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1. 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

2. Disputes daily arise and errors grow bolder

First Line:
Disputes daily arise and errors grow bolder
Last Line:
Tis he is the man ma-the-ma-ti-cal
DMI number:
43930

3. Give us music and wine

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

4. Full twenty times over and twenty to that

First Line:
Full twenty times over and twenty to that
Last Line:
To water as thou dost or let them choose
DMI number:
43340

5. Good gaffer stand aloof

First Line:
Good gaffer stand aloof
Last Line:
You leisure to tipple and be as drunk as a lord
DMI number:
43341

6. He that's wise and wary

First Line:
He that's wise and wary
Last Line:
Is to make the pipeless then the barrel
DMI number:
44215

7. He that is greedy of the grape

First Line:
He that is greedy of the grape
Last Line:
And changes habit with an ape
DMI number:
43804

8. 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

9. Malt is the grain by which a fox we gain

First Line:
Malt is the grain by which a fox we gain
Last Line:
Then sit and tipple it will your senses cripple
DMI number:
43799

10. 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