Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive/Volume 6

Wit and Mirth:
or
Pills
to Purge
Melancholy;
Being
A Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New.

Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice, or Instrument: Most of the Songs being new Set.


The Sixth and Last Vol.


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London:
Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear’s Head, over-against Catherine Street in the Strand, 1720.

An
Alphabetical Table
of the
Songs
Contain’d in this
Book.
A Pag.
As Amoret and Thyrsis lay, 30
As unconcern’d and free as Air, 33
As I am a Sailor, 41
And now, now the Duke’s March, 47
Aurelia now one Moment lost, 48
After the pangs of fierce Desire, 78
A Pox on the Fool, 119
A Young Man lately in our Town, 180
All Joy to Mortals, 181
A Pox on the Times, 184
A Pox on such Fools! let the 186
As Cupid many Ages past, 188
All Christians that have Ears to hear, 202
As at Noon Dulicna rested, 206
A Dean and Prebendary, 213
A World that’s full of Fools and Mad-men, 229
Astutus Constabularius, 237
Amor est Pegma, 239
Abroad as I was walking, I’spy’d 247
A Pedlar proud as I heard tell, 248
A Young Man and a Maid, 251
All own the Young Sylvia is 261
A Swain in despair, 262
As I came down the hey Land Town, 275
A Jolly young Grocer of London Town, 286
As it befel upon one time, 289
A Taylor good Lord, in the Time of Vacation, 292
A Comely Dame of Islington, 296
Ah! how happy’s he, 303
A Little Love may prove a Pleasure, 307
At the Change as I was a walking, 324
All you that must take a leap in the Dark, 327
Alphonzo, if you Sir, 339
A Worthy London Prentice, 342
At the break of Morning light, 357
B
Belinda’s pretty, pretty pleasing Form 11
Blush not redder than the Morning, 195
Banish my Lydia these 203
Beauty, like Kingdoms not for one, 217
Beneath a cool Shade Amaryllis 270
Boasting Fops who court the Fair, 314
C
Come here’s a good Health, 8
Cupid make your Virgins tender, 17
Corinna I excuse thy Face, 34
Chloe found Love for his Psyche 49
Coy Belinda may discover, 52
Corinna ’tis you that I love, 54
Come buy my Greens and Flowers, 124
Cælia’s bright Beauty all others transcend, 157
Come from the Temple, away to the Bed, 198
Come all that are dispos’d 255
Chloris, can you 299
Cælia be not too complying, 306
Clasp’d in my dear Melinda’s Arms, 318
Come Cælia come, let’s sit and 325
D
Do not rumple my Top-knot, 55
Day was spent and Night 208
Dear Catholick brother 277
Dear Mother I am Transported, 278
Despairing besides a clear stream, 363
E
Ere Phillis with her looks did kill, 321
F
Fly, fly ye lazy Hours, 24
Fye Amaryllis, cease to grieve, 27
Fairest Isle, all Isles excelling, 56
Fye Jockey, never prattle, 77
Forgive me Cloe if I dare, 175
Fortune is blind and Beauty unkind, 242
From Father Hopkins, 245
Fickle Bliss, fantastick Treasure, 259
Fill the Glass fill, fill, 280
Farewel my useless Scrip, 320
Fates I defie, I defie your Advances, 345
Farewel, Chloe, O farewel, 365
G
God Prosper long our Gracious Queen, 4
Go, go, go, go falsest of thy Sex, 288
Good morrow Gossip Joan, 315
H
How long, how long shall I pine 14
Hang this whining way of Wooing 58
Here’s the Summer sprightly, gay, 59
How happy’s the Husband, 73
Having spent all my Coin, 169
How happy, how happy is she, 176
Hang the Presbyters Gill, 182
Honest Shepherd, since 182
How happy’s that Husband who after 205
How is the World transform’d 257
Hub ub, ub, boo; 281
Had I but Love, 304
How happy are we, 319
Hear Chloe hear, 356
How happy’s he who weds a Wife, 370
How Charming Phillis is, how Fair, 372
I
If I hear Orinda Swear, 21
Just coming from Sea, 35
If ever you mean to be kind, 75
I know her false, 76
I am come to lock all fast, 78
In vain Clemene you bestow, 80
If Wine be a Cordial 82
I fain wou’d find a passing, 139
If I should go seek the 141
I seek no more to shady coverts, 166
I try’d in Parks and Plays, 173
In a Flowry Myrtle Grove, 196
I Courted and Writ, 253
I am a Jolly Toper, 284
I’ll tell you all, both great 233
I am a cunning Constable, 236
I Courted and Writ, 253
I’ll tell thee Dick where I have 282
I am a poor Shepherd undone, 284
I Love to Madness, rave t’ enjoy, 285
I’ll press, I’ll bless thee Charming 297
I’m vext to think that Damon 317
I have a Tenement to Let, 355
K
Ken you, who comes here, 18
L
Let not Love, let not Love on me, 23
Liberia’s all my Thought 51
Let Mary live long, 84
Lerinda complaineth that 85
Lay by your Pleading, 191
Love’s Pow’r in my Heart 204
Let’s wet the whistle of the 224
Let’s Sing as one may say 226
Lucinda has the de’el and all, 232
Love is a Bauble, 238
Lais when you 295
Lorenzo you amuse the Town, 302
Love’s Passion never knew 305
Let those Youths who Freedom 333
Lavia would, but dare not venture, 353
Love, the sweets of Love, 368
M
Marlborough’s a brave Commander, 9
My dear Corinna give me leave, 81
May her blest Example chace, 97
My Dear and only Love, 122
My Nose is the largest of all 131
My Nose is the Flattest of all 132
Mortals learn your Lives to 161
Mirtillo, whilst you patch 169
My Friend thy Beauty 294
Must Love, that Tyrant of the 315
My Theodora can those Eyes, 337
N
Now dry up thy Tears, 40
No, no, poor suffering Heart, 90
New Pyramid's raise, 99
Never sigh, but think of kissing, 103
Now, now the Queen's Health, 116
Noble King Lud, 134
Now I’m resolv’d to Love no more 312
Not your Eyes Melania move me, 322
Now, now the Night’s come, 349
Now Jockey and Moggy are ready, 350
O
Oh! my Panting, panting Heart, 25
Over the Mountains, 86
Oh how Happy’s he, who from, 105
Oh! the mighty pow’r of Love, 162
Oh the Charming Month of May, 344
Oh Roger I've been to see Eugene, 346
Of all the handsome Ladies, 348
P
Phillis lay aside your Thinking, 107
Pish fye, you're rude Sir, 108
Phillis, I can ne’er forgive it, 187
Poor Sawney had marry’d a Wife, 268
R
Room for Gentlemen, 136
Retire old Miser, 209
Richest Gift of lavish Nature, 264
S
She met with a Country-man, 31
Stand clear, my Masters, 62
Sometimes I am a Tapster new, 91
She went Apparell’d neat and fine, 95
Say cruel Amoret, how long, 112
Such command o’er my Fate 113
Sit you merry Gallants, 145
Since Phillis swears Inconstancy, 194
Some in the Town go betimes 197
Suppose a Man does all he can, 216
Sors sine visu, 244
See bleeding at your Feet 311
Since Tom’s in the Chair, and every one here 340
Such a happy, happy, Life, 362
T
To meet her Mars the Queen of Love, 19
Thus Damon knock’d at Cælia’s Door, 37
The World is a Bubble and full of 38
Through the cold shady Woods, 44
The gordian Knot, 88
There Dwelt a Widow in this Town, 93
There was an Old Man, 100
There is a Thing which in the light 106
There’s not a Swain, 110
Tormenting Beauty leave my Breast, 111
Tell me why so long, 114
’Tis a foolish mistake, 115
Tell me, tell me, charming 128
Tho’ thou’rt ugly and Old, 143
Tho’ you make no return, 149
The King is gone to Oxon Town, 158
Tho’ I love and she knows it, 167
There was three Travellers, 177
Troy had a breed of brave 218
There’s none so Pretty 222
The Ordinance a-board 218
That scornful Sylvia’s Chains 260
Tom Tinker’s my true love, 265
To you Fair Ladies now at Land, 272
Then come kind Damon come 323
The Night is come that will, 330
There’s a new set of Rakes, 330
Tho’ Begging is an Honest Trade, 338
The Rosey Morn lukes blith and Gay 360
The Restauration now’s the Word, 361
U
Underneath the Castle Wall, 120
Unguarded lies the wishing Maid 129
Vobis magnis parvis dicam 234
W
Whilst Phillis is Drinking, 13
War, War and Battle now no more, 15
What shall I do, I am undone, 121
When Wit and Beauty, 151
When Sylvia was kind, 153
What, Love a crime, 154
When I have often heard young Maids, 156
What state of Life can be, 163
When Jockey first I saw, 165
When Dido was a Carthage Queen, 192
We merry Wives of Windsor, 211
Wo’as me poor Lass! what mun 263
When on her Eyes, 267
With sighing and wishing, 271
What sayest thou, 287
What shall I do, I’ve lost my Heart, 299
When I was in the low Country, 300
Walk up to Virtue Strait, 301
When first I lay’d Siege to my Chloris, 308
Why alas do you now leave me, 309
When Beauty such as yours, 310
When crafty Fowlers would 313
Who can Dorinda’s Beauty view, 326
When embracing my Friends, 354
Why will Clemene when I gase, 372
Y
Ye Commons and Peers, 1
You guess by my wither’d Face, 172
You Friends to Reformation, 215
Young Strephon and Phillis, 220
Young Strephon he has Woo’d 241
You Ladies draw near, 329
You tell me Dick you’ve lately, 331
Your Melancholy’s all a Folly, 334
Z
Z—ds Madam return my my Heart, 147