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A woman's song, lamenting the fact that she married an old man. Her family were willing for the match to take place as she had little dowry. The promise of wealth deceived her and the old man annoy...

A mouth music song toasting pretty Mary's wedding.

A humorous song about a wedding. The composer cares not who is there and who is not, but he is going to Marion Cameron's wedding. He has little regard for the groom and tells of the many girlfriend...

The people in this song were not good to the family of the composer, so he wrote this song about them. They were mean.

A woman's love song for her beloved, who is a fisherman. She waits for him and longs for his return. She often looks out, from the high point, for his returning boat and with tears in her eyes wond...

A man's love song for Mary of the brown hair and blue eyes. He longs for the summer to come so that he can go to the woods with her. Even though he would receive riches, it is only her love that wo...

Four verses of a waulking song, listing the achievements of the members of one family.

A woman's love song to MacNeachdain of the castle.

A man's lullaby for his wife, who has departed. He laments that the children are without their mother and that many things around the house and land have not been attended to since her departure.

A love song from a soldier to fair-haired Mary. The last verse is a response. She will not take a stonemason, a carpenter, or a farmer, but only the young man with whom she is in love.