Vill, The Ship's Carpenter- (Scot) c.1908 Greig B
[Fragment from: The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Volume 2 by Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle; Aberdeen University Press, 1983.
I do not have a copy of this edition and do not know if an informant is named. This is version of a parody of Gosport known as "Molly The Betrayed or The Fog Bound Vessel" from the 1850s.
R. Matteson 2016]
Vill, The Ship's Carpenter- a parody version collected by Greig-Duncan.
1. In a kitchen in Portsmouth a fair damsel did dwell
Who for beauty and grammar none could her excel
She loved a gay feller whose name it was Vill
And to his trade was a ship"s carpenter
sing Dottle dottle dottle chip chip chip
Turaliday
2. He led her o"re hills and o"re valleys so deep
Till at last this poor maiden began for to weep
O Villiam I doubt you"ve a led me this way
In order my innocent life to betray
With your Dottle dottle dottle chip chip chip
Turaliday