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Song First Line Author Play Code
Jack thou'rt a toper let's have t'other quart Anonymous Bonduca ANBOTBH1
Jam more cum povera bla cum povera Lacy, John The Old Troop JLTOT1
Jenny gin you can love D'Urfey, Thomas A Fool's Preferment TDAFP10
Jockey was a dawdy lad D'Urfey, Thomas The Campaigners TDTC5
Jog on the footpath way Shakespeare, William The Winter's Tale WSTWT2
John Dory bought him an ambling nag Cavendish, William The Humorous Lovers WCTHL2
John for the king has been in many ballads Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL10
The jolly breeze that comes whistling through the trees Dennis, John Rinaldo and Armida JDRAA8
Jolly shepherds come away Gildon, Charles Measure for Measure CGMFM13
The jolly wassel now do bring Cavendish, Margaret The Convent of Pleasure MCTCOP1
Joy sits smiling on each brow Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT16
Joy to the bride whom now you see Medbourne, Matthew (?) St.Cecily MMSC5
Joy to the youthful happy pair Ravenscroft, Edward The Italian Husband ERTIH1
The joys of court or city D'Urfey, Thomas The Banditti TDTBALD3
The joys of debauch in the night are most sweet Chamberlayne, William (?) Wits Led by the Nose WCWLBTN2
The joys of wedlock soon are past Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ25
The juice of Spanish squeez'd grapes is it Cavendish, William The Country Captain WCTCC2
Justice Oh gentle Justice Crab Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD15
Kawasha comes in majesty Anonymous The Mask of Flowers ANTMOF1
Kindness hath resistless charms Wilmot, John Valentinian JWV3
King Stephen was a worthy peer Shakespeare, William [Othello,] The Moor of Venice WSTMOV2
Kings from the gods and from our elements Settle, Elkanah Cambyses ESCKOP3
The King's most faithful subjects we Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC6
Know I've sworn and swear again Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML18
La la la la Philips, William St. Stephen's Green WPSSG1
La la la la Ravenscroft, Edward Scaramouch ERS6
La la la la ra ra ra Wycherley, William The Gentleman Dancing-Master WWTGDM1
La la la lere T.B. Love will finde out the Way TBLWFTW1
Ladies farewell I must retire Howard, James The English Monsieur JHTEM3
Ladies though to your conqu'ring eyes Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR14
Lads and lasses blithe and gay D'Urfey, Thomas II Don Quixote TD2DQ1
Lady-Cow Lady-Cow quick go flee Davenant, William The Rivals WDTR5
Lady preserve the title of your heart Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV10
Lajus Lajus Lajus hear hear hear Dryden and Lee Oedipus JDO4
Lament ladies lament Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL4
The larks awake the drowsy morn D'Urfey, Thomas The Injured Princess TDTIP3
Last night when Phoebus went to bed D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE8
Lawn as white as driven snow Shakespeare, William The Winter's Tale WSTWT3
Lay a garland on my hearse of the dismal yew Beaumont and Fletcher The Maid's Tragedy FBTMT4
Lay by your pleading Shadwell, Thomas Epsom-Wells TSEW5
Lean virtue shall down with her barren reward Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT11
Leave leave these useless arts Shadwell, Thomas Epsom-Wells TSEW11
Leave the mountain vale and home Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG3
Let all be gay let pleasure reign Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML7
Let ambition fire thy mind Congreve, William The Judgment of Paris WCTJOP11
Let beauty triumph o'er despair Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD20
Let business no longer usurp your high mind Lee, Nathaniel Gloriana NLG1
Let every shepherd bring his lass Gildon, Charles Phaeton CGPFD2
Let fools consume themselves with fruitless care Maidwell, Lewis The Loving Enemies LMTLE2
Let Fortune and Phillis frown if they please Rawlins (the Younger), Thomas Tom Essence TRTE2
Let her have her will Pix, Mary The Spanish Wives MPTSW8
Let him come let him come [To his appointed dreadful doom] Crowne, John The English Frier JCTEF4
Let him that's melancholy Ravenscroft, Edward The Citizen Turn'd Gentleman ERTCTG6b
Let humor change and spare not Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL2
Let maudlin lovers that are in despair Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD7
Let me ye satyrs let me know Anonymous Orpheus and Euridice ANOAE1
Let monarchs fight for pow'r and fame Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP11
Let murmuring lovers no longer repine Behn, Aphra The Emperor of the Moon ABTEOTM6
Let never dull sorrow our joys invade Dilke, Thomas The Pretenders TDTP2
Let not a moon-born elf mislead ye Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA5
Let not love on me bestow Steele, Richard The Funeral RSTF2
Let not ought your soul annoy Anonymous Love Tricks JSLT3
Let not thy generous passion waste its rage Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA11
Let old age in its envy and malice take pleasure Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP13
Let others boast of liberty Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA18
Let some great joys pretend to find Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC2
Let Taffy go seek for his bliss in a leek Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD16
Let the bells now ring [and let the boys sing] Fletcher and Massinger The Spanish Curate JFTSC2
Let the daring adventurers be toss'd on the main Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC15
Let the dreadful engines of eternal will D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ7
Let the fifes and the clarions and shrill trumpets sound Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ10
Let the Roundheads plot on D'Urfey, Thomas Sir Barnaby Whigg TDSBW4
Let the soldiers rejoyce [With a general Voice] Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP4
Let the Souldier rejoice [With a general voice] Shadwell, Thomas The Scowrers TSTS1
Let the traitors plot on till at last their undone D'Urfey, Thomas A Virtuous Wife TDAVW1
Let the vain spark consume his store Jevon, Thomas The Devil of a Wife TJDOAW8
Let these joys be in prime Anonymous Cromwell's Conspiracy ANCC1
Let those youths who freedom prize Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM19
Let us both their praises sing Crowne, John Calisto JCCCN2
Let us go let us go to ye hollow tree Boyle, Roger Zoroastres RBZ7
Let us laugh at our woes Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA9
Let us live for being dead Davenant, William The Siege of Rhodes WDTSOR3
Let us loudly rejoice Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP11
Let us revel and roar the whole world is our store Dilke, Thomas The Lover's Luck TDTLL4
Let us turn usurers of time Fane, Francis Love in the Dark FFLITD2
Let us use time whilst we may Settle, Elkanah Pastor Fido ESPF2
Let your politic nodles debate Arrowsmith, Joseph The Reformation JATR2
Let's drink dear friends let's drink Ravenscroft, Edward The Citizen Turned Gentleman ERTCTG4
Let's drink let's drink all day and night Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC3
Let's drink let's drink whilst breath we have Cowley, Abraham Cutter of Coleman Street ACCOCS1
Let's go to our new plantation Cavendish, Margaret The Sociable Companions MCTSC1
Let's have a dance upon the heath Davenant, William Macbeth WDM2
Let's love and let's laugh Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT17
Let's to Apollo's altar now repair Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP5
Liberty's the soul of living D'Urfey, Thomas A Common-Wealth of Women TDACOW1
Life is a trouble at the best Cavendish, Margaret II Youth's Glory and Death's Banquet MC2YGDB1
Life is but a little span Gildon, Charles Phaeton CGPFD3
Like a dog with a bottle [fast tied to his tail] Otway, Thomas The Atheist TOTA2SF3
Like charity to the poor D'Urfey, Thomas The Royalist TDTR7
Little boy pretty boy what's thy name term'd Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID15
Lo behind a scene of seas Crowne, John Juliana JCJ1
Lol lol la ra la ra Dilke, Thomas The Lover's Luck TDTLL6
Lol throl lol D'Urfey, Thomas A Fool's Preferment TDAFP8
London to thee I do present the merry month of may Beaumont and Fletcher Knight of the Burning Pestle FBKBP10
Long betwixt love and fear Phillis tormented Dryden, John The Assignation JDTA4
Long had great Amintor lain Crowne, John The Ambitious Statesman JCTAS1
Long time alas our mournful swains Powell, George Alphonso GPAKON2
Look down almighty Jove look down D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE10
Look down bright god of day look down Gildon, Charles Phaeton CGPFD13
Look down fair saint [nymph] and see D'Urfey, Thomas The Banditti TDTBALD5
Look down great Hymen from above 'Ariadne' She Ventures and He Wins ANSVHW5
Look down ye bless'd above look down Dryden, John The Spanish Fryar JDTSF1
Look I see my love appear Vanbrugh, John The Pilgrim JVTP2
Look look is he not fair Jonson, Ben The Gypsies Metamorphos'd BJTGM8
Look out for shame look out Porter, Thomas The Carnival TPTC1
Look round and here behold [Fair Cynthia's shining roof of gold] Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM6
Look she's on a bull's back i'th' midst o'th' sea S.C. The Rape of Europa by Jupiter SCREBJ10
Look up a woman or let her alone Pix, Mary The Spanish Wives MPTSW12
Look up and see [What Heav'n prepares for thee] Dryden, John The State of Innocence JDTSOI4
Look you what here is Congreve, William The Old Batchelour WCTOB3
Lord what's come to my mother D'Urfey, Thomas The Bath TDTBWL4
Lorra dorroll loll Cibber, Colley Love Makes a Man CCLMAM2
The lot is cast and Tanfan pleas'd Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA2
The loud alarms of war must cease Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML16
The loud-tongu'd war like thunder D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE13
Love alone can here alarm us Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV2
Love and Death o'th' way once meeting Flecknoe, Richard Love's Kingdom RFLK10
Love and true merit do seldom prevail Carlisle, James The Fortune-Hunters JCTFH5
Love and wenching are toys Etherege, George She Would if She Could GESWSC10
Love in fantastic triumph sat Behn, Aphra Abdelazer ABA1
Love in thy younger age Cavendish, Margaret II Love's Adventures MC2LA1
[Love is--see also Love's ]      
Love is an empty airy name Dilke, Thomas The City Lady TDTCL1
Love like War has noble cares Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV3
The love of Greece and it tickled him so Fletcher, John Monsieur Thomas JFMT5
Love shot himself into my breast like flame Shipman, Thomas Henry III of France TSH3OF4
Love the ambrosia of the blest Rymer, Thomas Edgar TRE2
Love thee till there shall be an end of matter Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC1
Love thou art best of human joys Wright, Thomas The Female Vertuoso's TWTFV2
Love's a child and ought to be Glapthorne, Henry Argalus and Parthenia HGAAP1
Love's but the frailty of the mind Congreve, William The Way of the World WCTWOTW1
Love's delights were past expressing Tate, Nahum King Richard the Second NTHKRS1
Lovely charmer dearest creature Motteux, Peter Anthony The Island Princess PMTIP3
Lovely Selina innocent and free Lee, Nathaniel The Princess of Cleve NLTPOC8
Lovers lament lament this fatal day Shadwell, Thomas The Royal Shepherdess TSTRS5
Lovers who to their first embraces go Davenant, Charles Circe CDC3
Loves miracles not ceased be Cavendish, Margaret The Publique Wooing MCTPW3
Loving and belov'd again Harris, Joseph Love's a Lottery JHLAL1
Lucinda close or veil your eye Mountfort, William The Injur'd Lovers WMTIL1
Lucinda is bewitching fair Behn, Aphra Abdelazer ABA3
Lullaby lullaby baby lullaby Wild, Robert The Benefice RWTB9
Madame me be de tout mon coeur Motteux, Peter Anthony Europe's Revels PMER4
Maiden fresh as a rose D'Urfey, Thomas The Richmond Heiress TDTRH8
Maids in wishes stretch and pant Davenant, Charles Circe CDC17
Make haste Amintas come away Behn, Aphra Abdelazer ABA2
Make haste fair Queen of Cyprus tarry not Schomberg, Ralph (?) Romulus and Hersilia RSRAH3
Make haste make haste [the time doth waste] Chamberlayne, William (?) Wits Led by the Nose WCWLBTN4
Make haste to put on Love's chains Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ27
Make ready fair lady tonight Dryden, John Sir Martin Mar-all JDSMMA1
Make room for our god too make room Davenant, William The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour WDTOPA5
Make room [For the great god of wine] Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP12
Make your honours miss tholl loll loll D'Urfey, Thomas Love for Money TDLFM4
Make your honours miss Tholl loll loll D'Urfey, Thomas (?) Wit for Money TDWFM2
Malicorn ho [If the Guise resolves to go] Dryden and Lee The Duke of Guise JDTDOG2
Mamre from henceforth let thy grove Lesley, George Fire and Brimstone GLFAB1
Man is for woman made [And woman made for man] Scott, Thomas The Mock Mariage TSTMM4
The man you ladies ought to fear Centlivre, Susanna The Stolen Heiress SCTSH1
Many I've lik'd and some enjoy'd Harris, Joseph The City Bride JHTCB1
March on bravely forward let us go Shadwell, Thomas The Woman Captain TSTWC14
Marry me marry me quoth the bonny lass Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL9
Mater apostolarum ora pro nobis Anonymous The Royal Flight ANTRF1
May the eyes of my mistress everlastingly flourish Mountfort, William The Successfull Straingers WMTSS5
Melancholy hence go get Shirley, James Changes JSCLIAM1
Merrily let's pass our time Pix, Mary The Spanish Wives MPTSW6
[Mirtillo--see Myrtillo ]      
Mnemosyne no more shall be Wild, Robert The Benefice RWTB1
Modest and fair for fair and good are near Jonson, Ben Epicoene BJTSW3
Money money money money money money D'Urfey, Thomas The Intrigues at Versailles TDTIAV4
The more I look the more I like Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD12
The more than Gordian knot is ty'd Lee, Nathaniel Theodosius NLT9
Morpheus the humble god that dwells Denham, John The Sophy JDTS1
Morpheus thou gentle god of soft repose Boyer, Abel Achilles ABAIIA1
Mortals give o'er [In vain like raging seas] Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT5
Mortals learn your lives to measure Motteux, Peter Anthony Love's a Jest PMLAJ12
Most happy is the libertine Cokain, Aston The Tragedy of Ovid ACO3
Mount mount my soul mount with a higher strain Medbourne, Matthew (?) St.Cecily MMSC4
Mun toot mun toot muntara ra ra muntara ra ra ra ree Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL6
Muses express in every line T.T. (Thomson, Thomas?) The Life of Mother Shipton TTTLOMS2
Music for a while [shall all you cares beguile] Dryden and Lee Oedipus JDO3
Musical Entertainment (from The Loves of Mars and Venus) Ravenscroft (and Motteux) The Anatomist ERTA1
Musical Entertainment (from The Loves of Mars and Venus)

Ravenscroft (and Motteux)

The Anatomist ERTA2
Musical Entertainment (from The Loves of Mars and Venus) Ravenscroft (and Motteux) The Anatomist ERTA3
Musical Entertainment (from The Loves of Mars and Venus) Ravenscroft (and Motteux) The Anatomist ERTA4
Musing on cares of human state D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE4
Must I a girl for ever be Motteux, Peter Anthony The Island Princess PMTIP8
Must then a faithful lover go Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML10
Must these be stars and to Heaven remove Crowne, John Calisto JCCCN9
My Amarillis scorns the man Carlisle, James The Fortune-Hunters JCTFH7
My courage comes now Mars is gone Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV21
My dear cockadoodle my jewel my joy D'Urfey, Thomas The Campaigners TDTC3
My dearest [My fairest I languish for thee] Norton, Richard Pausanias RNPBHC2
My heart in flames doth fry Tomkis, Thomas Albumazar TTA5
My honey my pug Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ24
My lodging it is on the cold boards Howard, James All Mistaken JHAM2
My lodging it is on the cold ground Davenant, William The Rivals WDTR9
My Lord great Cac-Cac-Cac-Cac-Calyban Duffett, Thomas The Mock Tempest TDTMT15
My lord great Neptune for my sake Shadwell (? and Betterton?) The Tempest TSTT2
My love and I a bargain made Howard, James All Mistaken JHAM1
My love and I did lately sit Smythe (or Underhill?) Win Her and Take Her JSWHTH6
My love is cruel grown Shadwell, Thomas The Sullen Lovers TSTSL4
My Love is dead and my heart is gone Southland, Thomas (?) The Ungrateful Favourite TSTUF3
My man Thomas did me promise Fletcher, John Monsieur Thomas JFMT4
My man Thomas did me promise D'Urfey, Thomas Trick for Trick TDTFT7
My Mars O my Mars my dearest love Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV17
My masters and friends and good people draw near Jonson, Ben Bartholomew Fair BJBF4
My mistress is a tennis ball Shadwell, Thomas A True Widow TSATW5
My mistress is as kind as fair Ravenscroft, Edward The Citizen Turned Gentleman ERTCTG2
My Phillis is charming Dryden, John The Kind Keeper JDTKK5
My tomb shall be of black despair Cavendish, William The Humorous Lovers WCTHL6
My true love is gone to sea Congreve, William Love for Love WCLFL4
My wife and her bully are coming this way Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV27
My wife has a tongue as good as e'r twang'd Ravenscroft, Edward The English Lawyer ERTEL1
Myrtillo dead and I a slave Walker, William Victorious Love WWVL1
Nature fram'd thee sure for loving Congreve, William The Judgment of Paris WCTJOP15
Nay ye shall pay for all for room and seat Richards, William (?) The Christmas Ordinary WRTCO2
Never let her be your wife Motteux, Peter Anthony Love's a Jest PMLAJ9
Never let her be your wife Pix, Mary The Innocent Mistress MPTIM1
New flames shall sparkle in those eyes Behn, Aphra II The Rover ABSPTR3
New reformation begins through the nation D'Urfey, Thomas The Campaigners TDTC6
Night dear promoter of lover's felicity D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE3
The nine lady muses would make me their guest Cavendish and Shadwell The Triumphant Widow WCTTW11
No art loves influence can destroy Settle, Elkanah Ibrahim ESITIB1
No Delia no what man can range Behn, Aphra The Younger Brother ABTYB2
No ev'ry morning my beauties renew Crowne, John (?) Justice Buisy JCJB1
No fair heretic it needs must [cannot] be Suckling, John Aglaura JSA2
No I will not hire your bed Behn, Aphra II The Rover ABSPTR9
No I will rather walk with thee alone Beaumont and Fletcher The Woman-Hater FBTWH2
No more Aminta say you love Phillips, William The Revengeful Queen WPTRQ1
[No more cruel nymph--see In vain cruel nymph ]      
No more dull reason seek no more D'Urfey, Thomas The Fool Turned Critic TDTFTC5
No more Lucinda ah expose no more Behn, Aphra The Luckey Chance ABTLC5
No more no more Forde, Thomas Love's Labrynth TFLL3
No more no more shall we drag to the shore Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL8
No more no more to ask [Of God and king] Sadler, Anthony The Subject's Joy for the King's Restoration ASTSJ1
No more of war or whining Love Phillips, William The Revengeful Queen WPTRQ5
No more sir no more I'll ev'n give it or'e Southerne, Thomas Sir Anthony Love TSSAL2
No morning red and blushing fair Davenant, William Love and Honour WDLAH2
No music like that which loyalty sings Settle, Elkanah The Empress of Morocco ESTEOM1
No poor suff'ring heart no change endeavour Dryden (and Southerne?) Cleomenes JDCTSH1
No resistance is but vain Southerne, Thomas The Maid's Last Prayer TSTMLP4
The noise of human life forsake Davenant, Charles Circe CDC16
Nor love nor fate dare I accuse Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL2
Nose nose jolly red nose Beaumont and Fletcher Knight of the Burning Pestle FBKBP1
Not an angel dwells above Vanbrugh, John The Provok'd Wife JVTPW3
Not the phoenix in his death Habington, William The Queene of Arragon WHQOA1
Not tho' I know he fondly lies Gould, Robert The Rival Sisters RGTRS1
Nous allons [Brave strippons] Otway, Thomas The Atheist TOTA2SF1
[Now Affairs of the State--see Since Affairs of the State ]      
Now all's fulfill'd that I Bailey, Abraham The Spightful Sister ABTSS5
Now at the Door Cavendish, Margaret The Bridals MCTB1
Now breaks our day Clerke, William Marciano WCM4
Now for the play the prologue is done Crowne, John Calisto JCCCN3
Now fruition has empti'd our bottles of love Payne, Nevil The Siege of Constantinople NPTSOC2
Now having leisure and a happy wind Fletcher and Rowley The Maid in the Mill JFTMITM4
Now I confess Howard, James The English Monsieur JHTEM1
Now my dear the war is over Motteux, Peter Anthony Europe's Revels PMER5
Now now the Fight is done Dilke, Thomas The Pretenders TDTP9
Now that from the hive Middleton and Rowley The Spanish Gypsy TMTSG8
Now that our future brother Cartwright, William The Ordinary WCTO5
Now the fight's done and the great God of War Lee, Nathaniel Theodosius NLT10
Now the lusty spring is seen Beaumont and Fletcher Valentinian FBV1
Now the maids and the men are making of hay Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ5
Now the night is chas'd away Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ9
Now the sun is fled [Down into Tethys bed] Cartwright, William The Royall Slave WCTRS4
Now the Tories all must droop D'Urfey, Thomas The Royalist TDTR6
Now the veil is pull'd off and this pitiful nation Howard, Robert The Committee RHTC1
Now the winds roar [And the skies pour] Shadwell, Thomas The Lancashire-Witches TSTLW3
Now to you ye dry wooers Motteux, Peter Anthony The Island Princess PMTIP14
Now until the break of day Shakespeare, William A Midsummer Night's Dream WSAMND2
Now what is love I will thee tell Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL3
Now women I scorn you brisk wine's my delight Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML15
The nymphs of the plain [And swains of the grove] Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM9
Nymph of the city bring thy treasures Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA3
Nymph why so coy you hope in vain Dover, John The Roman Generals JDTRG1
Nymphs and shepherds come away Shadwell, Thomas The Libertine TSTL7
Nymphs that are in your prime Ravenscroft, Edward The Italian Husband ERTIH7

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