2 If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud:  Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood; So foul, or so fierce are their natures.  But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless as doves, or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures.

3 Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say,
Should injure another in jesting or play;
For he’s still in earnest that’s hurt. 
How rude are the boys that throw pebbles and mire! 
There’s none but a mad-man will fling about fire,
And tell you, “`Tis all but in sport.”

The End.

The TABLE.

 1.  A General Song of Praise to God.
 2.  Praise for Creation and Providence.
 3.  Praise to God for our Redemption.
 4.  Praise for mercies Spiritual and Temporal.
 5.  Praise for Birth and Education in a Christian Land.
 6.  Praise for the Gospel.
 7.  The Excellency of the Bible.
 8.  Praise to God for learning to read.
 9.  The All-seeing God.
10.  Solemn Thoughts of God and Death.
11.  Heaven and Hell.
12.  The Advantages of early Religion.
13.  The Danger of Delays.
14.  Examples of early Piety.
15.  Against lying.
16.  Against Quarrelling and Fighting.
17.  Love between Brothers and Sisters.
18.  Against scoffing and calling Names.
19.  Against swearing and cursing, and taking God’s Name in vain. 20.  Against Idleness and Mischief. 21.  Against Evil Company.
22.  Against Pride in Clothes.
23.  Obedience to Parents.
24.  The Child’s Complaint.
25.  A Morning Song.
26.  An Evening Song.
27.  An Hymn for the Lord’s Day Morning.
28.  An Hymn for the Lord’s Day Evening. 
    The Ten Commandments. 
    The Sum of the Commandments. 
    Our Saviour’s Golden Rule. 
    Duty to God and our Neighbour. 
    The Hosanna in Long Metre.
                in Common Metre.
                in Short Metre. 
    Glory to the Father in Long Metre.
                        in Common Metre.
                        in Short Metre.

A slight Specimen of Moral Songs, viz. 
    The Sluggard. 
    Innocent Play.

    The End of the Table.

ADDENDUM to the Moral Songs.

Transcriber’s Note.

In the 1715 edition, for the reasons explained by Watts in his Preface, there are only two moral songs, namely “The Sluggard” and “Innocent Play.”  Those added later are included in this Addendum.  The texts are from an 1866 printing in New York, posted into the public domain by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/watts/divsongs.html

Song 3. 
The Rose.
12,8,12,8

How fair is the Rose! what a beautiful flower! 
The glory of April and May: 
But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour,
And they wither and die in a day.

Yet the Rose has one powerful virtue to boast,
Above all the flowers of the field! 
When its leaves are all dead and fine colours are lost,
Still how sweet a perfume it will yield!