John Playford's Musick's Delight on the Cithren, 1666

Musick's Delight
ON THE
C I T H R E N,
Retored and Refined to a more Easie and Pleasant
Manner of Playing than formerly; And set forth with
Lessons A la Mode, being Choicest of our late new Ayres,
Corants, Sarabands, Tunes, and Jiggs.

To which is added several New Songs and Ayres to Sing to the Cithren.

London, Printed by W.G. and are sold by J.Playford at his Shop in the Temple. 1666.

Contents taken by A. Hartig from Playford's table of contents and individual work titles.

Note: Playford numbers his pieces in his table of contents; however, those numbers do not always correspond to the numbers given before the work of music, nor is the numbering consistent. An chronological number has been assigned to each piece (#) plus the number which appears just before the piece of music (J.P. #). Numbers from the Table of Lessons Contained in this Book have been omitted.

#	J.P. #	title
1	1	A short Preludium
2	2	The 24 Changes on 6 Bells
3	3	Maying Time. The Ground with Division.
4	4	John come kiss me now
5	5	Over the Mountains
6	6	Light of Love
7	7	A la mode de France
8	8	What you please
9	9	A Round
10	10	A Jigg
11	11	Wilsons Wild
12	12	The Hunt is up
13	13	Tripp and goe
14	14	Mr. Porter's Rant
15	15	Glory of the West
16	16	Glory of the North
17	17	Maiden Fair
18	18	The King's delight
19	19	Parthenia
20	20	Step Stately
21	21	The Whisk
22	22	Blew Cap for me
23	23	Lady Banburies Horn pipe
24	24	Have at thy Coat old Woman
25		A Jig
26	25	Thomas I cannot
27	26	None shall plunder but I
28	27	Mardike
29	28	The King's March
30	29	The King enjoyes his own
31	30	Duke of York's March
32	31	Gen. Leshley's March
33	32	Bow bells
34	33	Tom a Bedlam
35	34	Chirping of the Nightingale
36	35	The Spanish Gipsies
37		Bobing Joe
38	36	A Symphony J.P.
39	37	The Bonny Broom
40	38	Hunsdon House
41	39	Green Goose Fair
42		Lady Spelior
43	40	Grimstock
44	41	The Fryar and the Nun.
45	42	Health to Betty
46		Greenwood
47	43	I Have lost my love and I care not.
48	44	Upon a Summers-day
49	45	Vive la Roy
50		The Cyprus Grove
51	46	The Lady Nevils Delight
52	47	Ay Me of the Symphony
53	48	The New Gavot
54		Willoby's Rant
55	49	Singleton's Slip
56	50	The Queen's Delight
57	51	Amarillis
58	52	On the cold ground
59	53	New Mutar
60	54	New Marinet
61		The Running Bore
62	55	The Apes Dance
63	56	A Passingala
64	57	NFew [sic] Figgary
65	58	The Hobby Horse Dance
66	59	To drive the cold Winter away
67	60	La Cokeley a new dance
68	61	The Lady Nevils delight (listed in the contents as The Lady Savills delight)
69	62	New Galliard
70		Healths
71	63	The Kings Boree
72	64	Rosalyna a new Dance
73		Saraband
74	65	A Jig called Macbeth
75	66	Highlanders March
76	67	Montrosses March
77	68	A Gavot
78	69	Ayer by Mr. Mathew Lock
79	70	Mr. Lock's Saraband
80	71	Saraband La Chamboner
81	72	Golden Grove
82	73	Corant Mr. Will. Lawes
83	74	Symphony Mr. Sim. Ives
84	75	Saraband Mr. Sim. Ives
85	76	Ayer by Dr. Charles Colman
86	77	Saraband
87	78	Ayre dy [sic] Dr. Charles Colman
88	79	Corant Dr. Colman
89	81 [sic]	A Jig
90	80 [sic]	Saraband Dr. Colman
91	82	Corant Mr. William Lawes
92	83	Corant de bone
93	84	Corant La Londoners
		"Here followeth Ten Short Ayres or Songs to Sing with the CITHREN."
94	85	Gather your rosebuds while ye may
95	86	I am a young and harmless Maid
96	87	I prithee send me back my heart
97	88	In the merry Month of May
98	89	H ow happy art thou and I
99	90	O my Claria[?]! thou cruel fair
100	91	Come, oh come! I brook no stay
101	92	Silly heart forbear those are murd'ring Eyes
102	93	Cloris now thou art fled away
103	94	I am confrim'd a woman can
104	95	Fie, be no longer coy
105	96	I can love an hour when I am leisure
106	97	He that will Court a Wench that is Coy
107	98	Fond love, what do'st thou mean to court an idle folly?
108	99	Man's life is but vain, for 'tis Subject to pain
109	100	The Wisemen were but seven
110	111	A Boate, a Boate have to the Ferry