Bibliography - Modern Songster, 1816

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Short Title Modern Songster, 1816 
Title Modern Songster, The 
Pages 211 
Publisher Warner, William 
Location MWA/0AoA/WC OCLC 7870903/Rdx MF 38274 
Date 1816 
Place Baltimore 
Data Place Rdx S38274 
Comments pp/ 94-193 missing. Pages numbered starting with 194 Songs listed in Index for missing pages. 
First Line Page Verses
Hail Columbia! happy Land (fl)  3-4 
Of Columbia's boast the pride be mine (fl)  5-6 
Adieu, a heart-warm fond adieu! (fl)  6-7 
Now Hibernians bold and brave (fl)  7-8 
One evening as I rambled (fl)  8-10 
Come Chloe,and give me sweet kisses (fl)  10-11 
I have been a wild rover these dozen long year (fl)  11-12 
Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer (fl)  12-14 
How blest the life a sailor leads (fl)  14-15 
Ye sportsmen, draw near, and ye sportswomen too (fl)  15-16 
I've kiss'd and I've prattled with fifty fair maids (fl)  16-17 
Dusky night rides down the sky, The (fl)  17-18 
I have parks, I have grounds (fl)  18-19 
How pleasant a sailor's life passes (fl)  19-20 
O think on my fate!---once I freedom enjoy'd (fl)  20-21 
It was upon a Lammas night (fl)  21-22 
Why, fair maid, in ev'ry feature (fl)  22-23 
Last night the dogs did bark (fl)  23-24 
Turban'd Turk, who scorns the world, The (fl)  24 
Banish sorrow, grief's a folly (fl)  25 
I am a jolly gay Pedlar (fl)  25-26 
'Twas on the morn of sweet May day (fl)  26-28 
Hunters are up and the ruddy fac'd morn, The (fl)  28 
Twins of Latona, so kind to my boon, The (fl)  29 
Last week I took a wife (fl)  29-30 
Beyond yon hills whereStinchar flows [sic] (fl)  31-32 
'Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl)  32-33 
Sea was calm the sky serene, The (fl)  33-34 
Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (fl)  34-35 
Our country is our ship, d' ye see (fl)  35-36 
One moon shining night, about two in the morning (fl)  36-38 
Silver moon that shines so bright, The (fl)  38-39 
Come all hands ahoy to the anchor (fl)  39-40 
With care I've search'd the village round (fl)  41-42 
My seventeenth year scarce over (fl)  42-43 
Charming maid of Lodi, The (fl)  43-44 
I that once was a ploughman, a sailor am now (fl)  44-46 
Allur'd by the wealth, which Columbia possess'd (fl)  46-47 
Brother Nathan's nation mad (fl)  47-48 
There's nought but care on every hand (fl)  48-49 
Sure won't you hear (fl)  49-51 
Would you travel the wide world over (fl)  51-52 
Bright Chanticleer proclaims the dawn (fl)  52-53 
My heart from my bosom would fly (fl)  53-54 
Come hail the great day, ye sons of mirth (fl)  54-55 
When sailing with a favoring gale (fl)  56 
Day had descended the eve was serene, The (fl)  56-58  10 
On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh (fl)  58-59 
What virgin or shepherd in valley or grove (fl)  59 
My name is Tippy Bob (fl)  60-61 
Behold poor Will just come from drill (fl)  61-62 
Dear sir, this brown jug, which now foams with mild ale (fl)  62-63 
Now spring her sweets discloses (fl)  63-64 
Lass of Peaties mill, The (fl)  64-65 
Our immortal poet's page (fl)  65-68 
Young Teddy is an Irish lad (fl)  68-69 
Echoing horn calls the sportsman abroad, The (fl)  69 
Curtis was old Hodge's wife (fl)  70 
This world's a strange world child, it must be confest (fl)  71 
John Bull for pastime took a prance (fl)  71-72 
Fond husband will, after a conjugal strife, A (fl)  72-73 
Of all that strive to live and thrive (fl)  73-74 
I am lately return'd from the ocean (fl)  74-77 
Night her silent sable wore, The (fl)  77-78 
How happily my life I led (fl)  78 
There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin (fl)  79-80 
Ye sons of Columbia, O hail the great day (fl)  80 
Ye sons of Hibernia, who snug on dry land (fl)  81-85  12 
Trees seem to fade as yon dear spot I'm viewing, The (fl)  85-86 
I vonsh vash but a pedlar, and my shop vash in my box (fl)  86-88 
Tho' I am now a very little lad (fl)  88-89 
O Love! what the deuce do you want in my bosom! (fl)  89-90 
O Logie of Buchan! O Logie the laird! (fl)  90 
My heart is as honest and brave as the best (fl)  91 
I have loo'd into life and with truth I can say (fl)  91-92 
As Murphy Delaney, so funny and frisky (fl)  92-93 
When last from the straights we had fairly cast anchor (fl)  93-94   
[Tho' far beyond the mountains that look so distant here] (fl)  94   
[While I hang on your bosom, distracted to lose you] (fl)  95 96 97 98 99   
[Since wedlock's in vogue, and stale virgins despis'd] (fl)  96   
[Now listen my friends, to an old dog's new story] (fl)  97   
[Last Valentine's day, when bright Phoebus shone clear] (fl)  98   
[Young Roger the ploughman, who wanted a mate] (fl)  99   
[Captain bold, from Charlestown went, A] (fl)  100   
[Adieu! adieu! my only life] (fl)  102   
[To the cannon's deep thunder, that breaks on the ear] (fl)  103   
[John Bull in a passion once stoutly resolved] (fl)  104   
[By the trident of Neptune brave Hull cried let's steer] (fl)  107   
[When Freedom fair Columbia sought] (fl)  109   
[When Freedom wakes upon the world] (fl)  110   
[I'm told by the wise ones, a maid I shall die] (fl)  111   
['Twas in the month of May] (fl)  112   
[Columbia's sons at sea] (fl)  114   
[Hail Columbia! happy land] (fl)  115   
[Leave neighbours, your work and at sport and to play] (fl)  117   
[O! say can you see by the dawns early light] (fl)  118   
[Lover, often has been bless'd, A] (fl)  119   
[Shadows of the eve 'gan to steal o'er the plain, The] (fl)  120   
[Deep in love, yes! 'tis love] (fl)  121   
[Oh hast thou e'er seen the first star of the night] (fl)  121   
[Oh should I fly from the world love to thee] (fl)  122   
[When she smiles oh! I think of the Heav'ns warm ray] (fl)  123   
[When she weeps and averting her mild azure eyes] (fl)  124   
[Said a smile to a teat] (fl)  125   
[Mama's left off business, and I've sunk the shop] (fl)  126   
[Oh! take me to your arms, love] (fl)  126   
[Ye feather'd songsters of vale] (fl)  127   
[Come hither, my lads, and ye lasses around] (fl)  128   
[When young Stephen came to woo me] (fl)  129   
[What tho' the blooming, genial year] (fl)  129   
[I wander'd once, at break of day] (fl)  130   
[Yes, yes, I remember well the hour] (fl)  131   
[Oh wander no more from me, my love] (fl)  132   
[When absent from her my soul holds most dear] (fl)  132   
[Tuneful bird from freedom torn, The] (fl)  133   
[When the snow-drop and Crocus first look for the spring] (fl)  133   
[On one parent stalk, two white roses were growing] (fl)  134   
[Flowing canvas caught the breeze, The] (fl)  135   
[Whence comes this keen this cutting smart?] (fl)  136   
[While I fold in my arms, the dear girl of my heart] (fl)  137   
[Little Cupid one day o'er a Myrtle bough stray'd] (fl)  138   
[I have a heart, a little heart] (fl)  139   
[From thee, eliza, I must go] (fl)  140   
[Down in the Valley, the sun setting clearly] (fl)  141   
[Tell her I'll, while the clouds drop rain] (fl)  141   
[Oh have not you heard of Kate Kearney] (fl)  142   
[In the world's crooked path where I've been] (fl)  143   
[Oh! yes, I have seen this Kate Kearney] (fl)  143   
[Day is departed, and round from the cloud, The] (fl)  144   
[Bloom bloom'd so fresh and fair, The] (fl)  144   
[Alone to the banks of the dark-rolling Danube] (fl)  145   
[Ah! where can fly my soul's true love] (fl)  147   
[Sea was calm the sky serene, The] (fl)  147   
[Oh! think on my fate, once I freedom enjoy'd] (fl)  148   
['Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town] (fl)  149   
[Stay lady---stay for mercy's sake] (fl)  150   
[Say, have you seen my Arrabell?] (fl)  151   
[Giles Scroggins courted Molly Brown] (fl)  152   
[Miller I am, and respected's my name, A] (fl)  154   
[How sweet is love when virtue guides] (fl)  154   
[My mam is no more, and my dad's in his grave] (fl)  155   
[Ye ling'ring winds that feebly blew] (fl)  156   
[Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of day] (fl)  157   
[Here wanton gales purfume the glade] (fl)  157   
[Sun when arising, bespangles the dew, The] (fl)  158   
[Twins of Latona so kind to my boon, The] (fl)  159   
[In the dead of the night, when with labour oppress'd] (fl)  160   
[In storms, when clouds obscure the sky] (fl)  161   
[I'm a poor little orphan, ah! pity me prey [sic]] (fl)  163   
[Rise, Cynthia, rise] (fl)  163   
[Whenever a comely lass I spy] (fl)  163   
[On the point of a rock jutting o'er the green ocean] (fl)  164   
[Body may in simple way, A] (fl)  165   
[When I was a boy in my father's mud edifice] (fl)  166   
[Blessing unknown to ambition and pride, A] (fl)  167   
[Would you travel the wide world over] (fl)  168   
[Loud roar'd the dreadful thunder] (fl)  169   
[On Ireland's ground, seat of true hospitality] (fl)  170   
[When Steerwell heard me first impart] (fl)  172   
[Over the mountains, and over the moor] (fl)  173   
[Rose had been wash'd---just wash'd in a shower, The] (fl)  173   
[Ye banks and braes of bonny Doon] (fl)  174   
[Oh! say from thy bosom why heaves the soft sigh] (fl)  176   
While around the festive board (fl)  177   
When William first woo'd I said yes to the swain (fl)  179   
Your pardon kind gentlef[ol]k pray (fl)  180   
Have ye seen in a fresh dewy morning (fl)  182   
I'm a Jew you may tell by my [beard] and my proge (fl)  183   
Though tender and young, yet my eye-sight is gone (fl)  184   
When at night the swains (fl)  185   
Ah! who is that, Ah! who is that, whose thrilling tones (fl)  186   
Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises (fl)  186   
O'er my toil-wither'd limbs sickly langours are shed (fl)  189   
Alas! the battle's lost and won (fl)  190   
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly (fl)  191   
[In Dublin city there lives a youth] (fl)  193   
[I am a brisk and sprightly lad] (fl)  193   
You may sing of your waggoners, plough-boys and watchmen (fl)  194-195 
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise (fl)  196-197 
Sun sets at night, and the stars shun the day, The (fl)  197-198 
While Europe's mad powers o'er creation are ranging (fl)  198-202  10 
Hail America hail, unrival'd in fame (fl)  202-204 
Columbia, hail! We celebrate that day (fl)  204-205 
See the cautious warrior creeping! (fl)  205-206 
Strew, Virgins the cypress o'er Washington's bier (fl)  206-207 
When'er the tyrants of the main (fl)  207-209  16 
Columbia's sons, prepare, unite (fl)  210-211 
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