No Probs - I'm flattered to be confused with Penni! Great singer. Anyway, here's the song


CAPTAIN BETSY MILLAR
(words by Colin McLelland, melody by Helen Pitt)

Her father died when she was young
His shipping debts were steep.
He left her two young sisters
And his quayside house tae keep.
But Betsy wouldn't hear of it.
No Housemaid's life for she
She joined the good ship Clytus
And she sailed the Irish Sea

      CHORUS:
      On board the good ship Clytus Betsy Millar's story's told
      As she sailed from Saltcoats harbour with black diamonds in her hold.

The sailors said she wouldn't last
The sea she couldn't thole
Nor would she flirt in all the dirt
O' a cargo full of coal.
But she mucked in wi' all the men
Joined them in their crack.
She sailed them off to Belfast Lough
And safely brought them back.

In the registry of tonnage
Betsy Millar's name is penned
Entered as a shipmaster
Alongside all the men
Her father, Robert Millar
Could surely not foretell
How she'd skipper all his sailing lads
And Clytus brig as well.

Alas poor Betsy passed away
in 1864
They laid her in the kirkgate
All beneath her native shore.
She sailed the seas for 30 years
Till she was old and grey
And braved the rocks and raging seas
Until her dying day.

From Ardrossan to the USA
Australia to Japan
Betsy Millar's name is known
By every sailing man.
And when you talk of equal rights
Just hear what I've to say.
Twas Captain Betsy Millar
Who stood up and led the way.


Glad you liked the song.
Cheers
Helen