I Will Put My Ship- George Riddell (Aber) 1906 Greig L
[My date. 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]
L. "I Will Put My Ship" - Sung by George Riddell (1852-1942) of Rosehearty near Fraserburgh, a violinist, shoemaker, composer, and writer who learned ballads from Buchan singers in his youth. c. 1906, collected by Gavin Greig, version L
1. I will put my ship in order,
And I will set her to the sea,
And I'll sail over to yonder border,
To see gin my love minds on me.