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Song First Line Author Play Code
Unarm unarm no more your fights Davenant, William The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour WDTOPA4
Under a green wood tree Shakespeare, William As You Like It WSAYLI1
Under the branches of a spreading tree D'Urfey, Thomas A Fond Husband TDAFH3
Under the willow shades they were Davenant, William The Rivals WDTR1
Underneath a gloomy shade Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG14
Undone Europa by a god undone S.C. The Rape of Europa by Jupiter SCREBJ11
Unguarded lies the wishing maid Manley, Mary The Royal Mischief MMTRM1
Unhappy prince who here must stay Boyle, Roger Zoroastres RBZ6
Unjustly Phillis you accuse Corye, John The Generous Enemies JCTGE2
Unmov'd our army bears the foe's attack Phillips, William The Revengeful Queen WPTRQ3
Upon a shady bank repos'd Rowe, Nicholas The Ambitious Stepmother NRTAS1
Use your youth and happy hours Schomberg, Ralph (?) Romulus and Hersilia RSRAH1
The valiant Eugene to Vienna is gone D'Urfey, Thomas The Old Mode and the New TDOMAN4
Venus chanc'd to love a boy Payne, Nevil The Siege of Constantinople NPTSOC5
Vertumnus Flora you that bless the fields D'Urfey, Thomas III Don Quixote TD3DQ3
Victorious men of earth no more Shirley, James Cupid and Death JSCAD2
Virtue and honour you did take Cavendish, Margaret The Publique Wooing MCTPW2
Virtue his kingly virtue which did merit Jonson, Ben The Gypsies Metamorphos'd BJTGM7
Vole vole dan's ceste cage Behn, Aphra II The Rover ABSPTR7
Wake all the dead what hoa what hoa Davenant, William The Law Against Lovers WDTLAL1
Wake all the dead what ho what ho Ravenscroft, Edward The Careless Lovers ERTCL4
Wake my Adonis do not die Cartwright, William The Lady-Errant WCTLE2
Wake wake Quivera our soft rest must cease Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ3
War and battle rage no more Settle, Elkanah The Virgin Prophetess ESTVP1
The wars are done and gone Fletcher, John The Loyal Subject JFTLS3
Wasted with sighs I sighed and pined Villiers, George The Chances GVTC2
Wayward sisters you that fright Gildon, Charles Measure for Measure CGMFM7
We are bound as her slaves her commands to fulfill Boyle, Roger (?) King Saul RBKS6
We are gallants of the town Payne, Nevil The Morning Ramble NPTMR7
We came from Scotland with a small force Tatham, John The Rump JTTR2
We care not for money riches or wealth Randolph, Thomas Aristippus TRAOTJP8
We come great Marabou [We watch thy pleasing call] Walker, William Victorious Love WWVL3
We come old Fame what news hast thou to tell us Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID8
We court the fate from which they fly Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT4
We dance an antic round Dover, John The Roman Generals JDTRG2
We must assemble by a sacrifice Davenant, Charles Circe CDC1
We shall no longer fear Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL12
We show no monstrous crocodile Mayne, Jasper The City Match JMTCM1
We the spirits of the air Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ16
We want music we want mirth Davenant and Dryden The Tempest WDTT8
We watery nymphs rejoice and sing Cavendish, Margaret The Convent of Pleasure MCTCOP2
We'd sing and we'd laugh and we'd drink all the day Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR3
We'll drink and we'll never ha'done Boys Congreve, William The Way of the World WCTWOTW3
We'll neither believe what either can say Trotter, Catharine Love at a Loss CTLAAL4
We'll plac'd in loves triumphant chariot high Cavendish, William The Humorous Lovers WCTHL7
The weary hot and amorous god of day D'Urfey, Thomas Cinthia and Endimion TDCAE1
Weary of my weight [Let me drop my freight] Dryden, John The Secular Masque JDTSM2
Wedding is great Juno's crown Shakespeare, William As You Like It WSAYLI7
Weep all ye nymphs your floods unbind Lee, Nathaniel The Princess of Cleve NLTPOC9
Weep no more no longer sigh and groan D'Urfey, Thomas II Massaniello TD2M5
Weep O weep mine eyes a flood of tears Hemings, William The Jewes Tragedy WHTJT3
Weep weep you Muses drain the springs Lee, Nathaniel Nero NLN1
Welcome beauty all the charms Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM1
Welcome mortal to this place Otway, Thomas The Atheist TOTA2SF2
Welcome scholar whose desire Carpenter, Richard The Pragmatical Jesuit New Leavened RCTPJNL1
Welcome to the blest abodes Ravenscroft, Edward The Italian Husband ERTIH8
Welcome to the Lydian court Motteux, Oldmixon, Filmer et al. The Novelty PMTN2
Welcome to these lovely plains Dennis, John Rinaldo and Armida JDRAA2
Welcome welcome happy be [In this blest society] Shadwell, Thomas The Lancashire-Witches TSTLW6
Welcome welcome mortal wight Suckling, John The Goblins JSTG2
Welfare the merry main Boys D'Urfey, Thomas The Bath TDTBWL3
Welfare trumpets drums and battling too D'Urfey, Thomas III Don Quixote TD3DQ11
Well blind archer since thou still Fanshawe, Richard Il Pastor Fido RFIPF3
Well Cloris how find you your self since you're free Powell, George (?) The Cornish Comedy GPTCC3
Were I to take wife Wilson, John Belphegor JWB1
Were I with my Orinda bless'd Powell, George The Treacherous Brothers GPTTB1
What a pleasant life the milkmaids lead Anonymous The Merry Milkmaid of Islington ANMMI1
What a pother of late Vanbrugh, John The Provok'd Wife JVTPW4
What ailest thee thou musing man Ravenscroft, Edward The Citizen Turned Gentleman ERTCTG6
What ails thou thou musing man Randolph, Thomas Aristippus TRAOTJP2
What are all the joys of life Pordage, Samuel The Siege of Babylon SPTSOB1
What beauty do I see D'Urfey, Thomas The Bath TDTBWL5
What beauty is let Strephon tell Southerne, Thomas The Fate of Capua TSTFOC2
What flat'ring noise is this Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ9
What goodly shapes they have what lovely faces Shirley, James Cupid and Death JSCAD7
What help of tongue need they require Shirley, James The Court Secret JSTCS1
What ho thou genius of the clime [isle] Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA11
What ho we come to be merry Ford, John The Lady's Trial JFTLT2
What ho you dismal hags Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT10
What is beauty what is youth Anonymous The Triumphs of Virtue ANTTOV2
What is the cruel cause Jordan, Thomas London's Glory TJLG2
What is the recompence of war Behn, Aphra The Amorous Prince ABTAP1
What joy like ours can mortals find Shadwell, Thomas The Lancashire-Witches TSTLW4
What life can compare with the jolly town rake's Behn, Aphra The Younger Brother ABTYB1
What need we use many beseeches T.T. (Thomson, Thomas?) The English Rogue TTTER1
What shall he have that killed the deer Shakespeare, William As You Like It WSAYLI4
What shall I do to show how much I love her Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP6
What shall I say to work upon thy soul (reprise) Trotter, Catharine Love at a Loss CTLAAL6
What state of life can be so blest Dryden, John Love Triumphant JDLT1
What strange disguises lovers wear Anonymous The Feign'd Astrologer ANTFA1
What though her eyes are black Howard, Edward The Women's Conquest EHTWC1
What ungrateful devil move<s> you Cibber, Colley Love's Last Shift CCLLS5
What will it death advance thy name Shirley, James Cupid and Death JSCAD4
What will you do for the king Smythe (or Underhill?) Win Her and Take Her JSWHTH7
What would Europa whose shrill cries Motteux, Peter Anthony Europe's Revels PMER14
What wretch wou'd follow loves alarms Cibber, Colley Love's Last Shift CCLLS3
What's beauty bright Favonia tell Southerne, Thomas The Fate of Capua TSTFOC1
When a cruel long winter has frozen the earth Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ11
When Alexander cross'd the seas Wild, Robert The Benefice RWTB5
When as King Henry govern'd the land Cavendish and Shadwell The Triumphant Widow WCTTW6b
When as King Henry ruled this land Revet, Edward The Town Shifts ERTTS2
When as King Peppin rul'd in France Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV5
When beauty arm'd with smiling eyes Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT21
When beauty can't move and our passions grow cold (reprise) Otway, Thomas Friendship in Fashion TOFIF8
When Celadon gave up his heart Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV3
When Cloe I your charms survey Dennis, John A Plot and No Plot JDAPANP1
When daffodils begin to peer Shakespeare, William The Winter's Tale WSTWT1
When Damon first began to love Behn, Aphra The Rover AB1TR1
When first Amintas charm'd my heart Etherege, George The Man of Mode GETMOM2
When first I made love to my Cloris Sedley (and Shadwell?) Bellamira CSBOTM1
When first I saw her charming face Anonymous The Surpriz'd Lovers ANTSL1
When first I saw the bright Aurelia's eyes Betterton, Thomas The Prophetess TBTP1
When I do travel in the night Anonymous Cromwell's Conspiracy ANCC4
When I have often heard young maids complaining Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ6
When I languish'd and wish'd you wou'd something bestow Pix, Mary The Innocent Mistress MPTIM4
When maidens are young and in their spring Behn, Aphra The Emperor of the Moon ABTEOTM5
When maids live to thirty yet never repented Powell, George (?) The Cornish Comedy GPTCC1
When Phillis watch'd her harmless sheep Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR1
When Phoebus had fetch'd Lee, Nathaniel The Princess of Cleve NLTPOC5
When Phyllis watched her harmless sheep Otway, Thomas Friendship in Fashion TOFIF7
When power and wisdom with beauty unite Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT8
When present we'll love when absent agree Trotter, Catharine Love at a Loss CTLAAL3
When Robin came to Nottingham Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV5
When Silvia is kind and love plays in her eyes Powell, George Alphonso GPAKON1
When sons of Mars quarrel Stapylton, Robert Hero and Leander RSHAL1
When Sylvia runs to woods and groves Oldmixon, John The Governour of Cyprus JOTGOC1
When Tarquin first in court began Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL1
When that I was and a little tiny boy Shakespeare, William Twelfth Night WSTN7
When the kind wanton hour [Gave me into his power] Crowne, John The English Frier JCTEF2
When the whole world amaz'd Fletcher, John The Mad Lover JFTML13
When the winds rage and the seas grow high Centlivre, Susanna The Perjur'd Husband SCTPH3
When the world first knew creation D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ5
When will Stella kind and tendre Pix, Mary The Deceiver Deceived MPTDD1
When yielding first to Damon's flame Vanbrugh, John The Provok'd Wife JVTPW5
Where art thou god of dreams for whose soft chain Schomberg, Ralph (?) Romulus and Hersilia RSRAH4
Where be those boys Duffett, Thomas The Mock Tempest TDTMT1
Where did you borrow that last sigh Berkeley, William The Lost Lady WBTLL1
Where does proud ambition dwell Davenant and Dryden The Tempest WDTT1
Where does the black fiend ambition reside Shadwell (? and Betterton?) The Tempest TSTT1
Where oxen do low and apples do grow D'Urfey, Thomas The Bath TDTBWL10
Where Tagus crown'd with plumes of woods Fanshawe, Richard Querer por Solo Querer RFQPSQ1
Where the bee sucks there suck I Davenant and Dryden The Tempest WDTT9
Where would coy Aminta[s] run Wilmot, John Valentinian JWV1
Where's artless innocence and guiltless loves Settle, Elkanah Pastor Fido ESPF6
Where's my Pan my lord my love Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG10
Where's the pope [Come to die in a rope] Anonymous The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth ANCQE1
Wherever I am and whatever I do Dryden, John I Conquest of Granada JD1COG1
While Phillis is drinking love and wine in alliance Granville, George The She-Gallants GGTSG4
While the hidden decrees of Fate you wou'd know Boyle, Roger (?) King Saul RBKS5
While thus we bow before your shrine Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ19
While you court a damn'd vintner for such nasty liquor Jevon, Thomas The Devil of a Wife TJDOAW3
Whiles early light springs from the skies Cartwright, William The Ordinary WCTO4
Whilst Alexis lay prest Dryden, John Marriage a la Mode JDMALM2
Whilst wretched fools sneak up and down D'Urfey, Thomas II Massaniello TD2M3
Whilst yet our world was new Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL7
White as the lilly will she lye Schomberg, Ralph (?) Romulus and Hersilia RSRAH2
White his shroud as the mountain snow Shakespeare, William Hamlet WSH2
Whither so gladly and so fast Davenant, William The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour WDTOPA3
Who are the pillars of the wenching trade Duffett, Thomas The Mock Tempest TDTMT3
Who can resist my Celia's charms Tate, Nahum A Duke and no Duke NTADAND3
Who can sing a merrier note Beaumont and Fletcher Knight of the Burning Pestle FBKBP7
Who complies with gay youth does prudently choose Rawlins the Younger, Thomas Tom Essence TRTE7
Who ever saw a noble sight Dryden, John Amboyna JDACDEM2
Why ah why does Fate decree Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID2
Why Cloe will you not perceive Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA17
Why do I sigh and tremble so Pix, Mary The Deceiver Deceived MPTDD2
Why does the foolish world mistake Settle, Elkanah Pastor Fido ESPF1
Why does the idle world mistake Settle, Elkanah The Ambitious Slave ESTAS1
Why dost thou fly me pretty maid Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA13
Why should a foolish marriage vow Dryden, John Marriage a la Mode JDMALM1
Why should beauty stand contesting Anonymous The Abdicated Prince ANTAP1
Why should men quarrel here where all possess Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ4
Why should our damn'd tyrants oblige us to live Wycherley, William The Country Wife WWTCW1
Why should short-liv'd mortals strive to gain Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT20
Why since we soldiers cannot prove Heywood, Thomas The Rape of Lucrece THTROL5
Why so cold and why so coy Vanbrugh, John Aesop JVA10
Why so coy and so strange Dryden Jr., John The Husband His Own Cuckold JDTHHOC2
Why so cruel to your lover Penkethman, William Love Without Interest WPLWI5
Why so nice and coy fair lady Forde, Thomas Love's Labrynth TFLL4
Why so pale and wan fond lover Suckling, John Aglaura JSA1
Why so pale and wan fond lover Dryden, John An Evening's Love JDAEL5
Why then let us drink Cavendish and Shirley The Variety WCTV13
Why then will mortals dare D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ1
Why unarm'd poor Cupid prithee Stapylton, Robert The Stepmother RSTS1
Why was not wit with beauty join'd Drake, James The Sham Lawyer JDTSL1
Why [why why] should men quarrel Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ4
Will my soldier then be here Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV11
Will ye buy any honesty come away Fletcher, John The Loyal Subject JFTLS4
Will you buy any tape or lace for your crape Shakespeare, William The Winter's Tale WSTWT5
Willie was so blithe a lad Payne, Nevil The Morning Ramble NPTMR6
Winds now may whistle and waves may dance to 'em Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL4
The wise and the great [To beauty submit] Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT22
The wise believe that I love none Tate, Nahum Cuckolds-Haven NTCH2
Wise coxcombs be damn'd here's a health to the man Behn, Aphra The Younger Brother ABTYB5
Wise coxcombs be damn'd here's a health to the man (reprise) Behn, Aphra The Younger Brother ABTYB6
Wiseman kiss mine a--- with a lero lero lillibullero Crowne, John The English Frier JCTEF1
With a fine merry gale Davenant, William The Siege of Rhodes WDTSOR6
With a trip and a gim W.M. The Female Wits WMTFW2
With amorous wiles and perjur'd eyes Shipman, Thomas Henry III of France TSH3OF3
With boughs and with branches trim up our bowers Davenant, William The Playhouse to Be Let WDTPBL5
With cable and thong he drew her along Davenant, William Love and Honour WDLAH1
With cares and contrivance their fate to avoid Duffett, Thomas Beauties Triumph TDBT6
With horns and with hounds I waken the day Dryden, John The Secular Masque JDTSM5
With joy and delight Bailey, Abraham The Spightful Sister ABTSS6
With kindness I your pray'rs receive Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP4
With lanthorne on stall at trea trip we play Davenant, William The Wits WDTW2
With loves fancied wings I fly Cavendish, William The Humorous Lovers WCTHL5
With my strings of small wire lo I come D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ10
With pity Jove beholds thy state Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA13
With this sacred charming wand D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ9
Within this happy world above Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM2
Woden first to thee Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA1
Woman who is by nature wild Shadwell, Thomas The Libertine TSTL5
Women by force of arms can ne'r be won Trotter, Catharine Love at a Loss CTLAAL9
Women's rage like shallow waters Trotter, Catharine Love at a Loss CTLAAL8
Wonder not Pan a god's born on the earth Haines, Joseph A Fatal Mistake JHAFM1
Wood-men shepherds come away Anonymous Love Tricks JSLT5
The woosel-cock so black of hue Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ3

The world is full of hurry

D'Urfey, Thomas The Intrigues at Versailles TDTIAV2
The world was then so light Dryden, John The Secular Masque JDTSM10
Would Phyllis be mine and for etc Otway, Thomas Friendship in Fashion TOFIF6
Ye birds who in our forests sing Oldmixon, John The Grove JOTG6
Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA17
Ye bold sons of earth that attend upon fire Shadwell, Thomas Psyche TSP8
Ye citizens of London [That will have gallant wives] Mountfort, William Greenwich-Park WMGP1
Ye gentle spirits of the air appear Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ24
Ye goblins and fairies and satyrs and fawns Dennis, John The Comical Gallant JDTCG1
Ye may tipple and tipple and tipple all out Porter, Thomas The Villain TPTV7
Ye mighty powers who rule the air Dennis, John Rinaldo and Armida JDRAA1
Ye minutes bring the happy hour Steele, Richard The Funeral RSTF4
Ye nymphs and sylvan gods D'Urfey, Thomas II Don Quixote TD2DQ4
Ye nymphs no more take pains to hide Oldmixon, John Amintas JOA3
Ye nymphs the charge is royal Dryden, John Albion and Albanius JDAAA16
Ye pretty birds that chirp and sing D'Urfey, Thomas The Intrigues at Versailles TDTIAV3
Ye restless cares companions of the night Forde, Thomas Love's Labrynth TFLL5
Ye spirits that dwell in earth fire and air Dennis, John Rinaldo and Armida JDRAA6
Ye subtle powers that rule below Settle, Elkanah Cambyses ESCKOP2
Ye wives all that are and wives would be Davenant, William The Siege of Rhodes WDTSOR4
Yes Xansi [Daphne] in your looks I find Settle, Elkanah The Fairy Queen ESTFQ18
Yield my dear let full possessing Motteux, Peter Anthony The Loves of Mars and Venus PMTLMV24
You are no love for me Margret Beaumont and Fletcher Knight of the Burning Pestle FBKBP5
You are sad or mad or glad Middleton and Rowley The Spanish Gypsy TMTSG4
You are the son of a whore Ravenscroft, Edward The London Cuckolds ERTLC4
You Bellamira we admire Philips, William St. Stephen's Green WPSSG2
You charm'd me not with that fair face Dryden, John An Evening's Love JDAEL1
You fiends and furies come along Davenant, William The Unfortunate Lovers WDTUL1
You fly from what you seek deny what you implore 'Ariadne' The Unnatural Mother ANTUM1
You god of sleep send dreams for to restore Cavendish, Margaret The Presence MCTP1
You ladys who are young and gay Anonymous The Morose Reformer ANTMR1
You love and yet when I ask you to marry me D'Urfey, Thomas II Don Quixote TD2DQ3
You nymphs that attend the sovereign barge Powell and Verbruggen Brutus of Alba GPBOA12
You pleasing dreams of love and sweet delight Dryden, John Tyrannic Love JDTL2
You say 'tis love creates the pain Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA22
You say my love is but a man Brome, Richard The Northern Lasse RBTNL1
You spotted snakes with double tongue Shakespeare, William A Midsummer Night's Dream WSAMND1
You that here a lover lye Boyle, Roger Zoroastres RBZ1
You that languished so long for those whom you find Leanerd, John The Country Innocence JLTCI5
You that would last long list to my song Jonson, Ben Volpone BJVOTF3
You to whom victory we owe Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ2
You tough brawny lads that can live upon stone Duffett, Thomas Psyche Debauch'd TDPD10
You twice ten hundred deities Howard and Dryden The Indian Queen RHTIQ13
You widow that do sleep dog-sleep Etherege, George The Comical Revenge GETCR8
You've been with dull prologues Motteux, Peter Anthony The Island Princess PMTIP1
The young and the old mun to't mun to't Powell, George A Very Good Wife GPAVGW7
Young Celinda's youthful charms 'Ariadne' She Ventures and He Wins ANSVHW1
Young Chrysostom had virtue sense D'Urfey, Thomas I Don Quixote TD1DQ3
Young I am and yet unskill'd Dryden, John Love Triumphant JDLT3
Young I was and yet not old Corye, John The Generous Enemies JCTGE1
Young Jemmy is a lad [My only joy and honey] Powell, George The Imposture Defeated GPTID6
The young one the old one the fearful the bold one Fletcher and Rowley The Maid in the Mill JFTMITM8
Young Phaon strove the bliss to taste Davenant, Charles Circe CDC12
Young Philander woo'd me long D'Urfey, Thomas I Massaniello TD1M7
Young Strephon he has wooed me long Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM16
Young Strephon met me to'ther day Settle, Elkanah The World in the Moon ESWITM8
The young the fair the chaste the good Cotton, Charles Horace CCH4
Your crown's not safe if he should live Walker, William Victorious Love WWVL5
Your hay it is mow'd and your corn is reap'd Dryden, John King Arthur JDKA20
Your north down ale is muddy Duffett, Thomas The Empress of Morocco TDTEOM1
Your sun would ride the youth would run Middleton and Rowley The Spanish Gypsy TMTSG7
Youth keep oh keep thy money fast Powell, George A Very Good Wife GPAVGW2
Youth's a flower that soon does fade Otway, Thomas The Souldiers Fortune TOTSF4

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