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1. A farmer been to pay his rent

First Line:
A farmer been to pay his rent
Last Line:
Cursed all the way the vagrant vixen
DMI number:
38671

2. A furlong or so from bonny Dumblain

First Line:
A furlong or so from bonny Dumblain
Last Line:
She broke her vow and married him next day
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25402

3. A grand procession and a babe I sing

First Line:
A grand procession and a babe I sing
Last Line:
And wish his purse and progeny never fail
DMI number:
18151

4. A muntabank anes strolled about

First Line:
A muntabank anes strolled about
Last Line:
Sling off self will and prejudice
DMI number:
25158

5. A strolling player as story tells

First Line:
A strolling player as story tells
Last Line:
You would have acted just like me
DMI number:
38053

6. All gentlemen and yeomen good

First Line:
All gentlemen and yeomen good
Last Line:
The like was never known
DMI number:
36986

7. At the time of the year when the citizens wives

First Line:
At the time of the year when the citizens wives
Last Line:
And join in a song to the careless good fellow
DMI number:
11228

8. Beneath a court's luxuriant skies

First Line:
Beneath a court's luxuriant skies
Last Line:
Millers will evermore abound
DMI number:
33464

9. Bright was the morn the landscape gay

First Line:
Bright was the morn the landscape gay
Last Line:
Their grave with tears bedew
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37073

10. Come listen awhile you gentlemen all

First Line:
Come listen awhile you gentlemen all
Last Line:
And war may give place unto love
DMI number:
36988

11. Cuddy's a wealthy clown near Avon's streams

First Line:
Cuddy's a wealthy clown near Avon's streams
Last Line:
Thus robbed of all their all unpitied lose
DMI number:
12722

12. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler face in military arms
Author:
Torquato Tasso (Absolute) & Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
21611

13. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler fate in military arms
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6975

14. Easop relates a tale weil worth renown

First Line:
Easop relates a tale weil worth renown
Last Line:
Blythness of hairt in peace with small possesion
Author:
Robert Henryson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10873

15. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

16. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

17. In summer time when leaves grow green

First Line:
In summer time when leaves grow green
Last Line:
Where they shall live in peace and rest
DMI number:
36993

18. In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court

First Line:
In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court
Last Line:
And happy each at home enjoys his love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3931

19. In southern climes there lies a village

First Line:
In southern climes there lies a village
Last Line:
And she applauds his nice finesse
DMI number:
31902

20. In summer time when leaves grow green

First Line:
In summer time when leaves grow green
Last Line:
Could make him yield before
DMI number:
36987

21. In days of yore ere Britons grew too wise

First Line:
In days of yore ere Britons grew too wise
Last Line:
Grown grave by sorrow by experience wise
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23757

22. In Nottingham there lived a jolly tanner

First Line:
In Nottingham there lived a jolly tanner
Last Line:
Of Robin Hood Arthur and John
DMI number:
36984

23. In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder

First Line:
In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder
Last Line:
As my master doth by me
DMI number:
36980

24. It so befel a silly a swain

First Line:
It so befel a silly a swain
Last Line:
If dost pray be so kind to speak
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
25164

25. In vain shall critics wits or beaus

First Line:
In vain shall critics wits or beaus
Last Line:
Nor disappointment break his heart
DMI number:
31909

26. Long time had Strephon country swain

First Line:
Long time had Strephon country swain
Last Line:
Then Hymen will your happiness renew
DMI number:
38663

27. My masters give audience and listen to me

First Line:
My masters give audience and listen to me
Last Line:
So God bless old England and all his well wishers
DMI number:
43101

28. 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

29. 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

30. I've often wished that I had clear

First Line:
I've often wished that I had clear
Last Line:
A crust of bread and liberty
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37167

31. Let modern Sadducees declaim on

First Line:
Let modern Sadducees declaim on
Last Line:
Cursed all the way the vagrant vixen
DMI number:
19994

32. Now through the welkin wide the rosy morn

First Line:
Now through the welkin wide the rosy morn
Last Line:
Close up the modest curtains of the night
Author:
Nathaniel Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
11305

33. One time as twas my ordinary wont

First Line:
One time as twas my ordinary wont
Last Line:
Thus crossed in all I lost my whole estate
Author:
John Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
41939

34. Once I was a lively lad

First Line:
Once I was a lively lad
Last Line:
Ever that breathed our valley's air
Author:
Mr. Ball (Absolute)
DMI number:
37076

35. Robin sat on the gude grene hill

First Line:
Robin sat on the gude grene hill
Last Line:
Amang the rashy gair
Author:
Robert Henryson (Confident)
DMI number:
10835

36. 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

37. The happy morning comes expected long

First Line:
The happy morning comes expected long
Last Line:
So Haman Caesar Spenser Wolsey James
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
38559

38. The story every Christian knows

First Line:
The story every Christian knows
Last Line:
By Sue or Celia for the future
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22772

39. There's some will talk of lords and knights

First Line:
There's some will talk of lords and knights
Last Line:
And drank themselves good friends
DMI number:
36996

40. Through a fair forest as I went

First Line:
Through a fair forest as I went
Last Line:
Think on the woodman's walk
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
13191

41. Thus Achelous ends his audience hear

First Line:
Thus Achelous ends his audience hear
Last Line:
And such as honour heaven shall heavenly honour share
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9764

42. Twas at the time when new returning light

First Line:
Twas at the time when new returning light
Last Line:
And bless his peaceful grave where first they grew
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
36953

43. We argued Dick last night at drinking

First Line:
We argued Dick last night at drinking
Last Line:
To be mere Hodges at the best
DMI number:
22573

44. We argued Dick last night in drinking

First Line:
We argued Dick last night in drinking
Last Line:
To be mere Hodges at the best
DMI number:
19983

45. When as the sheriff of Nottingham

First Line:
When as the sheriff of Nottingham
Last Line:
Of honest Robin Hood
DMI number:
37006

46. When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice

First Line:
When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice
Last Line:
They'd conquer or die by his side
DMI number:
37002

47. Young Roger the ploughman was walking alone

First Line:
Young Roger the ploughman was walking alone
Last Line:
Thus ended the wooing of Roger and Joan
DMI number:
8311