Afore Daylight — The wife complains her husband urinates on the floor rather than in the chamber… The Ale-Wife and Her Barrel — Singer's wife is an ale-seller and drunkard. She goes to market with her barrel… Alone on the Shamrock Shore (Shamrock Shore III) — The singer married a sailor/soldier and now wanders disowned by her parents, "A… The Angel's Whisper — "A baby was sleeping, its mother was weeping." Her husband, Dermot, is fishing … As I Staggered From Home Yesterday Morning — As singer staggers out, his wife (counting up his meager cash) tells him their … The Babcock Bedtime Story — A cante-fable: Old El, crippled and without resource, is sentenced to the poorh… The Bald-Headed End of the Broom — The singer warns men against marriage: It's fun at first, but wait till you're … The Ballad of William Bloat — William Bloat's wife "got his goat" so he cut her throat. "To finish the fun so… Barry of Macroom — After a dinner party the whisky-punch is brought out "and soon all 'neath the t… The Bedford Van — The singer, a tinker, meets Sally Anne and takes her into his Bedford Van. She …