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This is a love song in which the bard tells of his deep affection for his brown-haired sweetheart. According to him, even the birds sing in praise of her.

This mouth music song tells of all the fantastic things which Anna saw in a dream.

This song describes how the author catches the eye of a beautiful girl while in church and falls in love with her.

The author of this song was walking in the high lands. He became disoriented when the mist came down and darkness fell, but was helped by a beautiful young girl by the sheiling at Baile a' Chrò. He...

The girl who composed the song has found herself pregnant, and she advises other girls not to be led astray as happened to her.

In this love song a woman thinks of the times she spent with her dark-haired lover.

The man who composed this love song wishes he could be with the girl he loved, but admits that he did not win her.

In this love song, the poet William Ross is addressing a cuckoo he heard in the woods. He speaks freely and very poignantly of his sadness at being rejected by the woman he loved deeply.

This song describes a dinner in a stately home.

Mr MacArthur tells how the song was composed by Donald MacPhee, the Arran bard. An Arran boat had gone on the rocks. Another Arran boat passed by, but a third boat came to the rescue.