The merry companion: or, universal songster: consisting of a new collection of over 500 celebrated songs, with their tunes fix'd to each song. Disposed under the following Heads, viz. 66 Scots Songs, With a Glossary explaining the difficult Words. 210 English Love Songs, Expressing their different Passions. 93 Songs for the Bottle, And others of Wit and Humour. 139 Miscellaneous Songs, Including those of Hunting and Jollity, the Free-Masons, Songs in Praise of Admiral Vernon, and all the Favourite Ones in the late Operas, Entertainments, and Farces.

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M,DCC,XLII. [1742]
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London : printed for Ward and Chandler, and sold in their shops in York and Scarborough. Sold also by W. Sandby, at the Ship without Temple-Bar, London, M,DCC,XLII. [1742]

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[24],372p.,plate ; 180.

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The second edition.

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ESTC T77504

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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