I Will Set My Ship- Annie Ritchie (Whi) 1906 Greig J

I Will Set My Ship- Annie Ritchie (Whi) 1906 Greig

[My date. Single stanza with music of "I Will Put My Ship in Order" from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection - Volume 4; edited by Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw, ‎Emily B. Lyle - 1981. Collected in North Scotland in early 1900s by Gavin Greig (1856–1914), and the minister James Bruce Duncan 1848-1917).

R. Matteson 2016]


J. "I Will Set My Ship in Order."
- Sung by Miss Annie Ritchie of The Manse, Whitehill, who got songs from her mother and others in the district; c. 1906, collected by Gavin Greig, version J.

 1.  I will set my ship in order,
I will set her on the sea,
I will sail over to yonder border
To see if my love minds on me.