The Brown Girl (I) — The Brown Girl's former lover tells her he cannot marry her because she is so b… Brown-Eyed Lee — "Kind friends, if you will listen, A story I will tell, About a final dust-up..… The Butcher Boy — The butcher boy has "courted [the girl's] life away," but now has left her (for… Canada-I-O (The Wearing of the Blue; Caledonia) — When her love goes to sea, a lady dresses as a sailor and joins (his or another… Captain Grant — Singer, an apprentice in Northamptonshire, takes to highway robbery and is impr… Chowan River — The singer overhears a young woman lamenting her lover "gone over Chowan River.… Colin and Lucy — "Of Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Bright Lucy was the grace.... Till luckle… The Colour of Amber — "The colour of amber was my true love's hair." "Many a time [his lips] they've … Courting in the Kitchen — The singer warns listeners against love, "The devil's own invention." He courts… The Cruel Ship's Carpenter (The Gosport Tragedy; Pretty Polly) — The carpenter gets the girl pregnant. They meet, allegedly to plan their weddin…