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1. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

2. A treaty's on foot look about English boys

First Line:
A treaty's on foot look about English boys
Last Line:
As half a loaf's better than no bread at all | Over over &c
DMI number:
13276

3. After the fight of Fontenoy

First Line:
After the fight of Fontenoy
Last Line:
Come hither I'll baptize your child
DMI number:
25089

4. An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse

First Line:
An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse
Last Line:
On condition that you may depart with your lives
DMI number:
44330

5. And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch

First Line:
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Last Line:
And may all christian people say amen to it
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4538

6. All you that have stock and are mad for a peace

First Line:
All you that have stock and are mad for a peace
Last Line:
How low the French creep to the new min----y
DMI number:
13280

7. Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover

First Line:
Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover
Last Line:
Whores cuckolds and fools bawds bullies and beaus | Which &c
DMI number:
13328

8. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

First Line:
Brave britons attend to the song I have penned
Last Line:
Pray heaven it prove not the last
DMI number:
7357

9. Come come great Orange come away

First Line:
Come come great Orange come away
Last Line:
Except it be to have a rope | Couragio couragio couragio
DMI number:
4924

10. Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease

First Line:
Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease
Last Line:
Youse understand ere lang
DMI number:
11920

11. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358

12. Gentle river gentle river

First Line:
Gentle river gentle river
Last Line:
And without a groan expired
DMI number:
36922

13. God prosper long great George our king

First Line:
God prosper long great George our king
Last Line:
We shall be ever free
DMI number:
20406

14. Gud sirs gein ye'll inlist

First Line:
Gud sirs gein ye'll inlist
Last Line:
And sae the militia miscarried
DMI number:
18396

15. Good dear Eugene

First Line:
Good dear Eugene
Last Line:
So down with the Tory | Laro laro laro &c
DMI number:
12017

16. His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war

First Line:
His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war
Last Line:
For such a war becomes a man of peace
DMI number:
6057

17. His G---- of ------ begun this union

First Line:
His G---- of ------ begun this union
Last Line:
That now the church admits the army
DMI number:
20852

18. Here's a health to the great Eugene

First Line:
Here's a health to the great Eugene
Last Line:
And own great George our king
DMI number:
12141

19. In time of war to God we humbly pray

First Line:
In time of war to God we humbly pray
Last Line:
God is forgot and the poor soldier's slighted
DMI number:
36833

20. In younger years in war I shed my blood

First Line:
In younger years in war I shed my blood
Last Line:
Farewell good reader never fear to die
DMI number:
36880

21. It was my hap spectator once to be

First Line:
It was my hap spectator once to be
Last Line:
Your paradise is Bedlam if not hell
Author:
Charles Darby (Absolute)
DMI number:
5917

22. I think I shall never despair

First Line:
I think I shall never despair
Last Line:
Till justice is tacked with a halter | To the 130 and 4
Author:
John Tutchin (Speculation)
DMI number:
5900

23. March march

First Line:
March march
Last Line:
Cock up your bonnets | March march &c
DMI number:
1247

24. Never dare draw me without reason shown

First Line:
Never dare draw me without reason shown
Last Line:
Teach heroes courage and give law to kings
DMI number:
18266

25. Now comes on the glorious year

First Line:
Now comes on the glorious year
Last Line:
Fill them a cup of thanks too
DMI number:
12137

26. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:
42359

27. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631

28. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Our nations melting thy Colossus frame
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
14042

29. Oh brother Tom dost know the intent

First Line:
Oh brother Tom dost know the intent
Last Line:
And never may pope or pretender come over | Lillibullero &c | Lero lero &c
DMI number:
13326

30. Plague of all cowards say I why bless my eyes

First Line:
Plague of all cowards say I why bless my eyes
Last Line:
And British rights be saved by British beauty
DMI number:
19523

31. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

32. Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue

First Line:
Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue
Last Line:
And shall yet leave a more degenerate breed
DMI number:
41839

33. Rhodes is lost or else destroyed

First Line:
Rhodes is lost or else destroyed
Last Line:
And god is lost if faith be overthrown
DMI number:
14684

34. Since the tories could not fight

First Line:
Since the tories could not fight
Last Line:
And thus the tory faction will end
DMI number:
11926

35. Stout Hannibal before he came to age

First Line:
Stout Hannibal before he came to age
Last Line:
Then up go we when wit and sense go down
DMI number:
43042

36. Take half a foreign soldier's name

First Line:
Take half a foreign soldier's name
Last Line:
When past a dozen years
DMI number:
36890

37. The hawks were once at mortal jars

First Line:
The hawks were once at mortal jars
Last Line:
Both to thy wealth and ease
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4391

38. The French though beat te deum sing

First Line:
The French though beat te deum sing
Last Line:
And make them cry oramus
DMI number:
18060

39. The lord of hosts forever reigns

First Line:
The lord of hosts forever reigns
Last Line:
Loud ceaseless hallelujah's cry
DMI number:
26886

40. The year of wonder now is come

First Line:
The year of wonder now is come
Last Line:
And Lewis lead you by the nose
DMI number:
6457

41. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
And therefore will remove him
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
8078

42. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
May then break out at home
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
13269

43. These lines had kissed your hands October last

First Line:
These lines had kissed your hands October last
Last Line:
Shall crown your heads and we will sing your praise
DMI number:
4731

44. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

45. Those ills your ancestors have done

First Line:
Those ills your ancestors have done
Last Line:
With all the pains we take have skill enough to be
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
927

46. Thus God does bless our sovereign Anne

First Line:
Thus God does bless our sovereign Anne
Last Line:
Alack and well-aday
DMI number:
5906

47. Twas on the evening of that day

First Line:
Twas on the evening of that day
Last Line:
For my part I have done and so good night
DMI number:
4967

48. Welcome great monarch to the throne we gave

First Line:
Welcome great monarch to the throne we gave
Last Line:
Our purses and our veins shall freely bleed
DMI number:
4956

49. When as wars are aloft

First Line:
When as wars are aloft
Last Line:
But betwixt rible and mersie
DMI number:
43735

50. When Lewis the great

First Line:
When Lewis the great
Last Line:
For he'll stop not a mile short of Paris
DMI number:
8107