I'm moved especially by "Something Better."
"Dove of Aberdeen" doesn't reach me as well as the others: I spend the whole song trying to guess what/who is the "Dove" to whom the earnest parent is speaking: officer, ship, God, spirit, or holy man or woman.

Is there a typo in the second verse of Dove: "The dawn it here"? I know there are typos in Margaree: an apostrophe missing from "it's" in the first verse, uncapitalised "said" at the beginning of a line in the third verse, and "wainting" in place of "waiting" in the last verse.

These are powerful songs. I hope you find melodies worthy of them.