I'll Set my Ship in Order
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77117
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.151.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
The sailor returns to see his love and raps on her window. She is not sure it is him and refuses to ask her mother and father to let him in. She says her mother is asleep and her father will not admit him as he has a letter about the sailor's disgrace. He says he has never spoke ill of her but if he does not gain admittance he will go and never return. She finally decides to let him in, but he has returned to his ship and sailed away. She throws herself into the sea.
Item Notes
11 verses.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 158-173
Ord pp. 318-319
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strichen
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good