Add MS 30954

Passim. Songs chiefly from Dibdin's musical dramas. In score. Unless the contrary is stated, the accompaniments are for horns, oboes, and strings. 1-3. 'Ne'er till this instant,' 'Of discipline,' and 'And please your bold honour'; without orchestral accompaniments. From 'The Round Robin.' ff. 4, 4b, 5b. 4. 'Behold the fairies' jocund band' [from 'Tom Thumb,' 1782]. f. 6. 5-8. 'A famous old hunter,' 'Good Massa Lieutenant,' 'Sweet Molly Mizen,' and 'Timothy Tough'; with bass only. [From 'The Round Robin.'] ff. 8, 8b, 9, 9b. 9. 'Come here, ye fair'; from 'The Gipsies' [1778]. Two copies, the first with bass only. ff. 16, 17. 10. 'Would'st Error leave'; with clarinets, etc. [From 'The Passions,' 1782.] f. 18. 11. 'A Sailor and an honest heart' [from 'Long Odds']. f. 25. 12. 'The ingrate, like a serpent's keen tooth'; with clarinets, etc. [From 'The Cottage.'] f. 30. 13. 'Oh had you but seen.' [From 'The Round Robin.'] Two copies, the first with clarinets, etc., the second with bass only. ff. 40, 44. 14. 'I sailed in the Terrible frigate'; with a bass only. [From the same.] f. 45. 15. 'The life of a sailor' [from 'The Cottage']. f. 70. 16. ' 'The ling'ring hour'; with strings. Wind parts were to be added afterwards. f. 74b. 17. 'As fortune's billows heaved me'; with violin and flutes. [From 'The Shepherd's Artifice,' 1764.] f. 78. 18. 'The little birds, as well as you'; with flutes, horns, etc. [From 'The Seraglio,' 1776.] f. 79. 19. Duet (Civet, Bellows), begins 'Deny it you'd best' (cf. Add MS 30951, no. 32, etc). f. 93. 20, 21. 'The Mischief's done,' and 'The Monarch in my time I've played.' [From 'Hassan.'] ff. 97, 100. 22. Scene (Sylvia and Caroline) and air, 'How could'st thou have the heart'; with flutes, etc. ff. 103-108. 23. 'I thought we were fiddle and bow'; with a bass only. [From 'Long Odds.'] f. 109b. 24-26. 'One mountain Neger,' 'If wayward grief,' and 'The Sun go down'; with bass only. [From 'The Round Robin.'] ff. 120, 120b, 121. 27. 'I sing Ulysses'; with bass only. [From 'Reasonable Animals.'] f. 133b. {('Yankee Doodle')} 28. Air (Belmot), begins 'Dear Venus'; with clarinets, bassoons, etc. (cf. Add MS 30953, no. 20, etc.). f. 136. 29. 'And please your bold honour' (see above, no. 3); with bassoons, etc. [From 'The Round Robin.'] f. 138. 30. 'I'll tell you a story.' [From 'Tom Thumb.'] f. 141. 81. 'The Sailor, should he safe return'; with clarinets, etc. f. 143. 32. 'The Sailor, when he comes.' [From 'The Cottage.'] f. 145. 33. 'The setting sun.' f. 152. 34. 'The ship was rocking.' f. 153. 35. 'I sing of a war'; with bass only. [From 'Reasonable Animals.'] f. 156b. 36. 'This, this, my lad, 's a soldier's life.' [From 'Clump and Cudden,' 1782.] f. 162. 37. 'Were Griddy kind to me'; with bassoons, etc. [From 'Liberty Hall,' 1784.] f. 195. 38. 'The wretch who in chains waits.' f. 200. 39. 'They call me Mistress Gravity'; with a bass only. f. 204b. 40. 'This story fell out.' [From 'Long Odds.'] f. 208.

Passim. Songs, etc., from Table-Entertainments, by Charles Dibdin. The accompaniments are for pianoforte, violin, and two flutes, in most cases, in score. Autograph. Many of them are imperfect.1. 'What song shall I chant.' [From 'The Wags.'] f. 1. 2. 'The friendly party now a[r]rive.' [From 'Rent-day.'] f. 3. 3. 'Of all heaven gave to comfort man.' [From 'King and Queen.'] f. 10. 4. 'A Gard'ner I be.' [From 'The Sphinx.'] f. 12. 5. 'I'm what the world calls, Sir, a general lover.' [From 'Britons, strike home.'] f. 14. 6. 'An Englishman's courage.' [From 'The General Election,' 1796.] f. 20. 7. ''Twas in the good ship Rover'; without flutes. [From 'The Oddities.'] f. 24. 8. 'The French are all coming.' [From 'King and Queen.'] f. 34. 9. 'Sure, en't I the Drummer.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] f. 36. 10. 'Oh, to hand, reef and steer.' [From 'Professional Volunteers.'] f. 46b. 11. 'I am a jolly fisherman'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] f. 48b. 12. 13. 'Though, ladies, to you I my verses inscribe,' and 'The Ploughman whistles o'er the furrow.' [From 'The Sphinx.'] ff. 50, 52. 14. 'Slipt from her mother's apronstring.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] f. 54. 15. 'The spangled green'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim.'] ff. 57b, 59b. 16. 'As pensive one night in my garret I sate.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] f. 61. 17. 'We're all of us labourers'; without flutes. [From 'Rent-day.'] f. 65b. 18. 'Up from a loblolly boy.' [From 'The Frisk.'] f. 68. 19. 'Thou think'st thou'rt mighty witty'; without flutes. [From 'Rent-day.'] f. 76b. 20. 'Long by some fair one was I tricked.' [From 'King and Queen.'] f. 82. 21. 'I that once was a ploughman.' [From 'Private Theatricals,' 1791.] f. 83. 22. 'Now that war has in human distress done its best.' [From 'The Frisk.'] f. 85. 23. 'The grey-eyed Aurora'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] f. 89b. 24. 'One Negro and his Banjer.' [From 'The Wags.'] f. 111. 25. 'Shoes, hat[s] and old Cloaths.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] Words only. f. 113b. 26. 'The beacon's fired.' [From 'Professional Volunteers.'] f. 116b. 27. 'We poets with more in the head than the purse.' [From 'The Cake House.'] f. 118b. 28. 'Hence, fell discontent.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] f. 122. 29. 'Ye Britons, rejoice'; with a bass only. [From 'Rent-day.'] f. 126. 30. 'See the shore lined with gazers.' [From 'Tom Wilkins.'] f. 129b. 31. 'Smiling grog'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] f. 148. 32. 'Come, listen to a seaman's ditty.' [From 'Britons, strike home.'] f. 150. 33. 'Inspired by so grateful a duty.' [From 'Great News.'] f. 158. 34. 35. 'Of all sensations pity brings,' and 'What though from Venus Cupid sprung'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] ff. 160, 161. 36. 'Cosmelia the fair.' [From 'The Cake-house.'] f. 166. 37. 'Jack Binacle.' [From 'King and Queen.'] f. 167. 38. 'On Olympus' blue summit.' [From 'The Will o' the Wisp.'] f. 169. 39. 'When to man the distinguishing form.' [From 'Castles in the air.'] f. 171. 40. 'The Telegraphe,' begins 'If you'll only just promise.' [From 'The Coalition,' 1792.] f. 173. 41. 'The Titans are conquer'd.' [From 'The Tour to the Land's End.'] f. 176. 42. 'The breeze was fresh.' [From 'Castles in the air.'] f. 179b. 43. 'You've all of you heard about Bayes's eclipse.' [From 'Rent-day.'] f. 181b. 44. 'Come, join every heart.' [From 'The Cake-house.'] f. 183. 45. 'Yanko, he tell'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] f. 187. 46. 'A voyage at sea.' [From 'The Frisk.'] f. 189. 47. 'A Watchman I am'; without flutes. [From 'Castles in the air.'] f. 193. 48. 'Walk in, walk in.' [From 'A Tour to the Land's End.'] f. 197. 49. 'I am the World's Epitome'; without flutes. [From 'The Whim of the Moment.'] f. 199.

Passim. Songs, mostly with a bass for harpsichord or pianoforte, in score, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph. 1. 'The grapes' mellow juice.' f. 22. 2. 'A Mirror, that the toilette graced.' [In .] f. 95b. 3. 'Come, come, my lads, the war is o'er'; with oboes, horns, and strings. f. 191. 4. 'This cap I'm trimming.' [ln ], f. 206b.

f. 28. 'Except the Lord the house erect,' with a bass for pianoforte, in score, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph.

f. 95. Allegro in G (2/4 time), the second movement of the first Lesson by Charles Dibdin in 30951 (above). Autograph.

ff. 96b, 205b. Two short Duets, with a bass for pianoforte, in score. From , pp. 12, 48, by Charles Dibdin. Autograph. 1. 'The sun has made his daily span.' f. 96b. 2. 'Sweet home, sweet pleasure, f. 205b.