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The Braw Servant Lasses
— "Ye decent auld women, I'll sing you a song" to complain about the follies of t…
The Cashmere Shawl
— A man criticizes a girl for ostentatiously wearing a cashmere shawl. She answer…
Jeremiah of Bartibogue
— Jeremiah from Bartibogue gets a job at Billy Muirhead's saw-mill in Chatham. He…
Putting On the Style
— A series of comments on the folly of those who put on false faces. Example: "Yo…
Putting On the Style
— A series of comments on the folly of those who put on false faces. Example: "Yo…
The Red Mantle
— Singer asks her husband for a red mantle to wear to the fair. He buys it; but w…
The Spree at Montague
— "There were a spree in Montague ... At a farmer's house." The fiddler could not…
The Spree at Montague
— "There were a spree in Montague ... At a farmer's house." The fiddler could not…
When the Outport Member's Family Comes to Town
— A family from a remote outport had a successful season fishing, so they have mo…
The Woman of Three Cows
— The singer is poor. He tells the "Woman of Three Cows" that she is too proud an…