With sentiments of great respect and esteem, and with sincere wishes for your health and prosperity,

I am, Sir,

Your obedient humble Servant,

JAMES PLUMPTRE.

INDEX I.

TO THE SONGS QUOTED OR CRITICIZED IN THIS VOLUME

ACCORDING TO THEIR FIRST LINES.

N. B. By means of this Index the Reader may ascertain
whether any Song in any other Collection is noticed in this
work; and any Reader not possessed of either of Dr. Aikin's
Publications will probably find many of the Songs here noticed,
by referring to the Indexes of any other Collections of Songs
which he may have.

Page.

A BLACKSMITH you'll own is so clever
A Chieftain to the Highlands bound

372

332

A Cobler there was and he liv'd in a stall

352

A courting I went to my love (No. 9. p. 39. Humphry

Ah! tell me no more, my dear girl, with a sigh

247

A plant there's in my garden grows (The Onion)
A poor soul sat sighing under a Sicamore tree (No. 8.

46

268

279

340

332

404

p. 7.)

338.341

Page.

A rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower

As Ariana, young and fair

Ask'st thou how long my love will stay

As on a summer's day

Ask if yon damask rose be sweet
As near a weeping spring reclin'd
Aspasia rolls her sparkling eyes
As pensive Chloe walk'd alone

·

102
280

331.340

52

334

243

280.384

350

At Cynthia's feet I sigh'd, I pray'd

280

At morn and eve to thee I pray

357

Ave Maria! maiden mild, (Hymn to the Virgin)

357

Come, thou rosy-dimpled boy, (Valentine's Day)

245

Daddy Neptune one day, (The Tight Little Island)

404

Far in the windings of a vale, (Edwin and Emma)

62