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Billy Ma Hone
— "Love is sweet and love is pleasant, Long as you keep it in your view." A man a…
Bordon's Grove
— The singer wanders by Bordon's Grove and hears a girl lamenting. He courts her;…
The British Man-of-War
— The singer hears a sailor telling his love that he must leave her; he must go i…
Crookit Bawbee
— "Oh! whar awa' got ye that auld crookit (penny/plaidie)?" He offers one of gold…
The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Fair Phoebe and her Dark-Eyed Sailor)
— The singer courts a girl, but she remains true to William, her sailor, gone the…
Gosport Beach (The Undutiful Daughter)
— "On Gosport beach I landed, that place of noted fame." The sailor meets a beaut…
James and Flora (Flora and Jim, The United Lovers)
— Flora asks James to leave sailing. He won't. She breaks a ring and gives half t…
Janie of the Moor
— The singer meets Janie and proposes marriage. She says that she has promised to…
Logie O Buchan
— The singer complains that "they have taken away Jemy the delight of the yard." …
Logie O Buchan
— The singer complains that "they have taken away Jemy the delight of the yard." …