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1. A batchelor more gay than sage

First Line:
A batchelor more gay than sage
Last Line:
Fair tuttress each the same to you
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22780

2. A certain sister of our town

First Line:
A certain sister of our town
Last Line:
She's married now and there's an end on it
DMI number:
15540

3. A monkey once of sober life

First Line:
A monkey once of sober life
Last Line:
His sentence on his conscious head
DMI number:
35946

4. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

5. A rich old bachelor whose care

First Line:
A rich old bachelor whose care
Last Line:
Enjoyed the truth of what he'd heard
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7980

6. All plagues are jokes the learned tell us

First Line:
All plagues are jokes the learned tell us
Last Line:
To blame had he been taken in
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
12349

7. An abbot rich whose taste was good

First Line:
An abbot rich whose taste was good
Last Line:
First mend the faults they find in others
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
21903

8. As often wit in merry tale

First Line:
As often wit in merry tale
Last Line:
And Sue's Sir Roger's mistress yet
DMI number:
11144

9. At Se'noke so famed for virginity old

First Line:
At Se'noke so famed for virginity old
Last Line:
The justice desisted and here ends my tale
DMI number:
22557

10. Blinco who dealt in paltry wares

First Line:
Blinco who dealt in paltry wares
Last Line:
Is now alas entirely blind
DMI number:
11047

11. By fops addressed by beaux admired

First Line:
By fops addressed by beaux admired
Last Line:
Than dress or titles empty treasure
DMI number:
24597

12. Do what you can a woman still

First Line:
Do what you can a woman still
Last Line:
That one good turn deserves another
DMI number:
19380

13. Friend Benedict has got a wife

First Line:
Friend Benedict has got a wife
Last Line:
And now her spouse the breeches wears
DMI number:
33300

14. How harshly cruel is the fate

First Line:
How harshly cruel is the fate
Last Line:
A cuckold he and she a whore
DMI number:
11120

15. How much in vain is all our art

First Line:
How much in vain is all our art
Last Line:
Why Roger nicked me so before
Author:
Joseph Thurston (Absolute)
DMI number:
21913

16. Husbands are such provoking fellows

First Line:
Husbands are such provoking fellows
Last Line:
Sailing to find the north east passage
DMI number:
37149

17. In that small island which extends before

First Line:
In that small island which extends before
Last Line:
And long remained with endless pleasures blest
DMI number:
8574

18. Impatience chaungeth smoke to flame

First Line:
Impatience chaungeth smoke to flame
Last Line:
Her husband may recall
Author:
William Warner (Absolute)
DMI number:
37285

19. In cold December when sharp frosts invade

First Line:
In cold December when sharp frosts invade
Last Line:
To lend her lambs-wool and she'd gold repay
DMI number:
42758

20. In Ephesus as Arbiter has sung

First Line:
In Ephesus as Arbiter has sung
Last Line:
And thus the widow saved her second lover
DMI number:
11181

21. In pious days when brawny monks

First Line:
In pious days when brawny monks
Last Line:
Their guilty selves from jeopardy
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
7966

22. John Gilpin was a citizen

First Line:
John Gilpin was a citizen
Last Line:
May I be there to see
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
30597

23. My father and mother what ail em

First Line:
My father and mother what ail em
Last Line:
This world it should end as begun
DMI number:
24601

24. My father and mother what ails em

First Line:
My father and mother what ails em
Last Line:
This world it should end as begun
DMI number:
40574

25. My friends expected me at seven

First Line:
My friends expected me at seven
Last Line:
Sooner than bribe me with her favour
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22777

26. I warn ye all who hear my tale

First Line:
I warn ye all who hear my tale
Last Line:
To think on what you might have had
DMI number:
25153

27. 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

28. Kind gentlemen will you be silent a while

First Line:
Kind gentlemen will you be silent a while
Last Line:
And sing them in merry Sherwood
DMI number:
36976

29. King Arthur lives in merry Carleile

First Line:
King Arthur lives in merry Carleile
Last Line:
And hee be a gentle knighte
DMI number:
37486

30. Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile

First Line:
Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile
Last Line:
To sr Gawaine & his lady gay
DMI number:
38657

31. Miss Molly was almost fourteen

First Line:
Miss Molly was almost fourteen
Last Line:
But every one be like her cousin
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37263

32. Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John

First Line:
Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John
Last Line:
And so I bid you good night
DMI number:
36999

33. Oft have I deeply and with wonder thought

First Line:
Oft have I deeply and with wonder thought
Last Line:
Contents the dame and horrifies the knight
DMI number:
4408

34. Of no feigned powers in fictious lays

First Line:
Of no feigned powers in fictious lays
Last Line:
Her kind deliverer she repays
DMI number:
12122

35. Once on a time as ancient stories tell

First Line:
Once on a time as ancient stories tell
Last Line:
And heard no more of devil or of don
DMI number:
8585

36. Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian

First Line:
Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian
Last Line:
Since spouse is damned I will be merry
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
6525

37. On reading over your proclamation

First Line:
On reading over your proclamation
Last Line:
And now her spouse the breeches wears
DMI number:
33460

38. Prithee Ralph bespoke a neighbour

First Line:
Prithee Ralph bespoke a neighbour
Last Line:
And found the cure probatum est
DMI number:
19426

39. Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

First Line:
Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife
Last Line:
And if Susan was visited who was to blame
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25307

40. Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

First Line:
Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife
Last Line:
If Simon was cuckolded who was to blame
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22373

41. Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

First Line:
Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife
Last Line:
If Susan was visited who was to blame
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22779

42. Remote from cities in a country town

First Line:
Remote from cities in a country town
Last Line:
It is because she lies with other men
DMI number:
31904

43. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

First Line:
Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
Last Line:
Seems to the traveller like a man
DMI number:
36926

44. Since tales have late so much in fashion grown

First Line:
Since tales have late so much in fashion grown
Last Line:
But all cry out that he his fate deserves
DMI number:
7230

45. Some husbands on a winter's day

First Line:
Some husbands on a winter's day
Last Line:
Between a sovereign and a slave
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12290

46. Successful oft in bloody field

First Line:
Successful oft in bloody field
Last Line:
And got a boy before twas light
DMI number:
11174

47. Some time ago as stories tell

First Line:
Some time ago as stories tell
Last Line:
Should be again restored to life
DMI number:
11059

48. Sometime ago to pretty Clo

First Line:
Sometime ago to pretty Clo
Last Line:
Oh no place can be met in
DMI number:
11033

49. The authors of romances and novels

First Line:
The authors of romances and novels
Last Line:
And doth still the notes repeat
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25401

50. The bride at length the care of love appears

First Line:
The bride at length the care of love appears
Last Line:
Gives all her beauties up and meets the joy
DMI number:
7004