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1. A curse on all cares

First Line:
A curse on all cares
Last Line:
Or be merry at least | For we will be dull and heavy no more | Since wine does increase and there's claret good store
DMI number:
2718

2. A curse upon the faithless maid

First Line:
A curse upon the faithless maid
Last Line:
To deal with greater liberty her heart
DMI number:
44407

3. A curse upon thee for a slave

First Line:
A curse upon thee for a slave
Last Line:
Than have brave anger spilt or lost
DMI number:
43947

4. A dean and prebendary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary
Last Line:
And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
2590

5. A doctor there is and whose name I could tell

First Line:
A doctor there is and whose name I could tell
Last Line:
And tarried all night whilst his lady was lewd | With a down &c
DMI number:
411

6. A fig for ear why should we spare

First Line:
A fig for ear why should we spare
Last Line:
Where no body means to find us
DMI number:
43081

7. A going to Tottenham market

First Line:
A going to Tottenham market
Last Line:
And I for London came | Sing fall down &c
DMI number:
1558

8. A Ballad a ballad a new one and true

First Line:
A Ballad a ballad a new one and true
Last Line:
And so I conclude my ditty
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
1706

9. A beautiful lady in fair London town

First Line:
A beautiful lady in fair London town
Last Line:
And if I didn't find out your gangway d-me | With my tol &c
DMI number:
32976

10. A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be

First Line:
A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be
Last Line:
And there they begot such a bold rogue as I
DMI number:
33018

11. A beggar got a bailiff a bailiff got a yeoman

First Line:
A beggar got a bailiff a bailiff got a yeoman
Last Line:
A dean got a bishop a bishop got a quean
DMI number:
44018

12. A Berwick's cause tried by the laws

First Line:
A Berwick's cause tried by the laws
Last Line:
By which ye may expel him
DMI number:
37751

13. A brewer may be a burgess grave

First Line:
A brewer may be a burgess grave
Last Line:
His soul unto the devil of hell | Which no body can deny
DMI number:
1644

14. A buxom young girl keeps a yard

First Line:
A buxom young girl keeps a yard
Last Line:
By getting the stalk within it
DMI number:
31786

15. A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear

First Line:
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
Last Line:
When Pan and his son and fair Syrinx return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4176

16. A cobbler there was and he lived in a stall

First Line:
A cobbler there was and he lived in a stall
Last Line:
That love brings us all to an end at the last
DMI number:
810

17. A cock laird fou cadgie

First Line:
A cock laird fou cadgie
Last Line:
In the abbey quoth she
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
1292

18. A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled

First Line:
A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled
Last Line:
Hath slain us both for cloaking of his crime
DMI number:
9071

19. A cuckold it is thought

First Line:
A cuckold it is thought
Last Line:
If ever I lag behind
DMI number:
852

20. A health to our sister let us drink

First Line:
A health to our sister let us drink
Last Line:
These keep us in transport all night
DMI number:
29646

21. A health to our sisters let us drink

First Line:
A health to our sisters let us drink
Last Line:
These keep us in transport all night
DMI number:
28688

22. A health to our sisters let's drink

First Line:
A health to our sisters let's drink
Last Line:
These keeps us in transports all night
DMI number:
31562

23. A heart that's bleeding with deep despair

First Line:
A heart that's bleeding with deep despair
Last Line:
Each swain adoring is sure to die
Author:
Henry Carey (Absolute)
DMI number:
2446

24. A king lives not a braver life

First Line:
A king lives not a braver life
Last Line:
Such officers as these I trow
DMI number:
43986

25. A new song made by an old quibbling pate

First Line:
A new song made by an old quibbling pate
Last Line:
From a new turncoat of the times | Or the times new turncoat
DMI number:
4474

26. A nymph of the plain

First Line:
A nymph of the plain
Last Line:
As soon might persuade her his passion to meet
DMI number:
2639

27. A statesman's cat once catched a mouse

First Line:
A statesman's cat once catched a mouse
Last Line:
A comfortable story
DMI number:
26540

28. A Stella bright I saw her sit

First Line:
A Stella bright I saw her sit
Last Line:
To win a maidenhead
DMI number:
42652

29. A story strange I will unfold

First Line:
A story strange I will unfold
Last Line:
Both against us and monarchy
DMI number:
1591

30. A swain long tortured with disdain

First Line:
A swain long tortured with disdain
Last Line:
And make us tyrants by their fear
DMI number:
11840

31. A swain of love despairing

First Line:
A swain of love despairing
Last Line:
He fell upon the plain
DMI number:
2433

32. A thousand charms if Lesbia boast

First Line:
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:
Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21076

33. A thousand charms in Celia meet

First Line:
A thousand charms in Celia meet
Last Line:
Preserves so long her virgin reign
DMI number:
16178

34. A tory a whig and a moderate man

First Line:
A tory a whig and a moderate man
Last Line:
A moderate man for me
DMI number:
2643

35. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:
A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:
Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:
43993

36. A man that is drunk is void of all care

First Line:
A man that is drunk is void of all care
Last Line:
My bottle should warm me and fill me with fire | Tol deral &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
286

37. A man that's neither high nor low

First Line:
A man that's neither high nor low
Last Line:
It shall be no objection
Author:
Catherine Jemmat (Speculation)
DMI number:
32951

38. A mason one time

First Line:
A mason one time
Last Line:
Of a free and an accepted mason
DMI number:
31564

39. A mason's daughter fair and young

First Line:
A mason's daughter fair and young
Last Line:
And may they ever remain
DMI number:
28687

40. A maxim this amongst the wise

First Line:
A maxim this amongst the wise
Last Line:
Love will be love do what you will
DMI number:
2694

41. A monk sir and his brother

First Line:
A monk sir and his brother
Last Line:
For such a damned design
DMI number:
5452

42. A pilgrim I am

First Line:
A pilgrim I am
Last Line:
All honour and glory to jesus my king
DMI number:
26196

43. 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

44. A play without a song 'tis gross offence

First Line:
A play without a song 'tis gross offence
Last Line:
My all is in my possession
DMI number:
1794

45. A pox of disturbers let us rout them

First Line:
A pox of disturbers let us rout them
Last Line:
All Jesuits Genevan and Spanish
DMI number:
42765

46. A pox of this fooling and plotting of late

First Line:
A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
Last Line:
This is the profession that never will alter
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
13259

47. A pox of this fooling and plotting of late

First Line:
A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
Last Line:
To curse them for making my claret so dear
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
788

48. A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail

First Line:
A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail
Last Line:
When we're each of us free as a king
DMI number:
2653

49. A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl

First Line:
A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl
Last Line:
And make our cold iron cry clink in the close
DMI number:
43864

50. A pox on the times

First Line:
A pox on the times
Last Line:
He fears neither death nor undoing
DMI number:
2664