the beautiful south sang i'll sail this ship alone.
the beautiful south sang i'll sail this ship alone.
who sang i'll sail this ship alone?
the beautiful south
from the "you keep it all in" 12" single and cdep









































bullet::::- "you keep it all in"









































bullet::::- "you just can't smile it away"









































bullet::::- "i love you (but you're boring)"









































bullet::::- "it's instrumental"









































from the "i'll sail this ship alone" 12" single and cdep









































bullet::::- "i'll sail this ship alone" (single mix)









































bullet::::- "i'll sail this ship alone" (lp mix )









































bullet::::- "but 'til then"









































bullet::::- "i'll sail this ship alone" (orchestral mix )









































section::::personnel.









































bullet::::- the beautiful south









































bullet::::- paul heaton – vocals









































bullet::::- dave hemingway – vocals









































bullet::::- dave rotheray – guitar









































bullet::::- sean welch – bass
welcome to the beautiful south
"i'll sail my ship alone" is a 1950 song written by moon mullican (sometimes credited as "morry burns"), henry bernard (sometimes credited as "henry glover"), lois mann (sometimes credited as "sydney nathan") and henry thurston, and popularized by moon mullican. the song was mullican's most successful release, reaching number one on the country & western chart for a single week, and spending a total of nine months on the chart. "i'll sail my ship alone" crossed over to the pop chart, reaching number seventeen. patsy cline also recorded this song on her last recording session, before she died in a plane crash. it was recorded by jerry lee lewis in 1958 and by many others since such as hank williams, skeets mcdonald, patsy cline, tiny hill, ferlin husky, george jones, slim whitman, patrick wall, mickey gilley and leon russell (as "hank wilson").
i'll sail my ship alone