The Soldier's delight [electronic resource] : Being a collection of songs, containing, 1. Let the tempest of war. 2. Britannia's sons rejoice. 3. My dearest life, wer't thou my wife. 4. In Staffordshire I was born. 5. Ye nymphs and ye shepherds that join in the throng. 6. Be hush'd ye rude tempests, and murmur no more. 7. Six long years have I serv'd of my time. 8. As Nell sat underneath her cow. 9. Blows ye winds, descend ye rain. 10. When nature had with blushing rose. 11. 'Twas underneath the May blown bush. 12. Free from the bustle, care and strife. 13. Had I but the wings of a dove. 14. I love it is true, as other folks do. 15. My cautious mother t'other day. 16. Sweet thrush, that makes the vernal year. 17. As I went forth one May morning. 18. O say what it that thing call'd light?.
1750
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The Soldier's delight [electronic resource] : Being a collection of songs, containing, 1. Let the tempest of war. 2. Britannia's sons rejoice. 3. My dearest life, wer't thou my wife. 4. In Staffordshire I was born. 5. Ye nymphs and ye shepherds that join in the throng. 6. Be hush'd ye rude tempests, and murmur no more. 7. Six long years have I serv'd of my time. 8. As Nell sat underneath her cow. 9. Blows ye winds, descend ye rain. 10. When nature had with blushing rose. 11. 'Twas underneath the May blown bush. 12. Free from the bustle, care and strife. 13. Had I but the wings of a dove. 14. I love it is true, as other folks do. 15. My cautious mother t'other day. 16. Sweet thrush, that makes the vernal year. 17. As I went forth one May morning. 18. O say what it that thing call'd light?.
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[London? : s.n., between ca. 1750 and 1780?]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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8 p. : ill. ; 4⁰
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English Short Title Catalog, T300816.
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