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Song First Line Author Play Code
A beggars a prince we gather from hence T.T. (Thomson, Thomas?) The Life of Mother Shipton TTTLOMS1
A boat a boat haste to the ferry Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC4
A boat a boat haste to the ferry Jevon, Thomas The Devil of a Wife TJDOAW10
A bonny bonny bird I had Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL3
A cadmeus pur qua pur qua meme vou Jevon, Thomas The Devil of a Wife TJDOAW1
A catch and a glass Etherege, George She Would if She Could GESWSC14
A comely youth I once beheld T.T. (Thomson, Thomas?) The English Rogue TTTER3
A cook one day who had been drinking Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA8
A crab-fish once her daughter told Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA5
A crawling toad all speckled o'er Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA7
A cuckoldy knave Pankhurst, Ferdinando Ignoramus FPITAL3
A curse upon that faithless maid Behn, Aphra The Emperor of the Moon ABTEOTM2
A free heart makes a nimble heel Fanshawe, Richard Il Pastor Fido RFIPF4
A health a health to Mother C Duffett, Thomas The Empress of Morocco TDTEOM2
A health for all this day Fletcher, John The Woman's Prize JFTWP1
A health to the nut brown lass Suckling, John The Goblins JSTG5
A heart in love's empire 'though jocund and blithe Ravenscroft, Edward The Citizen Turned Gentleman ERTCTG8
A hundred pound in gold a lusty purse indeed D'Urfey, Thomas The Campaigners TDTC7
A hungry goat who had not eat Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA1
A lass there lives upon the green Southerne, Thomas Oroonoko TSO1
A lovely pair endowed by fate Crowne, John Thyestes JCT1
A merry cup faith let us drink Dennis, John A Plot and No Plot JDAPANP3
A nymph and a swain to Apollo once pray'd Congreve, William Love for Love WCLFL2
A peacock once of splendid show Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA6
A pickaxe and a spade a spade Shakespeare, William Hamlet WSH9
A pox of impertinent age Crowne, John The Country Wit JCTCW1
A pox of love and woman-kind Behn, Aphra II The Rover ABSPTR6
A pox of the cautious fool Behn, Aphra (?) The Debauchee ABTD1
A pox of the rogue that sneaks from his wine Mountfort, William Greenwich-Park WMGP6
A pox of the states-man that's witty Behn, Aphra The Roundheads ABTRGOC1
A pox on all traitors and private cabals D'Urfey, Thomas The Royalist TDTR3
A pox on the <our> jailor and on his fat jowls Cartwright, William The Royall Slave WCTRS1
A pox upon this needless scorn Behn, Aphra II The Rover ABSPTR8
A round a round a round boy a round Brome, Richard A Jovial Crew RBAJC8
A round [prithee sirrah try thy skill] Suckling, John The Goblins JSTG4
A shame on the curse (reprise) Shadwell, Thomas The Libertine TSTL6
A souldier and a sailor [a tinker and a tailor] Congreve, William Love for Love WCLFL3
A spouse I do hate Wycherley, William Love in a Wood WWLIAW1
A thousand thousand ways we'll find Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ7
A woman's love [and man's is such] Harris, Joseph The City Bride JHTCB3
Abroad as I was walking upon a summer day D'Urfey, Thomas Trick for Trick TDTFT1
Abroad as I was walking upon a summer's day D'Urfey, Thomas (?) Wit for Money TDWFM1
Accursed jealousy Granville, George The Jew of Venice GGTJOV3
Adieu to the pleasures and follies of love Davenant and Dryden The Tempest WDTT11
Advance gay tenants of the plain Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML12
'Adzooks I have had a most notable nap S.C. The Rape of Europa SCREBJ9
After I had your orders last night Shipman, Thomas Henry III of France TSH3OF1
After the pangs of a desperate lover Dryden, John An Evening's Love JDAEL2
The age is refin'd and the vulgar no more D'Urfey, Thomas The Fool Turned Critic TDTFTC2
Ah 'twas a grievous fault in her (the cause Fanshawe, Richard Il Pastor Fido RFIPF2
[Ah how sweet it is to reign--see Oh how sweet ]      
Ah <how> sweet it is to love Dryden, John Tyrannic Love JDTL3
Ah Belinda I am pressed Gildon, Charles Measure for Measure CGMFM2
Ah brother Teague why didst thou go Anonymous The Royal Voyage ANTRV2
Ah Celia what powerful charms have you Ravenscroft, Edward The Wrangling Lovers ERTWL2
Ah Charmion shroud those killing eyes Behn, Aphra The Younger Brother ABTYB8
Ah Choridon in vain you boast Payne, Nevil The Fatal Jealousie NPTFJ4
Ah Cloris 'tis in vain you scold Behn, Aphra The Luckey Chance ABTLC4
Ah Cloris that I now could sit Sedley, Charles The Mulberry Garden CSTMG2
Ah cruel bloody fate [what canst thou no do more] Lee, Nathaniel Theodosius NLT8
Ah dangerous swain tell me no more Manley, Mary The Lost Lover MMTLL1
Ah fading joy how quickly art thou past Dryden, John The Indian Emperor JDTIE2
Ah false Amyntas can that hour Behn, Aphra The Dutch Lover ABTDL2
Ah give me more give me more Motteux, Peter Anthony Love's a Jest PMLAJ14
Ah how blest how sweet it is Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID4
Ah how charming is the shade Anonymous The Woman Turn'd Bully ANTWTB2
Ah how happy are we [From human passions free] R.Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ15
Ah how happy are we [who from bus'ness...are free] Davenant, Charles Circe CDC8
Ah how I love thee my widow Maidwell, Lewis The Loving Enemies LMTLE1
Ah how lovely sweet and dear Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML11
Ah Jenny gen [gin] your eyes do kill Behn, Aphra The City-Heiress ABTCH2
Ah lay by your lute Rymer, Thomas Edgar TRE1
Ah love is a delicate ting Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL2
Ah lovely nymph the world's on fire Vanbrugh, John The Provok'd Wife JVTPW2
Ah me to many deaths decreed Crowne, John Regulus JCR1
Ah my dearest Celide D'Urfey, Thomas III Don Quixote TD3DQ13
Ah Phillis why are you less tendre Crowne, John Sir Courtly Nice JCSCN6
Ah Phyllis if you wou'd not love Otway, Thomas Friendship in Fashion TOFIF2
Ah poor Olinda never boast Tate, Nahum A Duke and no Duke NTADAND2
Ah qu'il fait beau dans ces boccages Dryden, John Marriage a la Mode JDMALM3
Ah queen ah wretched queen give o'er Dennis, John Rinaldo and Armida JDRAA7
Ah sacred boy desist for I Rawlins (the Younger), Thomas Tom Essence TRTE6
Ah <O> the charms of a beauty disdainful and fair Lee, Nathaniel Gloriana NLG2
Ah the golden age is past Oldmixon, John Amintas JOA1
Ah <O> the sweet delights of love Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP10
Ah what happy days and nights [the fond lover does discover] D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE12
Alas when charming Sylvia's gone Pix, Mary The Spanish Wives MPTSW3
Albion belov'd of earth and Heaven Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA8
Albion hail the gods present thee Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA24
Albion lov'd of gods and men Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA22
Alcippus you inform me true Behn, Aphra The Forced Marriage ABTFM2
All beauty were a foolish toy Dilke, Thomas The City Lady TDTCL2
All Christians and lay elders too Kirkman, Francis (?) The Presbyterian Lash FKTPL2
All Europe is now in confusion D'Urfey, Thomas The Richmond Heiress TDTRH6
All hail to fair Caelia for I will adore Tutchin, John The Unfortunate Shepherd JTTUS1
All hail ye royal pair [the god's peculiar care] Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA14
[All hand<s> up a loft--see One hands up ]  
All joy to fair Psyche in this happy place Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP10
All joy to mortals joy and mirth Behn, Aphra The Emperor of the Moon ABTEOTM7
All joy to this celestial pair Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP21
All of a piece throughout Dryden, John The Secular Masque JDTSM11
All other blessings are but toys Lee, Nathaniel The Princess of Cleve NLTPOC1
All our days and our nights Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP15
All praises to the God of War Shadwell, Thomas The Royal Shepherdess TSTRS3
All the true joys of life (reprise) Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM12
All things seem deaf to my complaints Dilke, Thomas The Pretenders TDTP6
All ye woods and trees and bowers Fletcher, John The Faithful Shepherdesse JFTFS4
Aloof and aloof and steady I steer Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL3
Amarillis told her swain Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV4
Amintas that true hearted swain Behn, Aphra The Forced Marriage ABTFM1
Among all sorts of people Shirley, James The Bird in a Cage JSTBIAC3
Amyntas led me to a grove Behn, Aphra The Dutch Lover ABTDL1
An old man with a bed full of bones T.B. Love will finde out the Way TBLWFTW2
An onny mon smait my sweet heart Shadwell, Thomas The Lancashire-Witches TSTLW7
Ancient Phillis has young graces Congreve, William The Double Dealer WCTDD2
And a fig for your Sultan and Sophy Congreve, William The Way of the World WCTWOTW5
And buffing and puffing D'Urfey, Thomas The Fool Turned Critic TDTFTC1
And cling to thy wem like the tail of a lobster Dilke, Thomas The City Lady TDTCL4
And dawn it merrily goes my lad Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA4
And ev'ry buck had his does Fletcher, John The Woman's Prize JFTWP2
And he that is giv'n to dote Southerne, Thomas The Maid's Last Prayer TSTMLP5
And he that is given to doat Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID12
And he took her by the apron (reprise) Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR13
And he took her by the middle small D'Urfey, Thomas A Fond Husband TDAFH4
And here and there I had her Etherege, George She Would if She Could GESWSC6
And if our wits agree Cavendish, Margaret The Bridals MCTB2
And if she comes she shall not scape Etherege, George She Would if She Could GESWSC8
And Jenny was all my joy Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR4
And John come kiss me now Behn, Aphra The Revenge ABTRAMN3
And just as our bliss began with a kiss Scott, Thomas The Mock Mariage TSTMM1
And let me the cannakin clink clink Shakespeare, William The Moor of Venice WSTMOV1
And Philander was a jolly swain (reprise) Behn, Aphra The City-Heiress ABTCH4
And the fit was come on him now Kirkman, Francis (?) The Presbyterian Lash FKTPL1
And underneath the greenwood tree D'Urfey, Thomas Madam Fickle TDMF4
And was she not frank and free Otway, Thomas The Souldiers Fortune TOTSF1
And we'll all be merry and frolic Etherege, George She Would if She Could GESWSC5
And what shall I give you for such a fine thing Farquhar, George The Constant Couple GFTCC6
And when I was a little boy Penkethman, William Love Without Interest WPLWI3
And when Philander shall be dead Davenant, William The Rivals WDTR7
And will he not come again Shakespeare, William Hamlet WSH7
And wilt thou gang with me my Jo Wilson, John The Projectors JWTP1
Apollo who foretell'st what shall ensue Cartwright, William The Lady-Errant WCTLE3
Appear all appear your kind mistress to show S.C. The Rape of Europa SCREBJ4
Appear all ye lovers to coo laugh and toy Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML14
Appear old Hymen from thy cell Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG18
Arise arise ye subterranean fiends Duffett, Thomas The Mock Tempest TDTMT5
Arise great dead for arms renown'd Steele, Richard The Funeral RSTF7
Arise my juggy my puggy Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL22
Arise ye fiends of Hell arise Walker, William Victorious Love WWVL2
Aristippus is better in every letter Randolph, Thomas Aristippus TRAOTJP7
Arm Britons hark how from afar Motteux, Peter Anthony Europe's Revels PMER1
Arm the scouts are all come in Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML6
Arms and honors deck thy story Webster, John The Duchess of Malfi JWTDOM1
As Amoret and Thyrsis lay Congreve, William The Old Batchelour WCTOB2
As Amoret with Phillis sat Etherege, George The Man of Mode GETMOM7
As Cloe full of etc Otway, Thomas Friendship in Fashion TOFIF3
As Cupid roguishly one day Boyle, Roger Altemira RBA1
As I beneath a mirtle shade lay musing Cibber, Colley She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not CCSWWN3
As I gazed unaware [on a face so fair] Crowne, John Sir Courtly Nice JCSCN5
As I singing now came down Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV16
As I walked in the woods one evening of late Shadwell, Thomas The Miser TSTM1
As I was gathering April's flowers Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL10
As I was walking in the night Anonymous Cromwell's Conspiracy ANCC4
As soon as day began to peep D'Urfey, Thomas Love for Money TDLFM2
As soon as the chaos was turn'd into form D'Urfey, Thomas The Marriage-Hater Match'd TDTMHM10
As Strephon clasp'd in Celia's arms Powell, George A Very Good Wife GPAVGW9
Ascend a throne great queen to you Philips, Katherine Pompey KPP5
Assemble all the Heavenly choir Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP17
At Albion's return this happy isle Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA7
At dead of night when wrap'd in sleep Pix, Mary The Innocent Mistress MPTIM3
At London che've been [and c'have seen] S.C. The Rape of Europa SCREBJ7
At the close of the evening the watches are set Fletcher, Field and Massinger The Knight of Malta JFTKOM1
At Westminster a sight was known Mountfort, William Greenwich-Park WMGP8
Augusta is inclin'd to fears Crowne, John Calisto JCCCN1
Awake awake thou warlike genius of our State Crowne, John Juliana JCJ2
Awake awake your fate draws near Boyle, Roger Zoroastres RBZ8
Awake fair nymph awake and dream Manning, Francis All for the Better FMAFTB2
Awake O Constantine awake Lee, Nathaniel Constantine the Great NLCTG1
Awake soft luxury awake Cibber, Colley Xerxes CCX2
Awake thy spirits raise Congreve, William The Judgment of Paris WCTJOP12
Awake unhappy man awake D'Urfey, Thomas Bussy D'Ambois TDBDA3
Away away flatter no more Porter, Thomas? A Witty Combat TPAWC1
Away delights go seek some other dwelling Beaumont and Fletcher The Captain FBTC2
Away with all these fatal charms Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG13
Away with the causes of riches and cares D'Urfey, Thomas Madam Fickle TDMF1
Away ye brave fox-hunting race D'Urfey, Thomas The Bath TDTBWL2
Bacchus thou mighty power divine D'Urfey, Thomas Madam Fickle TDMF6
Back again back again quoth the Pindar Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV9
Ban ban Cac-caliban Cibber, Colley Love Makes a Man CCLMAM3
Be as thou wert wont to be Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ8
Be calm ye great parents Etherege, George The Man of Mode GETMOM1
Be gone thou hagg despair Pix, Mary The Spanish Wives MPTSW7
Be gone to Ida's flow'ry mount make haste Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT9
Be jovial be jovial each lad Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD19
Be still I hate your wanton play Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV26
Be true cuckolds be true be true Wilson, John The Cheats JWTC1
The bear the boar and Talbot with his tuskish white Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV2
Bear up thy learned brow Albumazar Tomkis, Thomas Albumazar TTA1
The beard the beard the bonny bonny beard Porter, Thomas The Carnival TPTC6
Beauty in pink Boyle, Roger Guzman RBG2
Beauty is not what I pray Manning, Francis The Generous Choice FMTGC2
Beauty no longer shall suffer eclipse Arrowsmith, Joseph The Reformation JATR1
Beauty that it self can kill Cotton, Charles Horace CCH3
Beauty's goddess cease to mourn Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV10
Beer leave to the barrel Richards, William? The Christmas Ordinary WRTCO1
Begone curst fiends of Hell R.Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ12
Begone dull fear and servile duty fly D'Urfey, Thomas The Siege of Memphis TDTSOM1
Begone fair visions to the court remove Davenant, Charles Circe CDC18
Begone fond love make haste away 'Ephelia' Pair-Royal of Coxcombs ANPROC1
Begone you deluders your traffick is o'er Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT12
Behold behold ye blest above Ames, Richard? The Siege and Surrender of Mons RASSOM1
Behold democracy and zeal appear Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA2
Behold how this conjunction thrives Davenant, William The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour WDTOPA6
Behold man and see what a worthy man am ee Jonson, Ben Bartholomew Fair BJBF3
Behold oh mightiest of gods behold Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP9
Behold quick as thy thought Davenant, Charles Circe CDC4
Behold the daughter of fam'd Atlas come D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE2
Behold the god [of] whose mighty pow'r Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP19
Behold the man that with gigantic might D'Urfey, Thomas The Richmond Heiress TDTRH2
Behold what triumphs are prepar'd Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA26
Behold ye pow'rs from whom I own Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA17
Behold ye powers this bleeding fair Otway, Thomas Don Carlos TODC1
Behold ye sylvans that frequent Saunders, Charles Tamerlane the Great CSTTG3
Belinda's pretty pleasing form Anonymous Women Will Have their Wills ANWWHTW1
The bells were rung and the mass was sung Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV9
Beneath a gloomy cypress grove Brady, Nicholas The Rape NBTR2
Beneath a gloomy shade for unhappy lovers made Baker, Thomas The Humour of the Age TBTHOTA2
Beneath a mirtle shade Dryden, John I Conquest of Granada JD1COG2
Beneath a shady willow near D'Urfey, Thomas Madam Fickle TDMF2
Beneath the poplar's shadow lay me Lee, Nathaniel Sophonisba NLS1
Better music ne'r was known Beaumont and Fletcher Knight of the Burning Pestle FBKBP14
Better our heads than hearts should ache Shadwell, Thomas Timon of Athens TSTOA4
Beware of sin for god abhors Lesl[e]y, George Fire and Brimstone GLFAB3
Beyond the desert mountains far Lacy, John Sauny the Scot JLSTS5
Beyond the malice of abusive fate Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV11
Bid the sad forsaken grove Tate, Nahum Brutus of Alba NTBOA2
Bid the warlike trumpet sound Gildon, Charles Measure for Measure CGMFM14
Black and gloomy as the grave D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE11
Black spirits and white Davenant, William Macbeth WDM4
Blessed are they who Heaven obey Pix, Mary The Czar of Muscovy MPTCOM1
Blest and best pair make haste to bed Cokain, Aston The Tragedy of Ovid ACO2
Blind Love to this hour Dryden, John Sir Martin Mar-all JDSMMA2
Blow blow thou winter wind Shakespeare, William As You Like It WSAYLI2
Blow Boreas blow and let thy surly winds D'Urfey, Thomas Sir Barnaby Whigg TDSBW1
Blush not redder than the morning Lee, Nathaniel Caesar Borgia NLCB1
Bonney lass gan thou wert mine Otway, Thomas The Souldiers Fortune TOTSF3
The bonny grey-eyed morn began to peep D'Urfey, Thomas A Fond Husband TDAFH5
Bonny lad prithee lay thy pipe down D'Urfey, Thomas The Marriage-Hater Match'd TDTMHM6
Boy bring a glass without marks to confine Payne, Nevil The Morning Ramble NPTMR5
Boy call the coach come Jack let's away Payne, Nevil The Morning Ramble NPTMR2
Brave Don cast your eyes on our gypsy fashions Middleton and Rowley The Spanish Gypsy TMTSG11
The bread is all bak'd [The embers are rak'd] Davenant, William The Man's the Master WDTMTM1
Break distracted heart there is no cure Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP7
Break thy bow Cupid for we Haines, Joseph A Fatal Mistake JHAFM3
Bright Cynthia's pow'r divinely great Southerne, Thomas Oroonoko TSO2
Bright Mrs. Philadelph Boyle, Roger Mr Anthony RBMA2
Bright star o'th' lower orb twinkling inviter Suckling, John Brennoralt JSB2
The brightest goddess of the sky Otway, Thomas Alcibiades TOA2
Bring out your cony [cunny]-skins fair maids to me Fletcher (and Beaumont?) The Beggar's Bush JFTBB4
Broom broom the bonnie broom Fletcher, John The Loyal Subject JFTLS2
Broom broom [the bonnie broom] (reprise) Fletcher, John The Loyal Subject JFTLS7
Buff's a fine sport Stapylton, Robert The Slighted Maid RSTSM5
The bullets are roaring and cannons are flying Shadwell, Thomas The Amorous Bigotte TSTAB3
But come you lads that love canary Randolph, Thomas Aristippus TRAOTJP3
But first in fancy we will fool Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV15
But he is gone alas he's gone Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL4
But see where walks the doughty knight Dilke, Thomas The Pretenders TDTP5
But thou o sun mayst set and then Cartwright, William The Royall Slave WCTRS6
But when bright Phoebus do's retire Behn, Aphra The Luckey Chance ABTLC2
By a dismal cypress lying Dryden, John The Kind Keeper JDTKK4
By ancient prophecies we have been told R.Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ5
By Echo thus mocked on a bank she reclines Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG15
By gis and by St Charity Shakespeare, William Hamlet WSH4
By lovers circle I do raise thee Cavendish, William The Humorous Lovers WCTHL4
By the lilies of thy cheeks and the roses of mine Howard, Edward The Man of Newmarket EHTMON1
By the side of a mountain my dwelling shall be Tutchin, John The Unfortunate Shepherd JTTUS2
By those pignies [pigsneyes] that stars do seem D'Urfey, Thomas The Richmond Heiress TDTRH3

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