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1. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

2. A hare did once into a garden get

First Line:
A hare did once into a garden get
Last Line:
And well deserve the brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4392

3. A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true

First Line:
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
Last Line:
And brag of what mischief you've done to our fleet | not a t--- sir
DMI number:
4573

4. A medley of ruffians bound up in a band

First Line:
A medley of ruffians bound up in a band
Last Line:
And justice and trade may revive from their sleep
DMI number:
44335

5. A mighty lion heretofore

First Line:
A mighty lion heretofore
Last Line:
And Nassau's arms avenge the public wrong
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4425

6. A treaty's on foot look about English boys

First Line:
A treaty's on foot look about English boys
Last Line:
As half a loaf's better than no bread at all | Over over &c
DMI number:
13276

7. A lusty horse not long ago

First Line:
A lusty horse not long ago
Last Line:
And is resolved to live in spite
DMI number:
4397

8. An apple fallen from a tree

First Line:
An apple fallen from a tree
Last Line:
Till all our wealth was lost
DMI number:
4418

9. An apple falling from a tree

First Line:
An apple falling from a tree
Last Line:
Till all our wealth was lost
DMI number:
7288

10. And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch

First Line:
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Last Line:
And may all christian people say amen to it
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4538

11. All you that have stock and are mad for a peace

First Line:
All you that have stock and are mad for a peace
Last Line:
How low the French creep to the new min----y
DMI number:
13280

12. As Hodge and Dick who lately came

First Line:
As Hodge and Dick who lately came
Last Line:
They spoiled his noble rookery
DMI number:
5903

13. Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover

First Line:
Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover
Last Line:
Whores cuckolds and fools bawds bullies and beaus | Which &c
DMI number:
13328

14. Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes

First Line:
Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes
Last Line:
Thou'rt K of Spain as A--- is Q of France
DMI number:
7286

15. Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter

First Line:
Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter
Last Line:
Though I write as it was wist I it not
Author:
Beid (Speculation)
DMI number:
7388

16. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

First Line:
Brave britons attend to the song I have penned
Last Line:
Pray heaven it prove not the last
DMI number:
7357

17. By various paths the great ascend

First Line:
By various paths the great ascend
Last Line:
Restrained from fight he durst resign
DMI number:
18325

18. Brother tars now arise

First Line:
Brother tars now arise
Last Line:
For Keppel the king and the nation
DMI number:
36084

19. Bute loves arbitrary rule

First Line:
Bute loves arbitrary rule
Last Line:
Which kings pretend to reign
DMI number:
36006

20. Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

First Line:
Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
Last Line:
To spawn a baser brood of monster-breeding sons
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22540

21. Come let a cheerful glass go round

First Line:
Come let a cheerful glass go round
Last Line:
Next to the gods that gave her
DMI number:
5087

22. Come come great Orange come away

First Line:
Come come great Orange come away
Last Line:
Except it be to have a rope | Couragio couragio couragio
DMI number:
4924

23. D'ye hear the news of the Dutch dear Frank

First Line:
D'ye hear the news of the Dutch dear Frank
Last Line:
For then I fack your Orange we'll squeeze | Sutterkin &c | Hogen Mogen &c
DMI number:
4915

24. Corinna in the country bred

First Line:
Corinna in the country bred
Last Line:
And cured of all their rustic fears
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31310

25. Courage my lord though Howe is fled

First Line:
Courage my lord though Howe is fled
Last Line:
And so resembles you
DMI number:
35973

26. Ere we to play this match prepare

First Line:
Ere we to play this match prepare
Last Line:
But England trumps about and so the game is won
DMI number:
5907

27. Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease

First Line:
Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease
Last Line:
Youse understand ere lang
DMI number:
11920

28. December last in frosty weather

First Line:
December last in frosty weather
Last Line:
That would have crept through the laws
DMI number:
12030

29. First let Freeman and Sidney the gazetteer drums

First Line:
First let Freeman and Sidney the gazetteer drums
Last Line:
Let us rest on our arms till our foes are all starved
DMI number:
25214

30. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358

31. Four shillings in the pound we see

First Line:
Four shillings in the pound we see
Last Line:
Thank him for leaving any
DMI number:
35955

32. From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed

First Line:
From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
Last Line:
While Br----n sinks without our least regard
DMI number:
20851

33. Go to the urchins with foot blinded eyes

First Line:
Go to the urchins with foot blinded eyes
Last Line:
Who like wiseacres thus the war have ended
DMI number:
33509

34. God bless our gracious sovereign Anne

First Line:
God bless our gracious sovereign Anne
Last Line:
No other guarantee
DMI number:
13333

35. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:
Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:
When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:
7355

36. Grenadiers now change your song

First Line:
Grenadiers now change your song
Last Line:
And ever reckon him England's foe | Who voted out our Marlborough
DMI number:
13376

37. Grenadiers now change your song

First Line:
Grenadiers now change your song
Last Line:
Drink a heallth to Marlborough | Sing over the hills &c
DMI number:
13379

38. Guardian of Britain come away

First Line:
Guardian of Britain come away
Last Line:
Their father and their king
DMI number:
25619

39. Guardian of the British Isle

First Line:
Guardian of the British Isle
Last Line:
This is all we ask of heaven
DMI number:
19915

40. Gud sirs gein ye'll inlist

First Line:
Gud sirs gein ye'll inlist
Last Line:
And sae the militia miscarried
DMI number:
18396

41. Good dear Eugene

First Line:
Good dear Eugene
Last Line:
So down with the Tory | Laro laro laro &c
DMI number:
12017

42. Good people what will you of all be bereft

First Line:
Good people what will you of all be bereft
Last Line:
Why should we why should we be kept in the dark
Author:
Henry Hall (Confident) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
4547

43. Hast thou not read in ancient story

First Line:
Hast thou not read in ancient story
Last Line:
No Erskine no have at thy head
DMI number:
490

44. How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

First Line:
How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie
Last Line:
And Europe is redeemed and William reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8377

45. Here's a health to the great Eugene

First Line:
Here's a health to the great Eugene
Last Line:
And own great George our king
DMI number:
12141

46. Here's a health to the knight

First Line:
Here's a health to the knight
Last Line:
And your cart did always go wrong sir
DMI number:
5687

47. In the lord's house for peace the B---s pray

First Line:
In the lord's house for peace the B---s pray
Last Line:
But in the temple of the law turns whore
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7973

48. It was my hap spectator once to be

First Line:
It was my hap spectator once to be
Last Line:
Your paradise is Bedlam if not hell
Author:
Charles Darby (Absolute)
DMI number:
5917

49. Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have

First Line:
Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have
Last Line:
But twice as many cowards are too few
DMI number:
19837

50. Long since thy royal grandsire strove in vain

First Line:
Long since thy royal grandsire strove in vain
Last Line:
Who makes us truly happy in a glorious peace
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7994

51. I think I shall never despair

First Line:
I think I shall never despair
Last Line:
Till justice is tacked with a halter | To the 130 and 4
Author:
John Tutchin (Speculation)
DMI number:
5900

52. I who from drinking never could spare an hour

First Line:
I who from drinking never could spare an hour
Last Line:
Does the king's bastards starve to keep his own
DMI number:
4753

53. I'll tell you a story now listen and hear

First Line:
I'll tell you a story now listen and hear
Last Line:
To taste of the halter they are fully bent | Rebellious Jacobites nonjuring Jacobites | Perjured Jacobites all
DMI number:
12028

54. If true these hearsay writers tell

First Line:
If true these hearsay writers tell
Last Line:
By their absurdity should strike
DMI number:
20843

55. If giants sons of earth once vainly strove

First Line:
If giants sons of earth once vainly strove
Last Line:
Or hurled from George's hand the forked lightening flies
DMI number:
19897

56. Let Amherst fall corruption said

First Line:
Let Amherst fall corruption said
Last Line:
Pronounce our Amherst's name
DMI number:
31654

57. Let Amhurst go his sovereign said

First Line:
Let Amhurst go his sovereign said
Last Line:
All generals boast the same
DMI number:
31655

58. Not mighty Caesar did from Gallia come

First Line:
Not mighty Caesar did from Gallia come
Last Line:
Less honour Caesar sir deserves than you
DMI number:
11975

59. Now comes on the glorious year

First Line:
Now comes on the glorious year
Last Line:
Fill them a cup of thanks too
DMI number:
12137

60. November the 11th from Manchester town

First Line:
November the 11th from Manchester town
Last Line:
The praise of George of England
DMI number:
12011

61. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings

First Line:
No more of Memphis and her mighty kings
Last Line:
Are lost in chaos and the womb of night
DMI number:
36053

62. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:
42359

63. Of arms and wondrous tribes I sing

First Line:
Of arms and wondrous tribes I sing
Last Line:
A Nova Scotia Baron
Author:
Charles James Fox (Speculation)
DMI number:
35956

64. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Our nations melting thy Colossus frame
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
14042

65. Oh brother Tom dost know the intent

First Line:
Oh brother Tom dost know the intent
Last Line:
And never may pope or pretender come over | Lillibullero &c | Lero lero &c
DMI number:
13326

66. Pale her looks and clad in mourning

First Line:
Pale her looks and clad in mourning
Last Line:
To give up famed Gibraltar
DMI number:
20499

67. Once more a father and a son falls out

First Line:
Once more a father and a son falls out
Last Line:
To free a nation and uncrown a king
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3673

68. Proceed great men at naval conquests cease

First Line:
Proceed great men at naval conquests cease
Last Line:
Shall celebrate the man by whom alone he's feed
DMI number:
24455

69. Perusing the list of the tackers in print

First Line:
Perusing the list of the tackers in print
Last Line:
That as twas the first so it may be the last
DMI number:
5685

70. Quoth the marshal Culote with an ill-natured smile

First Line:
Quoth the marshal Culote with an ill-natured smile
Last Line:
If you call in remembrance the kick on the a-se
DMI number:
21711

71. Scotland be sad now and lament

First Line:
Scotland be sad now and lament
Last Line:
Pass joyful days for ever
DMI number:
7386

72. Seven sages in these latter times are seen

First Line:
Seven sages in these latter times are seen
Last Line:
Though they like Samson in the ruin fall
DMI number:
5718

73. Since the tories could not fight

First Line:
Since the tories could not fight
Last Line:
And thus the tory faction will end
DMI number:
11926

74. Since Churchill's fame has through our regions run

First Line:
Since Churchill's fame has through our regions run
Last Line:
Have little force without a sanction here
DMI number:
5038

75. Since it must be our wretched case

First Line:
Since it must be our wretched case
Last Line:
And make our exit in a string | With a fa la la
DMI number:
11961

76. Sound sound the trumpet beat the drum

First Line:
Sound sound the trumpet beat the drum
Last Line:
In honour of our British Caesar
DMI number:
12037

77. Stout Hannibal before he came to age

First Line:
Stout Hannibal before he came to age
Last Line:
Then up go we when wit and sense go down
DMI number:
43042

78. The old English cause knocks at every man's door

First Line:
The old English cause knocks at every man's door
Last Line:
And drive for old Rome and get home if he can | No highlander cutpurse shall then give us law | Though the Devil should help him or Tyler and Straw
DMI number:
19512

79. The year of wonder now is come

First Line:
The year of wonder now is come
Last Line:
And Lewis lead you by the nose
DMI number:
6457

80. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
And therefore will remove him
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
8078

81. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
May then break out at home
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
13269

82. These lines had kissed your hands October last

First Line:
These lines had kissed your hands October last
Last Line:
Shall crown your heads and we will sing your praise
DMI number:
4731

83. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

84. There was an eagle built his nest

First Line:
There was an eagle built his nest
Last Line:
Whom neither gods nor human laws can bind
DMI number:
4424

85. There was once a glorious queen

First Line:
There was once a glorious queen
Last Line:
Make neither worth your while | Tis no matter where we go we go we go | Tis no matter were we go &c
DMI number:
13402

86. Thou more than happy plain

First Line:
Thou more than happy plain
Last Line:
They lead the mighty van and these bring up the rear
DMI number:
43169

87. Thus God does bless our sovereign Anne

First Line:
Thus God does bless our sovereign Anne
Last Line:
Alack and well-aday
DMI number:
5906

88. Tis well he's gone O had he never been

First Line:
Tis well he's gone O had he never been
Last Line:
While here glad waves came dancing to the shore
Author:
Sir William Godolphin (Confident)
DMI number:
3679

89. To you dear topers at the court

First Line:
To you dear topers at the court
Last Line:
To sing out hey boys up go we | With a fa la &c
DMI number:
13369

90. Twas on the evening of that day

First Line:
Twas on the evening of that day
Last Line:
For my part I have done and so good night
DMI number:
4967

91. Twas still low ebb of night when not a star

First Line:
Twas still low ebb of night when not a star
Last Line:
To the blest confines of his peaceful urn
DMI number:
6495

92. Two welshmen partners in a cow

First Line:
Two welshmen partners in a cow
Last Line:
Than what these welshmen did
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4386

93. Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove

First Line:
Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove
Last Line:
And pray against the miseries of war
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4387

94. Two first young bulls within the marshes strove

First Line:
Two first young bulls within the marshes strove
Last Line:
And pray against the miseries of war
DMI number:
7287

95. Two heroes went we thought to fight

First Line:
Two heroes went we thought to fight
Last Line:
For crimes applause neglect for merit
DMI number:
17941

96. Welcome great monarch to the throne we gave

First Line:
Welcome great monarch to the throne we gave
Last Line:
Our purses and our veins shall freely bleed
DMI number:
4956

97. We'll remember the men

First Line:
We'll remember the men
Last Line:
And just and right is the word sir
DMI number:
5686

98. What a de'el is the stir that we make with war

First Line:
What a de'el is the stir that we make with war
Last Line:
Shall be crowned with a trophy of curses
DMI number:
4959

99. When Anjou on Spain made at first the attempt

First Line:
When Anjou on Spain made at first the attempt
Last Line:
Let your catholic majesty reign where you can sir
DMI number:
7219

100. When Britain fought and triumphed over her foe

First Line:
When Britain fought and triumphed over her foe
Last Line:
Where ever winds could waft or waters flow
DMI number:
37057