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1. After so many sad mishaps

First Line:
After so many sad mishaps
Last Line:
Full fair and soft he made her arse lie
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
7064

2. Are you grown so melancholy

First Line:
Are you grown so melancholy
Last Line:
Let the pox be your friend and the plague be your end | And this will cure you
DMI number:
43106

3. Come live with me and be my whore

First Line:
Come live with me and be my whore
Last Line:
And leave our old ones for a pledge
DMI number:
44294

4. Drink to me boy

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

5. Frolic and free for pleasure born

First Line:
Frolic and free for pleasure born
Last Line:
Such sweet delusion's real joy
DMI number:
32777

6. Geron a jovial monk a tipling blade

First Line:
Geron a jovial monk a tipling blade
Last Line:
The leak from whence my tun is drained so dry
DMI number:
21831

7. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

8. Hirco an old but amorous blade

First Line:
Hirco an old but amorous blade
Last Line:
It is a devilish swinging hole
DMI number:
11802

9. How perfect Chloris and how free

First Line:
How perfect Chloris and how free
Last Line:
What we think fit to love
DMI number:
35093

10. Lo precious rules are here made common

First Line:
Lo precious rules are here made common
Last Line:
To make a sweet harmonious end
DMI number:
42499

11. I went to the alehouse as an honest woman should

First Line:
I went to the alehouse as an honest woman should
Last Line:
And thus have I told you how this knave served me
DMI number:
44039

12. I'll tell thee Dick where I have been

First Line:
I'll tell thee Dick where I have been
Last Line:
With Bridget and with Nell
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
3797

13. No bedmaker has lately married

First Line:
No bedmaker has lately married
Last Line:
And loathed the monster though a god
DMI number:
9956

14. Neighbour good morrow how d'ye do

First Line:
Neighbour good morrow how d'ye do
Last Line:
Maids little think what wives endure
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5380

15. Says Sir John to my lady as together they sat

First Line:
Says Sir John to my lady as together they sat
Last Line:
Sir John what you please but supper's not ready
DMI number:
13080

16. Sirs I perceive by your attention

First Line:
Sirs I perceive by your attention
Last Line:
And loathed the monster though a god
DMI number:
12202

17. Take a pound of butter made in May

First Line:
Take a pound of butter made in May
Last Line:
tis a medicine for the toothache old wives say
DMI number:
43837

18. The maypole is up

First Line:
The maypole is up
Last Line:
Then multiply all like to fishes
DMI number:
44042

19. They took so many bumpers in a hand

First Line:
They took so many bumpers in a hand
Last Line:
And damped the passion she designed to raise
DMI number:
8084

20. Vulcan contrive me such a cup

First Line:
Vulcan contrive me such a cup
Last Line:
And then to ---- again
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39649

21. With too much toil methinks you trace

First Line:
With too much toil methinks you trace
Last Line:
The slow consenting maid
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35711