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It's of a rich lady in London, Caroline is her name I am told
No full textCaroline disguises herself as a man to ship down with her lover, William. They wed upon return.Mercer: Leach, p. 132; Peacock, p, 329; Laws ABBB, N 17, p. 211; Creighton, Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, pp. 66-8
I'm very sorry gentlemen, you called on me to sing
No full textA bit bawdy. Man visits master's sevant, has to hide in chimney, is chased into street.Mercer: Greenleaf 216; Peacock 251
When I was young not many years ago I followed the ragin' main
No full textMan courts girl, she comes to bed with him, child results, son reminds him of Bagger-Boo.Laws, ABBB, O3; Mercer: Peacock, p. 518 (The Foggy Dew)
The Labrador Star, the [to?] wood is the call
No full textLumbering song from Labrador, the tales of trees there
On the green mossy banks where I set myself down
No full textMan sitting by lake meets girl swimmer. They have intercourse and she gives birth
Oh, I took my girl to a fancy ball
No full textHumourous ditty about a man's date with enormous capacity for food. Man has only fifty cents to pay for the meal at the restaurnt.Fowke, FH Index, 3/8/49
As I roved out one evening down by an [animal pen?]
No full textMan buys cock; many double-entendres in song.No references found
As I was a walkin' up Burgully Mountain
No full textMan in Dublin makes children artificially. Old woman says if she were young there'd be no need for artificiality but rather "the old way".Related to "Daniel O'Connell" as sung by O.J. Abbott on "Irish and British Songs from the Ottawa Valley"; Folkways FM 4051 [MUNFLA ref. R296 da / 79-000]; see Fowke "Ont.", p. 51