I Will Set My Ship- John Quirrie (Tur) c.1906 Greig I

I Will Set My Ship- John Quirrie (Tur) c.1906 Greig I

[My date, other ballads were collected from him in 1906. 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]


"I Will Set My Ship In Order" - Sung by John Quirrie, North Mains, Craigston, Turriff c. 1906, collected by Gavin Greig, version I

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