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I Will Set my Ship in Order

Date April 1956
Track ID 27629
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.50.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1956.050

Summary

The young man sets his ship in order and sails off to find his beloved. He raps on his love's windows, but she refuses him entry. He asks her to seek permission from her mother and her father, but she declines and tells him her father has a letter telling of his disgrace. He says this cannot be and she decides to let him in, but by the time she unlocks her door he has sailed away. She calls him but he refuses. She throws herself into the sea.

Elsie Morrison learned the song from her father.

Item Notes

13 verses.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 158-173
Ord pp. 318-319

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R402 GD792 LM4

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good