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The Emigrant from Newfoundland
— "Dear Newfoundland have I got to leave you To seek employment in a foreign land…
Erin's King (Daniel Is No More)
— A maid sings "Erin's King, brave Dan's no more." Daniel O'Connell's career is r…
Granua's Lament for the Loss of her Blackbird Mitchel the Irish Patriot
— Granua sings "My Blackbird's banished to a foreign isle ... John Mitchel brave …
Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Been All Around This World)
— Man about to be hanged laments his life. Says, "Hang me, oh hang me, and I'll b…
The History of Prince Edward Island
— The singer tells of the "dismal fate" of the Island. He complains that the rich…
The House of the Rising Sun
— The singer laments, "There is a house in New Orleans / They call the Rising Sun…
The Housewife's Lament
— The housewife complains of her never-ending war against dirt: "Oh life is a toi…
I Ask that Gal
— When the singer asks her to give him some, she tells him to wait until the 'tat…
I'm Lonesome Since My Mother Died
— Mother dies and father remarries. My stepmother "beat me and she turned me out …
I'm Sitting on the Stile, Mary (The Irish Emigrant II)
— "Oh I'm sitting on the stile, Mary, where we sat side by side." He thinks of th…