Add MS 45580

BLECHYNDEN PAPERS. Vol. III.

(1) A collection of naval songs (words only), numbered i-xl, made by R. Blechynden; 1781. Imperfect by the loss of one leaf between ff. 22 and 23 containing part of song xxvii and the whole of song xxviii. As follows:-

(i) 'Black eyed Susan', beg. 'All in the Downs the fleet was moored', by John Gay, printed in his Poems on several occasions, 1720, ii, pp. 405-407. ff. 2-3;-(ii) 'The Sea Fight: A Catch', beg. 'Boatswain! Pipe up all hands hoy!', here attributed to Captain (afterwards Commodore) Edward Thompson, R.N. f. 3;-(iii) 'The Dangers of the Sea', beg. 'Cease rude Boreas blust'ring railer', by George Alexander Stevens, printed as 'The Storm' in C. Stone, Sea Songs and Ballads, 1906, pp. 18-20. ff. 3b-4b;-(iv) 'On taking of Porto Bello', 1739, beg. 'Come my lads with Souls befitting'. f. 5;-(v) Beg. 'You Britons draw near', on Admiral Edward Vernon's capture of Chagre, 1740. f. 6;-(vi) 'The Calm', beg. 'Ah me! how heavy and how slow'. f. 7;-(vii) 'The Sons of Neptune', beg. 'What chear, brother tars! our toils are all o'er'. ff. 7b-8;-(viii) Beg. 'From ploughing the Ocean, & threshing Monsieur', from the opera Thomas and Sally by Isaac Bickerstaffe, set to music by T. A. Arne (London, 1761), pp. 14-16. f. 8;-(ix) Beg. 'How little do the Landmen know', printed in J. 0. Halliwell-Phillipps, The Early Naval Ballads of England, 1841 (Percy Society, ii), pp. 135-136. ff. 8b, 9;-(x) Beg. 'To arms. To Arms. Brittannia Calls'. f. 9;-(xi) 'Brittania, beg. 'Smile. Smile. Brittania Smile'. f. 10;-(xii) 'A Scotch Rondeau', beg. 'O'er the Seas my Love is Sailing'. f. 10b;-(xiii) Beg. 'What cheer my honest Mess Mates?' f. 11;-(xiv) Beg. 'How happy are we, when the Wind is abaft', printed in John Masefield, A Sailor's Garland, 3rd ed., 1924, p. 211. f. 11b;-(xv) 'The Boatswain's Whistle', beg. 'Life is Chequer'd-toil and pleasure', printed in The Lark (London, 1740), pp. 24-25, reprinted in C. H. Firth, Naval Songs and Ballads, 1908 (Publications of the Navy Records Society, xxxiii), pp. 165-166. f. 12;-(xvi) 'Russel and Tourville', beg. 'Thursday in the morn, the nineteenth of May', on the battle of La Hogue, 1692, versions of which are printed in J. Ashton, Real Sailor-Songs, 1891, p. 7, and Halliwell-Phillipps, op. cit., pp. 102-104. f. 12b;-(xvii) 'The Sailor's Farewell', beg. 'The Topsails shiver in the wind', printed as 'Songto Mary' in Masefield, op. cit., p. 320, and there attributed to Commodore Edward Thompson, R.N. f. 13;-(xviii) 'The Sailors Return', beg. 'Behold from many an hostile shore'. ff. 13b-14;-(xix) 'A new Naval Song, and Chorus', beg. 'Since discord now rages, we'll plough ye salt main'. f. 14;-(xx) 'A Naval Cantata', beg. "Twas night, & Sun amidst her glowing train'. ff. 15-16b;-(xxi) Beg. 'How pleasant a Sailor's life passes', printed in Firth, op. cit., pp. 164-165. f. 17;-(xxii) Beg. 'Come fill your glasses, Messmates all'. ff. 17b-18b;-(xxiii) 'Bold Sawyer', beg. 'Come all you jolly Seamen with courage stout & bold', on the capture of Gorée, 1758, a version of which is printed as 'Bob Sawyer' in Ashton, op. cit., p. 13. ff. 18b-20;-(xxiv) ''Tis for Landmen to prate'. f. 20;-(xxv) 'On the taking of Louisbourg', 1758, beg. 'Stand round my brave boys! let us sing & rejoice'. ff. 20b-21;-(xxvi) 'Neptune's Resignation', beg. 'The Wat'ry God, great Neptune Lay', on the victory at Quiberon Bay, 1759, lacking the seventh stanza of the version printed in Halliwell-Phillipps, op. cit., pp. 131-133, and reprinted in C. Stone, op. cit., pp. 26-27, where it is attributed to John Wignell, the actor. ff. 21-22;-(xxvii) Beg. 'A Jolly brisk Tar, but a little time since' (first seven stanzas only), wanting the sixth stanza of the version printed in Ashton, op. cit., p. 46. f. 22;-(xxix) 'The Monmouth and Foudroyant', beg. 'Long time have I sail'd in hopes by Good Chance', on a naval engagement in 1758. ff. 23-24;-(xxx) Beg. 'Behold upon the swelling Waves', by Frederick Pilon, the actor, printed in Firth, op. cit., pp. 247-248, but containing an additional stanza at the end. f. 24;-(xxxi) Beg. 'Farewell and adieu to you Spanish Ladies', lacking the third stanza of the version printed in Stone, op. cit., pp. 183-184. ff. 24b-25;-(xxxii) Beg. 'Let Fops pretend in flames to melt', also from Thomas and Sally (cf. song viii above), 2nd ed., 1763, pp. 21-22. f. 25;-

(xxxiii) Beg. "Twas September the eighteenth day'. ff. 25b-26;-(xxxiv) Beg. 'We are the boys that fear no noise'. f. 26;-(xxxv) Beg. 'Ye Jolly brisk Tars now to fortune repair'. f. 27;-(xxxvi) Beg. 'To all you ladies now at land', by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, 1665, printed in The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, 1731, ii, pp. 53-56. ff. 27b-28b;-(xxxvii) Beg. 'Bright the Sky and Calm the Ocean'. ff. 28b- 29;-(xxxviii) 'A Naval Ode', beg. 'Cease, ye tinkling Cymbals! Cease!' ff. 29-32;-(xxxix) 'The Sailor's farewell', beg. 'Pour, Pour, me out the parting Glass'. f. 32;-(xl) Beg. 'Free from Confinement and Strife', printed in The Lark, 1740, pp. 415-416. f. 32b. ff. 2-32b.

(2) Ink-and-wash drawings by R. Blechynden of:-(a) islands seen on the voyage of the 'Deptford' (cf. vol. II above), 1781-1782. ff. 34-40;-

(b) various types of ship, followed (ff. 57-59) by charts and (f. 60) by 'Dr Irving's Machine for making Salt Water fresh', a copy of an engraving with explanatory note, which appear in C. J. Phipps, A Voyage towards the North Pole, 1774, plate xiv, p. 220. ff. 41-60. ff. 34-60. Paper; ff. 60. Quarto. Two title-pages with decorated borders are included (ff. 1, 33).

Richard Blechynden, d 1822 Civil Architect and Surveyor in Calcutta: Diaries, etc.: 1780-1822.

includes:

• ff. 2-3 John Gay, poet: Poem, 'All in the Downs the fleet was moored', bef. 1720. Copy: 1781.
• ff. 2-32b Poetry ENGLISH: Collection of naval songs: 1781.: Imperf.
• ff. 2-32b Navy; England: Collection of naval songs: 1781.
• ff. 2-32b Music: Collection of naval songs: 1781.: Imperf.
• ff. 3, 13 Captain Edward Thompson, RN: Poems, 'The Sea Fight' and 'Song to Mary': aft. 1772(?).: Copies, 1781.
• ff. 3b-4b George Alexander Stevens, author: Poem, 'The Storm', n.d. Copy: 1781.
• ff. 8, 25 Isaac Bickerstaff, writer of plays: Poems from 'Thomas and Sally': 1781.: Copies.
• ff. 21-22 John Wignell, actor: Poem, 'Neptune's Resignation', attrib. to, aft. 1759.: 1781.: Copy.
• f. 24 Frederick Pilon, d 1788 actor: Poem, 'Behold upon the swelling waves', n.d. Copy: 1781.
• ff. 27b-28b Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex; Lord Buckhurst: Poem, 'To all you ladies now at land', 1665. Copy: 1781.
• ff. 34-60 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: R. Blechynden; views of islands, ships, etc.: 1780-1782, n.d.
• f.36 Island of Annobon: View: 1781.
• ff. 37b-38 Island of St Helena: View: 1781.
• ff. 41-56 Shipping: Drawings of ships: circ. 1782.