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Collection of 181 songs for 1-4 voices, with and without continuo

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Collection of 181 songs for 1-4 voices, with and without continuo, together with 2 instrumental pieces, copied c 1750-1761 by a single scribe, apparently mostly from printed sources (1652-c 1755). The copies here frequently deviate from such printed sources as have been checked - often only the melody line is copied, and not all the verses are necessarily included; a few songs have the words only. Indications are given here where no printed musical source has been traced. The compiler seems to have had Jacobite sympathies (see fols. 76v-77v). Vocal lines described here as for soprano could mostly equally be for tenor, and it is not always clear as to whether vocal participation in the bass line is intended.
  1. (fol. [i] [front pastedown]) 'Ring, ring the bar bell of the world' [words only].
  2. (fols. 1-2v) 'The storm. Set by Mr Hen. Purcell'. Begins: Blow, Boreas, blow. Incidental music from Sir Barnaby Whigg [Z. 589]. For S and SB chorus.
  3. (fols. 3-5) 'A song. In Bonducia [sic] set by Mr Purcell. A 4 voc.' Begins: To arms, your ensigns now [sic] display' [Z. 574/15b], with 'Britons strike home' [Z. 574/16b]. For SATB.
  4. (fols. 5-6) 'Tell me no more etc. A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: Tell me no more you love in vain. For SB. No printed source traced. Not the setting by J. Blow.
  5. (fols. 6v-8) 'A song. Set by Mr Purcell. A 3 voice'. Begins: For folded flocks and fruitfull plains'. From King Arthur [Z. 628/36]. For SSB.
  6. (fols. 8v-9) 'A song: set by Mr Simon Ives. A 3 voice'. Begins: Fly boy to the cellars bottom. For STB.
  7. (fols. 9r+v) 'A song, set by Mr Mathew Lock [Locke]. A 3 voc.' Begins: Ne'er trouble thyself at the times. For STB.
  8. (fols. 9v-10) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: Come ye pritty falsed wanton'. For SB. No printed source traced. Similar but not identical to the setting by T. Campion.
  9. (fol. 10) 'Corina's delight'. Begins: So well Corina likes the joy'. Melody only. No printed source traced. Not the setting by J. Eccles.
  10. (fol. 10v) 'A song. Set by Mr Vanburghe. A 2 voice'. Begins: For bright Irene fair and young'. For ST and continuo. By George Vanbrughe.
  11. (fol. 11) 'The batchelors wish. Set to musick by W.A.' Begins: If I once fall in love. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  12. (fol. 11v) 'A song. On the celebrated Miss Nancy C---s. A two voice'. Begins: My heart, ye gods, how free, how free my heart. For SB. No printed source traced.
  13. (fol. 12) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: In those groves with content and tranquility [sic]'. For SB. No printed source traced. Not the setting by H. Carey.
  14. (fol. 12v) 'The fly. Set by Dr Green. A 4 voc.' Begins: Busy curious thirsty fly. Set here for S and continuo (or B). By Maurice Greene.
  15. (fols. 13r+v) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: Were I to chose [sic] the greatest bliss'. By Henry Purcell [Z. 517]. For SB (vocal lines only here, no continuo).
  16. (fols. 13v-14) 'The little bee. A song set by Mr Weldon. Sung by Mr Davies at the Theatre'. Begins: Wou'd you Silvia, wou'd you know. Melody only.
  17. (fols. 14v-15v) 'Adieu to a mistress. Set by Mr Purcell. A 2 voc.' Begins: Come lay by all care [Z. 484]. For SB.
  18. (fols. 15v-17) 'A song. Set by Mr Rich[ar]d Fleckno. A 4 voc.' Begins: Go Phebus go, we care not for thy brightness. For SATB.
  19. (fols. 17-18) 'Vernon's call. A 2 voice. Set by Mr Sam[ue]l Cooke'. Begins: Awake, old slumber is too long'. For SB.
  20. (fols. 18-20) 'A song set by Mr Travers. A 2 voices'. Begins: When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat'. For TB. In F major (see fols. 113v-114).
  21. (fols. 20-21v) 'A hunting song. For two voices'. Begins: When Phoebus the tops of the hills does adorn'. 'For two trebles' [at head of music]. Attributed to G.F. Handel HWV 228/21.
  22. (fols. 21v-22v) 'The occasional song. Sung by Mr Beard at the Theatre-Royal Covent Garden. The music by Mr Lampe'. Begins: The rude rebellion rears its head. Melody only.
  23. (fols. 22v-23) 'A new song'. Begins: How charming Celia look't last night. Melody only.
  24. (fols. 23r+v) 'A drinking song. To a bass solo. Transpos'd in the G clift [sic]'. Begins: Whilst I'm carrouzeing to chear up my soul. Melody only. By Richard Leveridge.
  25. (fols. 23v-24v) 'A song. Set & sung by Mr Leveridge. A 2 voc.' Begins: Should I dye by the force of good wine. For SB.
  26. (fols. 25-26) 'The following airs taken out of Solomon. Set by Mr W[illia]m Boyce, Composer to his Majesty'. Melodies only (From the mountains lo he comes; As the rich apple; Who quits the lillys fleecy white; Who is thy Love, O charming maid; On his face the vernal rose).
  27. (fols. 26v-28) 'A favourite song. Set by Mr. Eccles'. Begins: As Cupid rogishly one day'. For S and continuo.
  28. (fols. 28-29) 'A song'. Begins: The upland people are full of thoughts'. For bass. Melody only (in bass clef). No printed source traced.
  29. (fols. 29v-30) 'On beauty. Set by Seignr. Putti'. Begins: Beauty gilds the blushing morn. For SB.
  30. (fols. 30r+v) 'The lovely betrayer'. Begins: In vain bright nymphs ye wou'd disguise'. For SB. Words by John Lockman.
  31. (fols. 30v-31) 'A favourite song. Set by Mr Handell'. Begins: Come to my arms my treasure. Melody only. Adaptation of 'No, non temere', from Ottone [HWV 15/32]; the English words by Richard Leveridge.
  32. (fol. 31v) 'Echo'. Begins: Phoebe the rose the meadows adorning. Melody only. By Maurice Greene.
  33. (fol. 32) 'A song'. Begins: Bacchus, God of jovial drinking. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  34. (fols. 32r+v) 'Sequel of the hymn to victory on the taking of Cape Breton'. Begins: At length she come's [sic] the goddess fair. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  35. (fols. 32v-33) 'Chorus. To the Highland laddie'. Begins: O my bonny Highland laddie. For SB. Words by Allan Ramsay.
  36. (fol. 33) 'Helen. A song. Sung by Mrs Chambers in the masque of Dr Faustus'. Begins: Cupid god of pleasing anguish. Melody only.
  37. (fols. 33v-34) 'Collins invitation'. Begins: Come Rosalind oh come and see. Melody only. By Thomas Arne.
  38. (fols. 34r+v) 'The complaint'. Begins: Behold the sweet flow'rs around'. Melody only. By Thomas Arne.
  39. (fol. 35) 'A song. But to hear the children mutter. On losing their toast & butter. Words by Mr Carey. Set by Mr Lampe'. Begins: But to hear the children mutter'. Melody only. From The dragon of Wantley.
  40. (fol. 35v) 'The King enjoys his own again'. Ballad tune, arranged for ?2 violins and bass.
  41. (fol. 36) 'Air 18. Hey boys we go up' [really 'Hey boys up go we']. Begins: Let ev'ery [sic] face w[i]th smiles appear. Melody only. From Charles Coffey's The devil to pay, set to the ballad tune.
  42. (fols. 36v-37) 'Sally. A pastoral. Song. Sung by Mrs Chambers'. Begins: No nymph that trips the verdant plains. For SB. No printed source traced.
  43. (fols. 37v-38) 'A cho[rus] for 4 voices'. Begins: Britons rouze up your great magnanimity. For SATB. By Henry Carey.
  44. (fols. 38r+v) 'T'amo tanto. An Italian song'. Begins: T'amo tanto I mi tesoro. Also with English words: So much I love thee Oh! my treasure. For S and continuo. From Attilio Ariosto's Artaserse.
  45. (fols. 38v-40) 'The mighty bowl. Set by Mr Corfe'. Begins: Fill me a bowl, a mighty bowl. For S and continuo (figured bass). By James Corfe.
  46. (fols. 40v-42) 'Set by Mr Baildon'. Begins: How pleasing is beauty. For S and continuo (figured bass). From The laurel [1750]. By Joseph Baildon.
  47. (fols. 42v-43v) 'The King's health. Set by Mr C. Manly'. Begins: About with the glasses. For SB and continuo (figured bass). By Cornelius Manley.
  48. (fols. 44-47) 'A song. Set by Mr J. Eccles'. Begins: What's Love, 'tis all o'er a deceit'. For SB and continuo (figured bass). From The libertine.
  49. (fols. 47-49) 'Love for love. Set by Mr King'. Begins: Love for love is a charming trade. For SB and continuo (figured bass). By Robert King. At end: J. Day, March 25th 1761.
  50. (fols. 48v-49) 'The merry Greg[orian]s (G save us all). For two voices. Begins: Let poets & historians record. For S and continuo (figured bass). By Henry Carey.
  51. (fols. 49v-53) 'Mad Bess. Set by Mr Henry Purcell' [Z. 370]. For S and continuo (figured bass).
  52. (fols. 52v-53) 'The conquer'd swain'. Begins: Divinest fair, oh ease my care. For S and continuo (figured bass). No printed source traced. Not the setting by H. Carey.
  53. (fols. 52v-53) 'Cupid deceiv'd. Set by Mr Howard'. Begins: Young Cupid thought from Cloe's eyes. For S and continuo (figured bass).
  54. (fols. 53v-54) 'A drinking song'. Begins: Come fill me a bumper. For S and continuo (figured bass).
  55. (fol. 54) 'The Bacchanalian wish. Set by Mr Popely'. Begins: Had Neptune when first he took charge of the sea. For bass (no accompaniment). By William Popely.
  56. (fols. 54v-55v) 'The miller's song. Sung by Mr Atkins at Sadlers Wells'. Begins: Near the side of a pond. For S and continuo (unfigured bass).
  57. (fols. 55v-56) 'Blooming Bacchus. A 3 voc.' Begins: Blooming Bacchus ever young. For T and continuo with TTB chorus. By John Arnold.
  58. (fols. 56v-57) 'A new song. Sung by Miss Stephenson at Vaux-Hall Gardens'. Begins: Did you see e'er a shepherd'. For S and continuo (unfigured).
  59. (fol. 57v) 'A 2 voice'. Begins: Hail happy day that did display. For S and continuo (unfigued). By William Corbett.
  60. (fol. 58) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: No diamonds are so bright. For SB. By Henry Carey.
  61. (fols. 58v-59v) 'Monsieur Pantin. Sung by Miss Falkner, set for the German flute'. Begins: I sing not of battles. For S and continuo (unfigured bass). By Willem de Fesch.
  62. (fol. 60) 'A song in Lethe sung by Mercury. Within compass of the German flute'. Begins: Ye mortals whom fancies and troubles perplex. For S and continuo (unfigured bass). By William Boyce.
  63. (fols. 60v-61) 'An epigram. By Matt[hew] Prior. A two voices'. Begins: Says Pontius in rage. For SB. Without the instrumental bass line. Composed by John Travers.
  64. (fols. 61v-62) 'To Silvia. The words by Mr Garrick. Set by Mr Howard'. Begins: If truth can fix thy wav'ring heart. For S unacc. By Samuel Howard.
  65. (fols. 61v-62) 'A song'. Begins: Prithee friend leave off thy thinking. For S unacc. No printed source traced. Not the setting by S. Ackroyde.
  66. (fols. 62v-63) 'The lark. Set by Mr Lampe'. Begins: Ah pretty tuneful flutt'ring thing. For S and continuo (figured bass). By John Frederick Lampe.
  67. (fols. 63v-64) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: Oh! lovely nymph I'm quite undone'. For SB. No printed source traced.
  68. (fols. 64v-65) 'Bacchus and Venus united'. Begins: Claudio to manly sports. For S and continuo (figured bass). By J.F. Lampe.
  69. (fols. 65v-66) 'A song. For 4 voices'. Begins: In the merry month of May, in a morn by break of day. For SATB. No printed source traced. [By Rogers? (cf. RISM)].
  70. (fols. 66r+v) 'The generous distress'd lover'. Begins: Blow ye bleak winds around my head. Words only. With 'The answer'. Begins: What cruel news sounds in my ear. Words only.
  71. (fol. 67) 'A pastoral courtship. A 2 voc. Set by Mr Young'. Begins: Gentle breezes, silent glades. For S and continuo (unfigured). By Charles Young.
  72. (fols. 67v-68) 'Ad---l H---r's Ghost' [Admiral Hosier]. Begins: As near Portobello lying. Melody only, to two alternative tunes. No printed source traced for 2nd tune.
  73. (fol. 68v) 'The relief'. Begins: Cupid no more shall give me grief. For S and continuo (unfigured). By Henry Carey.
  74. (fols. 68v-69) 'The nightingale. Set by Mr. Carey'. Begins: While in a bow'r with beauty blest. For S and continuo (unfigured). Words by Leonard Welsted.
  75. (fol. 69v) 'A song'. Begins: While Phillis is drinking love and wine in alliance. Melody only. Words by Lord Lansdowne. Neither of the settings by T.A. Arne or R. Woodward, but an anon. one printed in The musical miscellany, 1729.
  76. (fol. 70) 'Fickle Jenny'. Begins: Oh! my fickle Jenny. Melody only.
  77. (fols. 70v-71) 'A song'. Begins: Unthinking Britons leave in action. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  78. (fols. 71r+v) 'Sh-t on G-r'. Begins: There's your mighty Lord G. Words only.
  79. (fols. 72r+v) Begins: As the Devil o'er Lincoln was looking one day. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  80. (fol. 72v) 'A new litany'. Begins: Ye good and gracious pow'rs above. Words only.
  81. (fol. 73v) 'The neglected lass'. Begins: Farewell thou false Philander. For S and continuo (figured bass). Not the settings by Mr Gouge or J. Oswald.
  82. (fol. 74) 'A song. Set by Mr. Bowman'. Begins: As Celia in her garden stray'd. For S and continuo (unfigured). By Thomas Bowman.
  83. (fols. 74v-75) 'A song call'd the Looure[?]'. Begins: All languid and pale, in a salt watery vale. Words only.
  84. (fol. 75) 'The character of a Whigg'. Begins: A whigg is a vermin of monstrous nature. Words only.
  85. (fols. 75v-76) 'A song. Set to musick for 2 vo[ices]'. Begins: As in the grove I walk'd alone. For SB. No printed source traced.
  86. (fols. 76v-77) 'A song. The musick for two voice'. Begins: Britons who dare to claim. For SB. Jacobite words set to the tune of God save the King.
  87. (fol. 76v-77v) 'The lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan imitated'. Begins: I mourn the glory of our Isle'. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  88. (fols. 77v-78) 'A song'. Begins: Attend ye freeholders a brothers plain song. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  89. (fol. 78) 'Derrydown. A song made upon the Peace, March 1758-9'. 2-part (treble clefs), no words. No printed source traced.
  90. (fol. 78v-79) 'Pease belly'd Will'. Begins: See here's pease belly'd Will. For SB. No printed source traced.
  91. (fols. 79v-80) 'True Blue'. Begins: Freeholders appear, never change & never fear. For S and continuo (with unison 'Chorus'). No printed source traced.
  92. (fols. 80v-81) 'Boots and shoes, Or Advice to a lady. A 2 voc.' Begins: To canvas for the Lord. For SB. No printed source traced.
  93. (fols. 81v-82) 'The tears of Scotland'. Begins: Mourn hapless Caledonia mourn. For S and continuo (unfigured; with 'The singing bass to the Tears of Scotland', written after the words). By James Oswald, words by T. Smollett.
  94. (fols. 82v-83) 'An epitaph upon King Arthur. By Jon. Lelandi. A monk in Latin. Translated in English many years since by Nichola[s] Rosesek [?]. A 2 voc.' Begins: Who vanquished the Saxon troups. For SB. No printed source traced.
  95. (fols. 83v-84) 'A song. Set by Mr Henry Lawes. A 3 voice'. Begins: Amidst the mirtles as I walk'd. For SSB.
  96. (fol. 84) Verse 'Two hopefull youths are sprung from G---gs loins', with 'A rebus proposed by A.J.' No printed source traced.
  97. (fol. 84v) 'A song. For two voices'. Begins: What makes thou mourn poor man. For SB. No printed source traced.
  98. (fol. 85) 'A song. Set by Mr Will[ia]m Wells [sic]. A 3 voc.' Begins: I wish no more thou should'st love me. For SSB. By William Webb.
  99. (fols. 85v-86) 'Set by Mr Jeremy Savile. A 3 voice'. Begins: I will not trust thy tempting graces. For SSB.
  100. (fol. 86) 'The happy swain'. Begins: As Damon in a summer's day. Melody only. By John Worgan.
  101. (fols. 86v-87) 'A song. By Mr Henry Lawes. A 3 voice'. Begins: Cloris twill be for either rest. For SSB.
  102. (fols. 87v-88) 'A song. Set by Mr Coleman. A 3 voice'. Begins: The glory's [sic] of our birth and state. For SSB. By Edward Coleman.
  103. (fols. 88v-89) 'A song. Set by Mr Hen. Lawes. A 3 voice'. Begins: Fear not dear love if I'll reveal. For SSB.
  104. (fol. 89) 'The generous repulse. The words by A. Hill Esqr. Set by Mr. Carey'. Begins: Thy vain pursuit fond youth give o're. For S and continuo (unfigured).
  105. (fol. 89v) 'On Mira's singing and beauty. Set by Mr. Turner'. Begins: Singing charms the blest'd [sic] above. Melody only. By William Turner.
  106. (fol. 90) 'The loveing [sic] fearfull nymph. Set by a lady. A 2 voc.' Begins: Alas when charming Strephon gone. For SB. Most versions have: Alas when charming Sylvia's gone.
  107. (fol. 90v) 'The force of love'. Begins: Ah! cruel bloody fate. For S and continuo (figured bass). Neither the H. Purcell nor J.F. Lampe setting, but an anon. one, first printed in The new Calliope, 1743.
  108. (fol. 91) 'The beggars song. Set by Dr John Wilson. A 2 voc.' Begins: Cast your caps and cares away. For SB.
  109. (fols. 91v-93) 'A ballad. Set by Dr Wilson. A 3 voice'. Begins: When Troy town for ten years wars. For SSB.
  110. (fol. 94) 'Poor Walley's complaint'. Begins: Oh! woe is me poor Walley cry'd. Melody only.
  111. (fols. 94v-95) 'A song. Set by Dr Wilson. A 3 voice'. Begins: In the merry month of May. For SSB.
  112. (fols. 95v-96) 'A song. Set by Mr N. Lanner. A 4 voice'. Begins: Though I am young and cannot tell. For SATB. By Nicholas Lanier.
  113. (fol. 96) 'The matchless fair'. Begins: When beauteous, fair Camilla deigns. Melody only.
  114. (fols. 96v) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: Saw you the nymph whom I do adore. For S and continuo (unfigured). By Henry Carey.
  115. (fols. 96v-97) 'The charming breezes. A song. For two voices'. Begins: Oh! the charming month of May. For S and continuo (unfigured). No printed source traced.
  116. (fols. 97v-98) 'A song. A 2 voice'. Begins: He comes, he comes, the hero's come'. For SB. By Henry Carey.
  117. (fols. 98r+v) 'A song. A 2 voc.' Begins: In the merry month of May. For SB. No printed source traced. Not the setting by John Wilson.
  118. (fols. 98v-99) 'A song. Dont you tickle me. A 2 voc.' Begins: In the softest moments of love. For SB. No printed source traced.
  119. (fol. 99v) 'Liberty. Set by Mr Lawes. A 2 voice'. Begins: How happy art thou and I. For SB. By Henry Lawes.
  120. (fols. 99v-100) 'A song over a bowl of punch. Set by Mr. Markham. A 2 voice'. Begins: The jolly bowl does glad my soul. For SB.
  121. (fol. 100) 'A catch, by Mr Jo[h]n Hilton. A 3 voice. In score'. Begins: When ever I marry I'll marry a maid. For BBB.
  122. (fols. 100v-101) 'Linco's advice to Damon. By Mr. Young. A 2 voice'. Begins: Linco found Damon lying. For SB (bass figured). By Anthony Young.
  123. (fols. 101v-102) 'A song. Set by Comte de St. Germain'. Begins: O wouldst thou know what sacred charms. Melody only.
  124. (fols. 101v-102) 'A new song'. Begins: Ask me not how calmly I. Melody only. Not the setting by 'T.D.', but an anonymously published one.
  125. (fols. 102v-103) 'The wheedler. By H.C.' Begins: In vain dear Chloe you suggest. Melody only. With below: 'Dieuparts tune to the same words'. No printed source traced for 1st tune.
  126. (fol. 103) 'The lady's case. Set by Mr Gouge. The words by Mr Carey. Sung by Miss Rastor at the Theatre Royal'. Melody only.
  127. (fols. 103v-104) 'A song. By Mr Simon Stubley'. Begins: Cupid instruct an am'rous swain. Melody only.
  128. (fols. 103v-104) 'A ballad. By Mr Jo[h]n Banister. A 2 voice'. Begins: Sweet Jane, I love thee wondrous well. For SB.
  129. (fol. 104v) 'A song. Set by Dr Wilson. A 3 voice'. Begins: From the fair Lavinion [sic for Lavinian] shore'. For SSB.
  130. (fol. 105) 'A song. Set by Mr Simon Ives. A 3 voice'. Begins: Now we are met let's merry be. For SSB.
  131. (fol. 105v) 'A song. Set by Dr Wilson. A 3 voice'. Begins: In a season all oppressed. For SSB.
  132. (fol. 106) 'A song. Set by Mr Wm. Lawes. A 3 voice'. Begins: Gather your rosebuds while you may. For SSB.
  133. (fols. 106v-107) 'A song. Set by Mr John Taylor. A 2 voice'. Begins: Lay that sullen garland by thee. For SB.
  134. (fol. 108) 'The expostulation. Set by Mr Croome'. Begins: Can ambition fire the mind. Melody only. By Robert Crome.
  135. (fol. 108v) 'A song. Set by Mr Saml Akeroyde'. Begins: That scornfull Silvia's chains I wear. For SB.
  136. (fol. 109) 'Air the 5th. Of all comforts I miscarry'd etc.'. Begins: Of the states in life so various. Melody only. Tune from T. D'Urfey: The curtain lecture: a new dialogue (Begins: Of all comforts I miscarried).
  137. (fols. 109-110) 'Consent at last' By Mr Akeroyde'. Begins: Ladies, why doth love torment you? Melody only.
  138. (fols. 109v-110) 'Puss in a corner'. Begins: To cullies and bullies of country and town. Melody only. Words by T. D'Urfey.
  139. (fols. 110v-111) 'True content. By Mr Akeroyde'. Begins: My mind to me a kingdom is. Melody only.
  140. (fol. 111) 'The bashfull Scot. By Mr Akeroyde'. Begins: Jockey late with Jenny walking. Melody only.
  141. (fol. 111v) 'The blackbird. By Mr D'Urfey'. Begins: Room for a rover. Melody only.
  142. (fols. 111v-112) 'A song. Set by Mr James Hart'. Begins: Now ev'ry place fresh pleasure yields. Melody only.
  143. (fol. 112v) [Song]. Begins: Oh Nelly, cry'd Celie, thy cloaths are all mealy. Words only.
  144. (fols. 113v-114) 'A song. For two voices'. Begins: When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat'. For SB. Incomplete, in D major (see fols. 18-20). By John Travers.
  145. (fols. 115v-116) 'The tell tale'. Begins: Blab not what you ought to mother. For S and continuo (unfigured).
  146. (fols. 116-117) 'A song. On the victory obtain'd over the rebels. Set by Mr Handel'. Begins: From scourging rebellion and baffling proud France. For S and continuo (unfigured) with 'chorus' [HWV 228/9]. Words by John Lockman.
  147. (fol. 117v) 'The amazon. Set by Mr Howard'. Begins: Swains I scorn who nice and fair. For S and continuo (figured bass).
  148. (fol. 118) 'The friendly adviser. Set by Mr Carey'. Begins: Trust not man for he'll deceive you. For S and continuo (figured bass).
  149. (fols. 118v-119) 'The departure'. Begins: Hence thou deceiver. By Maurice Greene.
  150. (fols. 119v-120) 'Britannia'. Begins: When Britain first by [sic] heav'ns command. Melody only. By Thomas Arne.
  151. (fols. 120v-121) 'A hunting song. A 2 voices. F in A [?]'. Begins: Away, away, the stags at bay. For SB. By Henry Carey.
  152. (fols. 121v-122) 'A song. The words by Kit Marlow'. Begins: Come live with me and be my love. Melody only. By Thomas Chilcot.
  153. (fols. 121v-122) 'A song'. Begins: In the shade upon the grass. Melody only. By Christopher Fishburn.
  154. (fols. 122v-123) 'A song. Set by Mr Leveridge'. Begins: Jogging on from yonder green. Melody only.
  155. (fols. 122v-123) 'A song. Set by Mr. Leveridge'. Begins: Early in the dawning of a winters morn. Melody only.
  156. (fols. 123v-124) 'On Masonry. The words by Mr Digby Cole. Set by Mr Carey. A 2 voc.' Begins: 'This Masonry unites mankind. For SB. No printed source traced.
  157. (fols. 123v-124) 'A song. For two voices'. Begins: Let the souldiers rejoyce. For SB. By Henry Purcell, from Dioclesian, Z. 627/9.
  158. (fols. 124v-125) 'A song. Dedicated to the youth of this age. A 2 voice'. Begins: You that are of younger years. For SB. No printed source traced.
  159. (fol. 125v) 'The happy couple. Sung by Miss Falkner at Marybon-Gardens'. Begins: When morn her sweets shall first unfold. Melody only. By Willem de Fesch.
  160. (fols. 125v-126) 'The dream. An ode'. Begins: Come gentle god of soft repose. For S and continuo (unfigured).
  161. (fols. 126v-127) 'The Hide-Park frolick'. Begins: One evening a little before it was dark. Melody only.
  162. (fols. 126v-127) 'The conquering virgin. Set to musick by James Day'. Begins: We all to conquering beauty bow. Melody only.
  163. (fols. 127v-128) 'The caution. Sung by Lowe at Vauxhall'. Begins: From sweet bewitching tricks of love. Melody only. By Thomas Arne.
  164. (fols. 128v-129) 'A song'. Begins: I am come to lock all fast. Melody only. By Henry Purcell. From The fairy queen [Z. 629/12].
  165. (fols. 128v-129) 'Cruel Colin. A song'. Begins: No, no, poor suffering heart. Melody only. By Henry Purcell. From Cleomenes, the Spartan hero, play by John Dryden and Thomas Southerne. [Z. 576].
  166. (fols.129v-130) 'The lover's question to Cupid'. Begins: If love's a sweet passion. Melody only. By Henry Purcell. From The fairy queen [Z. 629/17].
  167. (fol. 129v) 'A song on a beautifull young lady walking in Ham-walks'. Begins: Was it some cherubim sent down my soul to win. Melody only. Words by T. D'Urfey.
  168. (fols. 130v-131) 'The vicar of Bray. Set for the German flute'. Begins: In Good King Charles golden days. Melody (with words, but without the flute version found in the printed source). Note by the copyist: I wrote it down Wenesday [sic] September ye 2d 1752. Being the last day of the old stile or Julian account.
  169. (fols. 130v-131) 'Cuckolds creation' Begins: What's a cuckold, learn of me. Melody only.
  170. (fols. 131v-132) 'The poor shepherd. The words by Mr. Gay. Begins: The sun was sunk beneath the hill. Melody only. By George Frideric Handel [HWV 228/2]. Note by the copyist: 'This song I wrote down Thursday September the 14th 1752. Being the first day of the New stile or Gregorian account'.
  171. (fols. 131v-132) 'The hopeless lover. Set by Mr John Randal'. Begins: I rave, I doat, yet dare not speak. Melody only. By John Randall (1717-1799).
  172. (fol. 132v) 'A song. Set by Mr Boyce'. Begins: In vain Phillander at my feet. For S and continuo (unfigured).
  173. (fols. 132v-133) 'A song. To a tune call'd The Catherine. Set by Mr Barrett. The words by Mr D'urfey'. Begins: In the pleasant month of May. Melody only.
  174. (fols. 133v-134) 'A song'. Begins: How happy a state does the female possess. Words only.
  175. (fols. 133v-134) 'A song'. Begins: Nothing than Cloe e'er I knew. Melody only.
  176. (fols. 134v-135v) 'The wanton trick. Set by Mr Akeroyde'. Begins: If any one long for a musical song. Melody only.
  177. (fols. 135v-136) 'Twangdillo'. Begins: Jolly Roger Twangillo of Plowden Hill. Melody only.
  178. (fols. 136v-137) 'A song'. Begins: One evening of late near the close of the day. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  179. (fol. 137) 'A song. Set by Mr James Hart'. Begins: Happy is the country life. Melody only.
  180. (fol. 137v) 'A song'. Begins: A certain Presbyterian pair. Melody only. Set to the tune Chevy Chase. No printed source traced.
  181. (fol. 138) 'Polly Willis'. Begins: Attend ye ever tunefull swains. Melody only. By John George Cox.
  182. (fol. 138v) 'Britannia's gold mine, or, The herring fishery for ever. Sung by Hannah Snell, the female soldier, at the New Wells in Goodman's-Fields. 1750'. Begins: Ye lovers of your freedom. Melody only. No printed source traced.
  183. (fol. [139] [back pastedown]) 'The rakes of Mellow'. 8-bar tune for keyboard.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1750-1761

Extent

140 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. e. 48

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16047

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection of 181 songs for 1-4 voices, with and without continuo, together with 2 instrumental pieces, copied c 1750-1761.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Custodial History

Bookplate of John Henry Mee. Former shelfmark (Faculty of Music Library): Mee e.1.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.

Physical Facet

i + 139 leaves. Binding: Vellum over paper boards.

Dimensions

Quarto (210 × 155 mm)

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
18th-century song book
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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