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1. A pox on those fools

First Line:
A pox on those fools
Last Line:
That's a friend to the crown
DMI number:
11234

2. A pox on the jailer and on his fat jole

First Line:
A pox on the jailer and on his fat jole
Last Line:
Grow red and contest with our chaplets of roses
Author:
John Hilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
43114

3. A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl

First Line:
A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl
Last Line:
And make our cold iron cry clink in the close
DMI number:
43864

4. A pox on the times let em go as they will

First Line:
A pox on the times let em go as they will
Last Line:
He fears neighte death nor undoing
DMI number:
5771

5. A pox on your sighing and sobbing for me

First Line:
A pox on your sighing and sobbing for me
Last Line:
And never get a surgeon to heal him
DMI number:
5811

6. An old house end an old house end

First Line:
An old house end an old house end
Last Line:
Then a turd in thy teeth and an old house end
DMI number:
44162

7. Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent

First Line:
Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent
Last Line:
At lyfe's high founte an everlastynge cure
Author:
Dr Henry Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
33619

8. As soon as the chaos was made into form

First Line:
As soon as the chaos was made into form
Last Line:
Than when knaves would seem pious and fools would seem wise
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
20738

9. As swift as time put round the glass

First Line:
As swift as time put round the glass
Last Line:
For to be merry's to be wise
DMI number:
20740

10. Assembled and tiled let us social agree

First Line:
Assembled and tiled let us social agree
Last Line:
Thus celebrate ancient St John
DMI number:
31563

11. B--- of soapers the king

First Line:
B--- of soapers the king
Last Line:
There is no better fellow alive
DMI number:
33254

12. Bacchus I am come from the sun-shine fell

First Line:
Bacchus I am come from the sun-shine fell
Last Line:
Be well recovered in a night of sleep
DMI number:
42938

13. Bacchus Iacchus fill our brains

First Line:
Bacchus Iacchus fill our brains
Last Line:
As well as bowls with sprightly strains
DMI number:
44183

14. Bacchus invites to taste delights

First Line:
Bacchus invites to taste delights
Last Line:
Still acts the honest part
DMI number:
31759

15. Behold Pythagoras his cube I think

First Line:
Behold Pythagoras his cube I think
Last Line:
And nothing sing but Salu | Cele berri mum
DMI number:
7590

16. Call for the master o this is fine

First Line:
Call for the master o this is fine
Last Line:
Tell the constable this and then let him come
DMI number:
42911

17. Call George again boy call George again

First Line:
Call George again boy call George again
Last Line:
If you will him know he dwells at the Swan
DMI number:
43124

18. But since it was lately enacted high treason

First Line:
But since it was lately enacted high treason
Last Line:
And the quart pots shall be buckets to quench them
DMI number:
43079

19. Bring us some sack and claret

First Line:
Bring us some sack and claret
Last Line:
She shall not hereafter be at her own carving
DMI number:
44185

20. Cheer up my mates the wind does fairly blow

First Line:
Cheer up my mates the wind does fairly blow
Last Line:
And never be poor any more
DMI number:
44302

21. Come hear me my boys hast a mind to live long

First Line:
Come hear me my boys hast a mind to live long
Last Line:
And keep our selves honest though the world keeps us poor
DMI number:
7473

22. Come hither learned sisters

First Line:
Come hither learned sisters
Last Line:
And about this spring let us dance and sing | And drink a cup of sherry
DMI number:
4452

23. Come let us begin for the clock has struck ten

First Line:
Come let us begin for the clock has struck ten
Last Line:
Whilst liquor enough he that starts before three | deserves to be reckoned an ass an ass | deserves to be reckoned an ass
DMI number:
31801

24. Come let us drink the time invites

First Line:
Come let us drink the time invites
Last Line:
And that's our only treason
DMI number:
42947

25. Come away boys let's drink it

First Line:
Come away boys let's drink it
Last Line:
Till in nectar we swim
DMI number:
42745

26. Come boys drink away merry set it round

First Line:
Come boys drink away merry set it round
Last Line:
And he shall pay for all that presumes for to spill
DMI number:
42650

27. Come boys fill us a bumper

First Line:
Come boys fill us a bumper
Last Line:
A brimmer to the king
DMI number:
42771

28. Come bring us wine in plenty

First Line:
Come bring us wine in plenty
Last Line:
Thus mirth and joy shall grief and care destroy
DMI number:
8316

29. Come let's purge our brains from hops and grains

First Line:
Come let's purge our brains from hops and grains
Last Line:
So are all you that will allow | Canaries coronation
DMI number:
42953

30. Come my bully rock away

First Line:
Come my bully rock away
Last Line:
Whilst we good sack or claret see
DMI number:
42425

31. Come drawer turn about the bowl

First Line:
Come drawer turn about the bowl
Last Line:
There's no pleasure here but in their wines
DMI number:
43098

32. Come drink off your liquor

First Line:
Come drink off your liquor
Last Line:
Of the jolly quart pots and the glasses
DMI number:
44191

33. Come faith let us frolic fill some sack

First Line:
Come faith let us frolic fill some sack
Last Line:
The devil go with the dray man
DMI number:
43093

34. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
Come come boys then dust it away
DMI number:
44431

35. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
He's poor that takes care for to morrow
DMI number:
44445

36. Come fill us a brimmer of sack

First Line:
Come fill us a brimmer of sack
Last Line:
His groat whensoever it was due
DMI number:
44278

37. Come fill with wine this lusty bowl

First Line:
Come fill with wine this lusty bowl
Last Line:
Nor the states of gods above
DMI number:
43942

38. Dear Ireland now it is time to grow wise

First Line:
Dear Ireland now it is time to grow wise
Last Line:
All liquors upon earth | Then toss off your bowls then toss &c
DMI number:
25039

39. Come ye termagant turks

First Line:
Come ye termagant turks
Last Line:
They shall water at Chios
DMI number:
44228

40. Dear old brother Jo

First Line:
Dear old brother Jo
Last Line:
Without irreligion or faction
DMI number:
11784

41. Did you see this cup of liquor

First Line:
Did you see this cup of liquor
Last Line:
By some jovial cavalier
DMI number:
43541

42. Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth

First Line:
Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth
Last Line:
Without it we never should have had philosophers poets or kings
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11835

43. Diogenes was merry in his tub

First Line:
Diogenes was merry in his tub
Last Line:
For the more we laugh the more we may
Author:
John Playford (Absolute)
DMI number:
44193

44. Drink about my dear friend

First Line:
Drink about my dear friend
Last Line:
And once more we'll fill it again
DMI number:
32785

45. Drink about till the day find us

First Line:
Drink about till the day find us
Last Line:
To each friendly coming night
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6283

46. Drink drink all you that think

First Line:
Drink drink all you that think
Last Line:
And to drink up this cup of nectar
DMI number:
44250

47. Drink to me boy

First Line:
Drink to me boy
Last Line:
And a pox take the traitor
DMI number:
43922

48. Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl

First Line:
Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl
Last Line:
As that bright cup amongst the stars | Fill me a bowl &c
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4517

49. Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl

First Line:
Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl
Last Line:
Large as my capacious soul
DMI number:
23703

50. Fill the glass let the hautboys sound

First Line:
Fill the glass let the hautboys sound
Last Line:
Drink your glass and think the rest
Author:
Thomas Wharton (Confident)
DMI number:
40247

51. Fill the glasses all round

First Line:
Fill the glasses all round
Last Line:
On King George only we will rely
DMI number:
11996

52. Fair Venus the goddess of beauty and love

First Line:
Fair Venus the goddess of beauty and love
Last Line:
And open each heart like our right nappy ale
DMI number:
40569

53. For shame no disputes over the glass then drink fair

First Line:
For shame no disputes over the glass then drink fair
Last Line:
Perhaps we may have none tomorrow
Author:
T. Green (Confident)
DMI number:
6256

54. Fly boy fly to the cellar bottom

First Line:
Fly boy fly to the cellar bottom
Last Line:
Profane it
DMI number:
44166

55. Give us music and wine

First Line:
Give us music and wine
Last Line:
And blessed is he that enjoys them
DMI number:
44340

56. Glorious bumpers always filling

First Line:
Glorious bumpers always filling
Last Line:
Tis the bliss that never will end
DMI number:
6140

57. Full bags a fresh bottle and a beautiful face

First Line:
Full bags a fresh bottle and a beautiful face
Last Line:
By a bumper we're rich and by two we are chaste
DMI number:
6563

58. Hail royal synod sons of loyalty

First Line:
Hail royal synod sons of loyalty
Last Line:
And every glass with Caesar's health be crowned
DMI number:
44306

59. Hang up Mars

First Line:
Hang up Mars
Last Line:
And a fig for death or undoing
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
44180

60. Good Heraclitus lets have no quarrel

First Line:
Good Heraclitus lets have no quarrel
Last Line:
And rowled the rogue downward to heaven | Which no body can deny
DMI number:
44316

61. Hark how the drum beats

First Line:
Hark how the drum beats
Last Line:
Of nothing but war we now must think | Yet do nothing rashly | First let us drink | Yet do nothing rashly &c
DMI number:
42722

62. He that will look for a swallows nest

First Line:
He that will look for a swallows nest
Last Line:
Must come where good ale's to sell
DMI number:
43933

63. He that will not merry merry be

First Line:
He that will not merry merry be
Last Line:
And me be put in his stead
DMI number:
17457

64. Hold quaff no more

First Line:
Hold quaff no more
Last Line:
For an act and two red coats will rout all the ranters
DMI number:
43075

65. How happy is the prisoner who conquers his fate

First Line:
How happy is the prisoner who conquers his fate
Last Line:
For man is the worlds epitome
DMI number:
42949

66. Here's a health to the man in the moon

First Line:
Here's a health to the man in the moon
Last Line:
Whilst mad men and fools sit and grieve
DMI number:
44295

67. Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser

First Line:
Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser
Last Line:
She greater than Tudor he greater than Vere
DMI number:
8109

68. Here's to thee Dick this whining love despise

First Line:
Here's to thee Dick this whining love despise
Last Line:
None double see like men in love
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5602

69. I cannot eat but little meat

First Line:
I cannot eat but little meat
Last Line:
Whether they be young or old
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute) & William Maginn (Speculation)
DMI number:
33627

70. I cannot eat but little meat

First Line:
I cannot eat but little meat
Last Line:
Whether they be young or old | Back and side go bare &c
DMI number:
44481

71. I have reason to fly thee and not to sit down by thee

First Line:
I have reason to fly thee and not to sit down by thee
Last Line:
And that man hath no worth that won't sometime be mellow
DMI number:
43104

72. In love away you do me wrong

First Line:
In love away you do me wrong
Last Line:
Sing hey trolly lolly
DMI number:
43992

73. Jolly souls that are generous and free

First Line:
Jolly souls that are generous and free
Last Line:
And freedom can give to the slave | Exempt from &c
DMI number:
20737

74. Long life to the queen and a prosperous reign

First Line:
Long life to the queen and a prosperous reign
Last Line:
And he's a false brother that won't pledge the same
DMI number:
7270

75. Let the ghosts in black Erebus roar

First Line:
Let the ghosts in black Erebus roar
Last Line:
For no pleasure like drinking is found
DMI number:
44292

76. Let us drink let us drink our old cider away

First Line:
Let us drink let us drink our old cider away
Last Line:
To empty your glass let us drink let us drink
DMI number:
25082

77. Let's drink let's drink all day and night

First Line:
Let's drink let's drink all day and night
Last Line:
Shall still preserve us in our prime | Shall still &c
DMI number:
44305

78. Let's fill with wine this lusty bowl

First Line:
Let's fill with wine this lusty bowl
Last Line:
Nor the states of those above
DMI number:
44174

79. Love is a bog a deep bog and a wide bog

First Line:
Love is a bog a deep bog and a wide bog
Last Line:
And dwells in the house of melancholy
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
44247

80. My jovial companions I think tis a pity

First Line:
My jovial companions I think tis a pity
Last Line:
And punch may be damned this is nectar to me | Derry down &c
DMI number:
25106

81. I'm a hearty good fellow a ruby nosed sot

First Line:
I'm a hearty good fellow a ruby nosed sot
Last Line:
He's gone and he's welcome there's nothing to pay
DMI number:
34059

82. If the glasses they are empty

First Line:
If the glasses they are empty
Last Line:
We'd the happy hours embrace
DMI number:
20743

83. Let dogs and devils die

First Line:
Let dogs and devils die
Last Line:
Our life's but a holiday
DMI number:
42928

84. Let Euler go measure the sun

First Line:
Let Euler go measure the sun
Last Line:
What are ages to come pray to me
DMI number:
31653

85. Let soldiers fight for praise and pay

First Line:
Let soldiers fight for praise and pay
Last Line:
Therefore give me the charming bowls
DMI number:
43082

86. Let the bowl pass free

First Line:
Let the bowl pass free
Last Line:
We will prove so do every thing in it
DMI number:
44159

87. Lucretia the empire of Rome did destroy

First Line:
Lucretia the empire of Rome did destroy
Last Line:
Who scorn to be vicious yet are not precise
Author:
Lady Elizabeth Wythens (Speculation)
DMI number:
10573

88. Nay persuade not I've swore

First Line:
Nay persuade not I've swore
Last Line:
We enrich them as fast as our fathers did grind 'em
DMI number:
44170

89. Now God alone that made all things

First Line:
Now God alone that made all things
Last Line:
For young beginners have such things | And I wish in heaven his soul may dwell | That first devised the leather bottle
DMI number:
44070

90. Now God alone that made all things

First Line:
Now God alone that made all things
Last Line:
For young beginners have such things | Then I wish his soul in heaven may dwell | That first devised the leather bottle
DMI number:
6716

91. O gag for shame that strumpet muse

First Line:
O gag for shame that strumpet muse
Last Line:
Than his Armado England heretofore
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
4458

92. Now we are met let's merry merry be

First Line:
Now we are met let's merry merry be
Last Line:
Let's laugh and drink our bellies full
DMI number:
44176

93. Of all occupations

First Line:
Of all occupations
Last Line:
If we live a thousand years | But a toping we will go &c
DMI number:
20728

94. O the wily wily fox with his many wily mocks

First Line:
O the wily wily fox with his many wily mocks
Last Line:
That the hunters may all follow
DMI number:
43122

95. Of all the rare juices

First Line:
Of all the rare juices
Last Line:
In the town in his chain in the field and his feather
DMI number:
42992

96. Of all the trades that ever I see

First Line:
Of all the trades that ever I see
Last Line:
Which no body can deny
Author:
James Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
44535

97. Oh the little house that lies under the hill

First Line:
Oh the little house that lies under the hill
Last Line:
Oh the little house that lies under the hill
DMI number:
44029

98. Push the bottle about drink my toast and away

First Line:
Push the bottle about drink my toast and away
Last Line:
While I bumpered the last of my bottle
Author:
George Alexander Stevens (Absolute)
DMI number:
32805

99. Pish modest sipper to it again

First Line:
Pish modest sipper to it again
Last Line:
Thou needs wilt kiss the glass to me
DMI number:
43968

100. Politicians may prate

First Line:
Politicians may prate
Last Line:
That there's nothing can equal good wine brave boys
DMI number:
32795