Bibliography - American Songster, 1813

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Short Title American Songster, 1813 
Title American Songster, The 
Pages 90 
Publisher Bioren, John 
Location PHi/LCP-PHi LCP Api.813 B 616 
Date 1813 
Place Philadelphia 
Data Place LCP Api.813 B 616 
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World, my dear Myra, is full of deceit, The (fl) 
Lass of Patie's mill, The (fl)  5-6 
O, Bell, thy looks have kill'd my heart (fl)  6-7 
Wha wadna be in love? (fl)  7-8 
Jolly mortals, fill your glasses (fl) 
There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg (fl) 
Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The (fl)  9-10 
Assist me ye lads, who have hearts void of guile (fl)  10-11 
Tho' man has long boasted an absolute sway (fl)  11-12 
Fishwives, I have lost my wife! (fl)  12 
'Twas in the good ship Rover (fl)  12-13 
Smiling morn, the breathing spring, The (fl)  13-14 
My name is Honest Harry O (fl)  14-15 
My bottle is my wife and friend (fl)  15-16 
Tuneful Lav'rocks cheer the grove, The (fl)  16 
Daughter, you're too young to marry (fl)  17 
I'm told by the wise ones, a maid I shall die (fl)  18 
On thy banks, gentle Tay, when I breath'd my soft lute (fl)  18-19 
O the days when I was young (fl)  19 
Behold the God Bacchus (fl)  20 
Busy crew their sails unbending, The (fl)  20-21 
'Twas in the month of May (fl)  21-23 
When fairies dance round on the grass (fl)  23 
My jovial friends with social glee (fl)  23-24 
At the very best of houses where the best of people dine (fl)  24-26 
To Batchelor's Hall we good fellows invite (fl)  26-27 
Pray, young man, your suit give over (fl)  27-28 
Columbia's sons at sea (fl)  28-29 
Tom Starboard was a lover true (fl)  29-30 
Lovely woman 'tis thou (fl)  30-31 
Calm the winds; the distant ocean (fl)  31 
Ere sorrow taught my tears to flow (fl)  31-32 
With a merry tale, serjeants beat the drum (fl)  32-33 
Hail Columbia! happy land (fl)  33-34 
I once was a maiden as fresh as a rose (fl)  34-35 
Hey, the dusty miller (fl)  35 
Leave, neighbours, your work, and to sport and to play (fl)  36 
Then farewell, my trim built wherry (fl)  37 
Fiddlers, your pins in temper fix (fl)  37-39 
Lover, often, has been bless'd, A (fl)  39-40 
Shadows of eve 'gan to steal o'er the plain, The (fl)  40 
Oh hast thou e'er seen the first star of the night (fl)  40   
When she smiles oh I think of the heav'ns warm ray (fl)  43 
When she weeps and averting her mild azure eyes (fl)  43-44 
Said a smile to a tear (fl)  44 
Mama's left off business, and I've sunk the shop (fl)  44-45 
Oh! take me to your arms, love, for keen the wind doth blow (fl)  45 
Ye feather'd songsters of the vale (fl)  46 
Come hither, my lads, and ye lasses around (fl)  46 
When young Strephon came to woo me (fl)  47 
What tho' the blooming, genial year (fl)  47-48 
I have parks, I have grounds (fl)  48-49 
I wander'd once, at break of day (fl)  49 
Yes, yes, I remember well the hour (fl)  49-50 
When absent from her, my soul holds most dear (fl)  50 
Oh wander no more from me, my love (fl)  50 
Tuneful bird from freedom torn, The (fl)  51 
When the snow-drop and crocus first look for the Spring (fl)  51-52 
On one parent stalk, two white roses were growing (fl)  52-53 
Flowing canvass caught the breeze, The (fl)  53 
Whence comes this keen this cutting smart? (fl)  54 
While I fold in my arms the dear girl of my heart (fl)  54-55 
Little Cupid one day o'er a myrtle bough stray'd (fl)  55 
I have a heart, a little heart (fl)  56 
From thee, Eliza, I must, go (fl)  56-57 
To a shady retreat, fair Eliza I trac'd (fl)  57 
Last night the dogs did bark (fl)  57-58 
Tell her I love her, while the clouds drop rain (fl)  58 
Down in the valley, the sun setting clearly (fl)  58-59 
Oh have you not heard of Kate Kearney (fl)  59 
Oh! yes, I have seen this Kate Kearney (fl)  59-60 
In the world's crooked path where I've been (fl)  60 
Day is departed, and round from the cloud, The (fl)  60-61 
Broom bloom'd so fresh and so fair, The (fl)  61-62 
Alone to the banks of the dark rolling Danube (fl)  62-63 
Ah! where can fly my soul's true love (fl)  63 
Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl)  63-64 
Oh! think on my fate, once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  64-65 
'Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl)  65-66 
Why, fair maid, in ev'ry feature (fl)  66-67 
Stay, lady---stay for mercy's sake (fl)  67-68  10 
Say, have you seen my Arrabell? (fl)  68-69 
Giles Scroggins courted Molly Brown (fl)  69-70 
How sweet is love when virtue guides (fl)  70 
Miller I am, and respected's my name, A (fl)  70-71 
There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin (fl)  71-72 
Adieu, a heart, warm, fond adieu (fl)  73-74 
Prey to tender anguish, A (fl)  74-75 
My merry gentle people (fl)  75-76 
How stands the glass around (fl)  76-77 
Come muster, my lads, your mechanical tools (fl)  77-79 
Council was held in the chambers of Jove, A (fl)  79-80 
Hail! Liberty supreme delight (fl)  80-81 
When friendship, love and truth abound (fl)  81-82 
Hence, fell discontent and its murmuring train (fl)  82 
What beauties does Flora disclose! (fl)  83 
'Twas in the ev'ning of a wintry day (fl)  84 
Rebecca was the fairest maid (fl)  84-86 
In April, when primroses paint the sweet plain (fl)  86 
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise (fl)  87-88 
Night o'er the world her curtain hung (fl)  88-89 
How blest a life the sailor leads (fl)  89-90 
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