"The Ballad of Captain Kidd" is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701. The song was printed in Britain in 1701, and it travelled to the colonies "almost immediately".

Washington Irving's 1824 work Tales of a Traveller makes mention of the song: "There 's a fine old song about him, all to the tune of —
My name is Captain Kidd,
As I sailed, as I sailed—
And then it tells all about how he gained the Devil's good graces by burying the Bible :
I had the Bible in my hand,
As I sailed, as I sailed,
And I buried it in the sand
As I sailed.

'Girls and Boys Come Out to Play' or 'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' is a nursery rhyme that has existed since at least 1708. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5452.

Marlbrough S'en Va-t-en Guerre is one of the most popular folk songs in French. The burlesque lament on the death of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722) was written on a false rumour of that event after the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, the bloodiest battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.

"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" is a popular song that is sung to congratulate a person on a significant event. The melody originates from the French song "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre". The traditional children's song "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is sung to the same tune.

"Fare Thee Well" (sometimes known as "The Turtle Dove") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, in which a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey. The lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers. The first published version of the song appeared in Roxburghe Ballads dated 1710; the lyrics were there given the title "The True Lover's Farewell".

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