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El Abandonado
— Spanish: "The Abandoned." First line: "Me abanonastes, jujer, porque soy muy po…
Acres of Clams (The Old Settler's Song)
— The prospector reports on the sad fate of the gold rush men: "For each man who …
Across the Western Ocean
— "Oh, the times are hard and the wages low, Amelia, where you bound to? The Rock…
All In Down and Out Blues
— "Hippity-hop to the bucket shop...." Singer has lost all his money in the stock…
Andrew Lammie
— Lord Fyvie's trumpeter Andrew Lammie, the fairest man in the county, and Tifty'…
Auld Robin Gray
— Jamie leaves Jenny to earn enough to be married. Her family has bad luck. Robin…
The Babcock Bedtime Story
— A cante-fable: Old El, crippled and without resource, is sentenced to the poorh…
The Bad Girl's Lament (St. James' Hospital; The Young Girl Cut Down in her Prime)
— The bad girl tells of how she reveled at the ale-house and the dance hall, then…
The Bald-Headed End of the Broom
— The singer warns men against marriage: It's fun at first, but wait till you're …
The Banks of Dundee (Undaunted Mary)
— A rich girl, now living with her uncle, falls in love with Willie, a plowboy. S…