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I'll Sail My Ship Alone

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"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.

Chart performance

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The song was Mullican's most successful release, reaching number one on the Billboard Country & Western chart for a single week, and spending a total of nine months on that listing.[1] "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" crossed over to the pop chart, reaching number 17.

Other recordings

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 241.
Preceded by
"Why Don't You Love Me" by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Billboard Best Selling Retail Country & Western Records number-one single
June 17, 1950
Succeeded by
"Why Don't You Love Me" by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys