The answers to the lyric quiz set by Mary Masson - 
 
  1. By his side his adze and compass -  The Lonesome Death of Francis Clarke - Posted Sober 2. On the dark side of Dunoon -  Big Wide World Beyond The Seedlies  - The Mill Lavvies 3. Due to isotopes of Thorium and Alpha types of ray -  Silence - Silence 4. Deeved about the life they choose -  Niel Gow's Apprentice - On Stolen Stationery 5. Will you breathe our air and witness our efforts -  The Angus Man's Welcome to Mary Stuart - Gaels Blue 6. I'd rather be in Elgin, it's a better class of cold and wet -  I Don't Like Methil 7. The best laid plan between Men and Mice -  Pius Porteous - Posted Sober 8. Stalwart and brave Caledonian Hotel -  Under The Ullapool Moon - On Stolen Stationery 9. Batten down the four leaf clover -  Like Another Rolling Stone - On Stolen Stationery 10. That the gowd in the tike has taen a thin disguise -  The Bawbee Birlin' - On Stolen Staionery 11. He takes a deep breath and he seethes -  Beefheart and Bones - Pax Vobiscum 12. Let them gather up their brows and their old wives tales -  Chain Up The Swings - Pax Vobiscum 13. The leaves kept falling before they were due -  Dear Hank Williams - Pax Vobiscum 14. I want to dance with Jimmy Howie in the pale moonlight -  Frida Kahlo's Visit to the Taybridge Bar - Posted Sober 15. They very seldom jump over the moon -  BSE or Cows Don't Eat Sheep 16. Peace on earth and earth on piece -  Baps and Paste 17. Did you think it was the quality or preference of beer? -  The Homeless Do Not Seem To Drink In Here 18. I'd wheel my wheelbarrow up Kilimanjaro -  If Dundee was Africa - The Mill Lavvies 19. His fingers painting what his soul receives -  Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson 20. I'd sing a song of Thomas Paine -  If I was An Englishman - High Sobriety