Oh Rise, Oh Rise- Mrs. Lyall (Skene) 1911 Duncan H

Oh Rise, Oh Rise- Mrs. Lyall (Skene) 1911 Duncan H

[My date, title. Single stanza 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]


Oh Rise, Oh Rise - Sung by Mrs. Lyall, Lyne of Skene, c. 1911, collected by James Duncan, version H

Oh rise, oh rise, an' ask your father,
And see if he'll let you my bride be,
And if he refuse you, come back and tell me,
For 'tis the last night I'll visit thee.