The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 16
Page x
... Some fay women are like the fea PAGE • 197 · 250 23 141 40 38 52 68 3 93 145 236 43 82 116 72 So much I love thee , O my treasure ! 116 Sum up all the delights . Stella and Flavia , every hour . Sweet are the charms of her I love Sweet ...
... Some fay women are like the fea PAGE • 197 · 250 23 141 40 38 52 68 3 93 145 236 43 82 116 72 So much I love thee , O my treasure ! 116 Sum up all the delights . Stella and Flavia , every hour . Sweet are the charms of her I love Sweet ...
Page 29
... Some men want youth , and others health , Some want a wife , and fome a punk , Some men want wit , and others wealth , But OF CHOICE SONGS . 29.
... Some men want youth , and others health , Some want a wife , and fome a punk , Some men want wit , and others wealth , But OF CHOICE SONGS . 29.
Page 30
A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English Allan Ramsay. Some men want wit , and others wealth , But they want nothing that are drunk : ' Tis wine , pure wine revives fad fouls ; Therefore give us the chearing bowls . * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 ...
A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English Allan Ramsay. Some men want wit , and others wealth , But they want nothing that are drunk : ' Tis wine , pure wine revives fad fouls ; Therefore give us the chearing bowls . * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 ...
Page 44
... 'ft thou of the road then ? SHE . The high way to be hang'd . HE . Nice pimping howe'er yields profit for life ; I'll help some fine lord to another's fine wife . SHE . That's dangerous too amongst the town - crew 44 A COLLECTION.
... 'ft thou of the road then ? SHE . The high way to be hang'd . HE . Nice pimping howe'er yields profit for life ; I'll help some fine lord to another's fine wife . SHE . That's dangerous too amongst the town - crew 44 A COLLECTION.
Page 52
... Some hawling , fome bawling , Some leering , fome fleering , Some loving , fome shoving , With legions of furbelow'd whores ; To the tavern some go , And fome to a show , See poppets for moppets , Jack puddens for cuddens , Rope ...
... Some hawling , fome bawling , Some leering , fome fleering , Some loving , fome shoving , With legions of furbelow'd whores ; To the tavern some go , And fome to a show , See poppets for moppets , Jack puddens for cuddens , Rope ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beauty Becauſe Bellaſpelling beſt bluſhes bonny breaſt Celia charms chearful Chloe cou'd cry'd dear defire derol Derry deſpair diſcover drink e'er Earl of Murray eaſe eaſy eyes fair falſe fcorn fhall fighs fing firſt fleep foft fome fooliſh foon forrow foul frae freſh ftill fuch fwain fweet glaſs gowans are gay heart himſelf houſe Invermay joys kind kiſs laſs laſt loft loſe lov'd lover maid maſon merry miſtreſs moſt muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pain paſs paſt Phillis pleaſe pleaſure poor praiſe pray purſue raiſe reaſon reſt roſe ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſmiling ſoft SONG ſpeak ſports ſpring ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtream Strephon ſwain ſweet tell thee There's theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro treaſure trifle Twas uſe vex'd vows Whilft Whoſe wife wine wiſh wou'd young
Popular passages
Page 143 - O dinna ye mind, young man," said she, "When ye was in the tavern a drinking, That ye made the healths gae round and round, And slighted Barbara Allan?" He turnd his face unto the wall, And death was with him dealing: "Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all, And be kind to Barbara Allan.
Page 236 - Since laws were made, for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold, from law, can take out the sting ; And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn tree.
Page 21 - twas a pleasure too great ; I listen'd, and cried when she sung, Was nightingale ever so sweet ! How foolish was I to believe, She could dote on so lowly a clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve To forsake the fine folk of the town ; To think that a beauty so gay So kind and so constant would prove, Or go clad, like our maidens, in...
Page 151 - Nor think him all thy own. To-morrow, in the church to wed, Impatient, both prepare ! But know, fond maid ; and know, false man, That Lucy will be there ! " Then bear my corse, my comrades, bear, This bridegroom blithe to meet, He in his wedding-trim so gay, I in my winding-sheet.
Page 150 - The solemn boding sound, And thus in dying words bespoke The virgins weeping round...
Page 7 - William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro. Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
Page 58 - Away with your sheephooks, and take to your arms : Then laurels and myrtles your brows shall adorn, When Pan, and his son, and fair Syrinx return.
Page 14 - Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day — And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday...
Page 75 - O'er my dim Eyes a Darkness hung; My Ears with hollow Murmurs rung. In dewy Damps my Limbs were chill'd; My Blood with gentle Horrors thrill'd; My feeble Pulse forgot to play, I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away.
Page 20 - Ghosts.* r \ESPAIRING beside a clear stream, A shepherd forsaken was laid ; And while a false nymph was his theme, A willow supported his head. The wind, that blew over the plain, To his sighs with a sigh did reply : And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully murmuring by.