Poor Parker — The singer laments, "Ye gods above, protect us widows!" She recalls her husband… The Pride of Newry Town — Orphans William and Mary promise to wed, but poverty forces William to sea. He … The Pride of Newry Town — Orphans William and Mary promise to wed, but poverty forces William to sea. He … The Protestant Maid — A Protestant maid marries a Catholic who has a priest help convince her to conv… The Protestant Maid — A Protestant maid marries a Catholic who has a priest help convince her to conv… The Red Mantle — Singer asks her husband for a red mantle to wear to the fair. He buys it; but w… The Red-Haired Man's Wife — The singer asks his sweetheart, by letter and in person, to leave her husband. … Rocking the Cradle (and the Child Not His Own) — The old man laments "about rocking the cradle and the child not his own." Thoug… The Room Was So Cold and Cheerless — "The room was so cold and cheerless and bare," almost without furniture and wit… The Same House As Me — The singer claims that "Many a man... would hang [himself] up... If [he] had ha…