fl)  251-253  12 
Let's be jovial, fill our glasses (fl)  254 
When flow'ry meadows deck the year (fl)  255-256 
Teach me, Chole, how to prove (fl)  256 
By a murmuring stream a fair shepherdess lay (fl)  256-257 
Alone on the banks of the dark rolling Danube (fl)  257-258 
In storms, when clouds obscure the sky (fl)  258-259 
Tell me, Hamilla, tell me why (fl)  260 
When stranded on some desart coast (fl)  260-261 
Hail lovely maid! Hail power divine! (fl)  261-262 
Not drunk, nor yet sober, but brother to both (fl)  263-264 
Ah, where can fly my soul's true love (fl)  264 
On the lake of Killarney I first saw the lad (fl)  264-265 
Adieu, adieu, my only life (fl)  265-266 
Sailor's life's a life of woe, A (fl)  266-268 
All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd (fl)  268-270 
Sweet are the charms of her I love (fl)  270-271 
Farewell to Lochaber, and farewell my Jean (fl)  271-272 
While the lover is thinking (fl)  272 
In spite of love at length I've found (fl)  273-274 
When thy beauty appears (fl)  274 
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