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A humorous ditty about a man's decision on whom he was going to wed, but when he returned from his voyage there was no sign of her.

A humorous mouth music song teasing a boy named Allan.

A humorous night-visiting song. The girl wishes for a new house with water and carpets rather than an old thatched cottage. She'll settle for Catriona's son if she can't get Anna's. The couple were...

A waulking/clapping song by a young man who is wondering who will flirt with him. He meets a young girl one day when walking on the moors. She is picking flowers by the side of a pool. He went over...

She will not go to Kilmuir and will not meet with Murdo. She praises him for his blue eyes and says she would go with him through the three glens.

The contributor explains the background to this short waulking song, in which one parent asks the other to bring back the children.

The strathspey 'The Devil in the Kitchen' is diddled.

A long waulking song which has elements of Ossianic poetry and names characters from these tales, including Fionn, Conan, Conn and Bran.

A light-hearted ditty of the kind common among the girls who worked in the fishing industry. Love and courting are the general themes of the song.

A vocal dance tune with a love theme. It is composed to a pipe reel.