Additions to foods to be avoided...liver and onions, sweetbreads, rutabagas.

15. In need of some traditional flavor? Comb the dictionary for weird Scottish words. Throw in My Only Jo and deario as a refrain.

16 References to birds are helpful...phrases like fly away, on the wing, etc. lend airy romance.

17. Animals are always endearing in folk songs, especially hound dogs, farm animals and cats that come back. Best to leave the more exotic species like dugongs and Tasmanian Devils to nature programs, unless going for humor.