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Just one year ago dear mother I was dancing for a ball
No full textWarning to young maidens to beware of false lovers who leave you as a mother but not as a wife. Singer asks mother to rear her child as she is about to die for the love of false Willie
Attention Newfoundlanders, come listen to my song
No full textTwo men on a smuggling trip to St. Pierre meet with a heavy storm on their way back. Prayed to the "Almighty", "His Holy Mother", and the "Blessed Saviour" to save them. Were saved by a passing vessel captained by "Harvey" who took them to Marystown
Oh the wind blew up his kiltie, his kiltie, his kiltie
No full textFragment only of children's bawdy song.No ref
Ah love let us get married
No full textJealous lover follows girl to a dance and puts poison in the wine from which they both drink. Subsequently, they die in each others arms.Laws, ABBB, P30
Lord Bateman was a noble lord and a noble lord was he
No full textChild 53; Mercer: Greenleaf, 1968:17 (Lord Ateman); Karpeles, 1934:88; Karpeles, 1934a:24; Karpeles, 1971:42, 44, 46 (Lord Akeman, Lord Bateman); Peacock, 1965: 210, 212 (Lord Bateman); Family Herald, 02/19/02; 06/14/11 M (Lord Bateman