song verb to advertise a delinquent debtor by putting his name and offence in a song CANADA
Otis Purdy [who ran a store] got his bills paid by “songing” his debtors. If they had heard what he sang about them once, he need only begin with “Come all you jolly jokers, listen to my song” — Helen Creighton, ALifeinFolklore, p. 161, 1975