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In this love song the composer tells how she was last night in the alehouse, where she met a very handsome young man with beguiling light-blue eyes. She was immediately attracted to him. She is unh...

In this four-line fragment, a woman tells of her lover who has sailed away.

This song takes the form of a conversation between a girl and a water-horse. The girl is asking him to let her return home to her mother. The water-horse has other ideas. It is clear from the last ...

In this love song, a woman tells of her love for the shepherd, who has sailed away across the sea. She tells how she was often with him as he tended the sheep. He was also a skilled hunter of the d...

This waulking song refers to Clan MacNeil of Barra. The composer says that if she had the power, she would share out various islands and parts of the West Highlands.

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 popular and humorous waulking song tells of the man who went night-visiting and found a surprising number of unexpected obstacles in his way.

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.

In this song the young lads of the village of Glendale are warned against the dangers of life at sea. The composer also tells them of exotic locations and the things they might see there, but advis...