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The Ghost's Bride
— John Gordon comes to court Mary, saying her lover, his brother, is long dead. S…
The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore
— Singer leaves his home, despite his brokenhearted mother's warnings, for the gi…
The Golden Vanity
— A ship is threatened by a foreign galley. The ship's cabin boy, promised gold a…
The Gypsy Laddie
— A lord comes home to find his lady "gone with the gypsy laddie." He saddles his…
Handsome Molly
— The singer sings the praises of handsome Molly, noting that "Sailing round the …
Hey How Johnny Lad
— "Hey how, my Johnny Lad, ye're no sae kind's ye sud hae been." The singer compl…
Honest Girl (I Went to Church Like an Honest Girl Should)
— "I went to church like an honest girl should, And the boys come too, Like other…
Hostler Joe
— Hostler Joe and pretty Annie wed and have a child. After four years, though, a …
Hullabaloo Belay
— Shanty. Characteristic line: "Hullabaloo belay, Hullabaloo bela belay." The sin…
I Know My Love
— "I know my love by his way of walking," his speech, his clothes. She laments, "…