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 " )
died in a plane crash
1963 Camden PA-24 crash
I'll Sail My Ship Alone