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1. A Cheshire man sailed into Spain

First Line:
A Cheshire man sailed into Spain
Last Line:
Our land bring twice a day
DMI number:
22380

2. A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine

First Line:
A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine
Last Line:
So 'tis wine noble wine that's a friend to the crown
DMI number:
20745

3. A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast

First Line:
A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast
Last Line:
You will send me the rest of my fish
DMI number:
35674

4. According to custom

First Line:
According to custom
Last Line:
Te capiet minus
Author:
Robert Samber (Confident)
DMI number:
1482

5. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:
Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:
And every bliss in wine shall meet
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
30679

6. All in the late great winter snow

First Line:
All in the late great winter snow
Last Line:
A captive for his dinner
DMI number:
3078

7. As the fund of our pleasure let each pay his shot

First Line:
As the fund of our pleasure let each pay his shot
Last Line:
To make any guilty by drinking good wine
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Confident)
DMI number:
3977

8. As once returning from the chase

First Line:
As once returning from the chase
Last Line:
And distant echoes catch the sound
DMI number:
31911

9. As breezes from the southern main

First Line:
As breezes from the southern main
Last Line:
And hie again for sea tomorrow
DMI number:
172

10. As some brave admiral in former war

First Line:
As some brave admiral in former war
Last Line:
And being good for nothing else be wise
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4136

11. By an edict from Jove all the deities met

First Line:
By an edict from Jove all the deities met
Last Line:
To Bacchus we'll loudly huzza
DMI number:
31834

12. Bring bring my mistress to my arms

First Line:
Bring bring my mistress to my arms
Last Line:
What feeds puts out the fire
DMI number:
5308

13. Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl

First Line:
Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl
Last Line:
Ever can force the heat of love
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute) & Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31428

14. Bring the bowl and cool Nantz

First Line:
Bring the bowl and cool Nantz
Last Line:
And drink richer liquor
DMI number:
13279

15. Cease fondly to enquire what France and Spain

First Line:
Cease fondly to enquire what France and Spain
Last Line:
With arts of dress and needless care
DMI number:
3505

16. Chloe denied by cruel fate

First Line:
Chloe denied by cruel fate
Last Line:
And let the other want
Author:
Samuel Phillips (Speculation)
DMI number:
5781

17. Come hither ye fools of the state

First Line:
Come hither ye fools of the state
Last Line:
Finds all he can wish in his glass
DMI number:
11787

18. 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

19. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
Come come boys then dust it away
DMI number:
44431

20. Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest

First Line:
Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest
Last Line:
And send him good meat and mirth without end
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
3973

21. Dorinda's bacon

First Line:
Dorinda's bacon
Last Line:
Scolds fries and eats
DMI number:
37927

22. Drink about till the day find us

First Line:
Drink about till the day find us
Last Line:
To each friendly coming night
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6283

23. Drink on my friends drink yeoman dry

First Line:
Drink on my friends drink yeoman dry
Last Line:
Beata gives a toast
DMI number:
3033

24. For shame no disputes over the glass then drink fair

First Line:
For shame no disputes over the glass then drink fair
Last Line:
Perhaps we may have none tomorrow
Author:
T. Green (Confident)
DMI number:
6256

25. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:
God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:
The Devil and the Pope
Author:
Philip James Wharton (Confident)
DMI number:
2120

26. He comes he comes in every vein

First Line:
He comes he comes in every vein
Last Line:
These kind physicians quell
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31465

27. Here hark ye old friend what wilt pass then without

First Line:
Here hark ye old friend what wilt pass then without
Last Line:
And walk on friend I wish thee a good day
DMI number:
25796

28. Horace you now have long enough

First Line:
Horace you now have long enough
Last Line:
Twixt Horace and the master
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
7421

29. 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

30. 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

31. In merry old England when princes did rule

First Line:
In merry old England when princes did rule
Last Line:
And take them from thence to the devil
DMI number:
36822

32. It fell about the month of June

First Line:
It fell about the month of June
Last Line:
When the sober folk lay dying
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35297

33. Jolly mortals fill your glasses

First Line:
Jolly mortals fill your glasses
Last Line:
More than by his conquering sword
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
2463

34. Jolly mortals fill your glasses

First Line:
Jolly mortals fill your glasses
Last Line:
More than by the conquering sword
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
15556

35. Jack thou art a toper

First Line:
Jack thou art a toper
Last Line:
Cry past two o'clock
DMI number:
13277

36. Listen all I pray to the words I've to say

First Line:
Listen all I pray to the words I've to say
Last Line:
Nisi bibut ad ostia stando
DMI number:
2526

37. Let's be jovial fill our glasses

First Line:
Let's be jovial fill our glasses
Last Line:
Drinking souls can never die
DMI number:
750

38. Love a woman you're an ass

First Line:
Love a woman you're an ass
Last Line:
Drinking to engender wit
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4124

39. I'm in love in debt and in drink

First Line:
I'm in love in debt and in drink
Last Line:
When tis gone I'll grow sober and die
DMI number:
5774

40. I sing the furious battles of the spheres

First Line:
I sing the furious battles of the spheres
Last Line:
Feathers lopped off spurs every where did lie
Author:
James Smith (Confident)
DMI number:
42490

41. I've seen full seventy years and more

First Line:
I've seen full seventy years and more
Last Line:
For being pillaged by a Jew
DMI number:
36831

42. If from the drinking of our glasses

First Line:
If from the drinking of our glasses
Last Line:
Makes us still subject to their charms | Vita
DMI number:
20067

43. Let Euler go measure the sun

First Line:
Let Euler go measure the sun
Last Line:
What are ages to come pray to me
DMI number:
31653

44. Kind Ariadne drowned in tears

First Line:
Kind Ariadne drowned in tears
Last Line:
Flies to the bottle for relief
DMI number:
2294

45. King David was a psalmist rare

First Line:
King David was a psalmist rare
Last Line:
And drink to sing again
DMI number:
25110

46. Let Jove no more his Hebe boast

First Line:
Let Jove no more his Hebe boast
Last Line:
The brigadier below
DMI number:
13149

47. Malt is the grain of which we make strong ale

First Line:
Malt is the grain of which we make strong ale
Last Line:
To make the heart light and to sing down derry
DMI number:
43798

48. Mankind so deceitful are grown

First Line:
Mankind so deceitful are grown
Last Line:
He'll bid all the rest kiss his b--h
DMI number:
31805

49. Nestor who did to thrice man's age attain

First Line:
Nestor who did to thrice man's age attain
Last Line:
But drink and so support the state
Author:
Daniel Kenrick (Confident)
DMI number:
3217

50. Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings

First Line:
Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings
Last Line:
Let us scorn our content from others to borrow
DMI number:
43084