Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Poetry; Sea songs -- Great Britain
Thurot’s Dream 220
A New Song on the Gallant Behaviour of Captain O’Brian
and Captain Taylor 222
A New Song on the Taking of Havannah 223
Lord Anson and Hawke 225
A New Song on the Blandford Privateer 226
The Sailors’ Dialogue 227
Distressed Men of War 228
The Sailor’s Complaint 230
The Sailor’s Garland; or, The Ticket Buyer’s Lamentation 231
The Saylor’s Complaint; or, The True Character of the
Purser of a Ship 233
The Sailor’s Resolution to Fight the Spaniards 234
Jack Tar 235
The Jolly Sailor’s True Description of a Man-of-War 236
New Sea Song (‘Our boatswain calls out for his bold
British heroes’) 239
The Humours of the Royal Billy 240
The Dolphin’s Return 243
The Brags of Washington 244
On the Late Engagement in Charles Town River 245
Sullivan’s Island 246
The Cruisers 247
On Board of the Arethusa 248
An Excellent New Song Composed by Eighteen Greenlandmen 249
Admiral Keppel Triumphant; or, Monsieurs in the Suds 252
Keppel and de Chartres. A New Song (‘Come, all ye valiant
seamen that plough the raging main’) 253
A New Song in Praise of Admiral Keppel’s Fleet 255
Admiral Keppel Triumphant 255
Keppel for Ever! 257
A New Song on Admiral Barrington 258
Paul Jones 259
Captain Farmer 260
The Bold Blades of Old England 261
The Royal Sailor 262
Hood’s Conquest over the Count de Grasse 263
The Loss of the Centaur 265
A New Sea Song called The Robin Hood 266
A New Song on the Battle Fought between the La Nymphe
and the Cleopatra 267
The Downfall of the French Fleet 268
A New Song on the Sea Engagement Fought the First of
June Last 270
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