Bibliography - Black Bird, 1816

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Short Title Black Bird, 1816 
Title Black Bird, The 
Pages 140 
Publisher Duyckinck, Evert 
Location MWA/0AoA/WC OCLC 78280344/Rdx MF 37019 
Date 1816 
Place New-York 
Data Place Rdx S37019 
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Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear (fl) 
I sail'd from the downs in the Nancy (fl)  4-5 
Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer (fl)  5-7 
Begone, dull care, I prithee begone from me (fl) 
Dear Nancy, I've sailed the world all around (fl)  8-9 
All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd (fl)  9-11 
Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (fl)  11-12 
Loose every sail to the breeze (fl)  12-13 
I sail'd in the good ship Kitty (fl)  13 
When I took my departure from Dublin's sweet town (fl)  14-16 
Last Valentine's day, when bright Phoebus shone clear (fl)  16-17 
Meadows look cheerful, the birds sweetly sing, The (fl)  18 
Sweet is the ship that under sail (fl)  18-19 
Plague of those musty old lubbers, A (fl)  19-21 
Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl)  21-22 
I was, d' ye see, a waterman (fl)  22-24 
Ye sportsmen draw near and ye sportswomen too (fl)  24-25   
'Twas past meridian half past four (fl)  25-26 
When first miss Kitty came to town (fl)  26-27   
Dear Tom, this brown jug, which now foams with mild ale (fl)  28 
Oh think on my fate! once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  28-29 
Tuneful lavrocs cheer the grove, The (fl)  30 
Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The (fl)  30-31 
Sailor's life's a life of woe, A (fl)  31-33 
Come buy of poor Mary, promroses I sell (fl)  33-34 
Sun sets at night and the stars shun the day, The (fl)  34-35 
In the world's crooked paths where I've been (fl)  35 
On Richmond hill there lives a lass (fl)  35-36 
Wealthy fool with gold in store, The (fl)  36 
For England, when, with fav'ring gale (fl)  37 
Bird that hears her nestling cry, The (fl)  37-38 
How happily my life I led (fl)  38-39 
When I've money I am merry (fl)  39-40 
Go patter to lubbers and swabs do you see (fl)  40-42 
When I was at home, I was merry and frisky (fl)  42-43 
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen (fl)  43-44 
From night till morn I take my glass (fl)  44 
Amo amas (fl)  44-45 
When first we hear the boatswain's bray (fl)  45-46 
Topsails shiver in the wind, The (fl)  47 
When bidden to the wake or fair (fl)  47-48 
Silver moon that shines so bright, The (fl)  48-49 
Flaxen-headed cow-boy, as simple as may be, A (fl)  49-50 
Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day (fl)  50-51 
I that once was a ploughman, a sailor am now (fl)  51-53 
Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl)  54 
In storms when clouds obscure the sky (fl)  54-55 
Lord! what care I for mam or dad (fl)  55-56 
Ye virgins attend, believe me your friend (fl)  56-57 
Could you to battle march away (fl)  57-58 
How stands the glass around (fl)  58-59 
Taylor I once was as blithe as e'er need be, A (fl)  60-61 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The (fl)  61-62 
As Jemie Gay gang'd blithe his way (fl)  62-63 
I've kiss'd and I've pratted with fifty fair maids (fl)  63-64 
[Fair Hebe I left] with a cautious design (fl)  64-65 
Come now all ye social powers (fl)  65-66 
Lowland lads think they are fine, The (fl)  66 
Though I'm a very little lad (fl)  67-68 
Busy crew their sails unbending, The (fl)  68 
Shepherds I have lost my love (fl)  69 
Wand'ring Sailor ploughs the main, The (fl)  69-70 
Jolly mortals fill your glasses (fl)  70 
One morning young Roger accosted me thus (fl)  70-72 
Assist me ye lads who have hearts void of guile (fl)  72-73 
Banish sorrow, grief, and folly (fl)  73-74 
Alone to the banks of the dark rolling Danube (fl)  74-75 
What cheer my dear Polly---did'nt I tell you as how [sic] (fl)  75-78 
At Totterdown-hill there dwelt an old pair (fl)  78-79 
Rose tree in full bearing, A (fl)  79-81 
How blest the life a sailor leads (fl)  81-82 
Down the burn and through the mead (fl)  82-83 
Echoing horn calls the sportsmen abroad, The (fl)  83-84 
Blow cheerfully ye winds, till my Henry returns (fl)  84-85 
Says Plato, why should man be vain? (fl)  85 
With my jug in one hand, and my pipe in the other (fl)  86 
When lovers are too daring grown (fl)  86-87 
There was a jolly miller once liv'd on the river Dee (fl)  87-88 
Her sheep had in clusters crept close to a grove (fl)  88-90 
As you mean to set sail for the land of delight (fl)  90-91 
I winna marry ona mon but Sandy o'er the lee (fl)  91-92 
No more I'll court the town-bred fair (fl)  92-93 
One kind kiss before we part (fl)  93 
O'er barren hills and flow'ry dales (fl)  93-94 
Little thinks the townsman's wife (fl)  94-95 
You gallants of America (fl)  95-96 
O listen, listen to the voice of love (fl)  96-97 
Come under my plaidy, the nights gaun to faw (fl)  97-100  12 
Oh, the moment was sad when my love and I parted (fl)  100-101 
John Bull for pastime took a prance (fl)  101-103 
Ma chere, my charming fair (fl)  103 
Hail Columbia! happy land (fl)  103-105 
Forc'd from home, and all its pleasures (fl)  105-106 
Peaceful slumb'ring on the ocean (fl)  106 
It was summer so softly the breezes were blowing (fl)  106-108 
Dear Kathleen, you no doubt (fl)  108-109 
How imperfect is expression (fl)  109-110 
Mason's daughter, fair and young, A (fl)  110 
Dame nature one day in a comical mood (fl)  111-112 
Adieu! adieu! my only life (fl)  113-114 
'Twas Saturday night, the twinkling stars (fl)  114-115  10 
[We bipeds made of frail clay] (fl)  116-117 
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant so jolly (fl)  117-118 
Sun from the east tips the mountain with gold, The [sic] (fl)  118-120 
Ladies all can best approve, The (fl)  121 
Leave, neighbors, your work, and to sport and to play (fl)  122-123 
There's nought but care on every hand (fl)  123-124 
When I think on this warld's pelf [sic] (fl)  124-125 
Honor let the soldier chuse (fl)  125 
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch (fl)  126 
Term full as long as the siege of old Troy, A (fl)  126-128 
Ye sons of Columbia, who bravely have fought (fl)  128-131 
Wind blew hard, and the sea ran high, The (fl)  131-133 
From the man that I love, tho my heart I disguise (fl)  133-134 
Twins of Latona, so kind to my boon, The (fl)  134-135 
Contented I am, and contented I'll be (fl)  135-136 
Fill your glasses, banish grief (fl)  136-137 
Four and twenty fidlers all in a row [sic] (fl)  137-139  10 
How happy the soldier who lives on his pay (fl)  139-140 
Farewell ye groves, and chrystal fountains (fl)  140 
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