Sea Songs & Shanties V5.0

[Elizabeth Mann Borghese]

Sea Chanteys, Forebitters, & other Songs of the Sea
V. 5.0



dated: 31 October 1996


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INDEX:
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I: FAQ: Frequently Argued Questions about Sea Songs and Shanties
II: Shanty, Forebitters, and Sea Song Titles:
>Capstan or Heaving Shanties
>Hauling Shanties (Halyards: Long-haulers)
>Hauling Shanties (Tacks and Sheets: Short-haulers)
>Hauling Shanties (General)
>Pumping Shanties
>Stoking Shanty
>Rowing or Paddling Shanty
>Forebitters
>Broadside Ballads
>Bawdy Songs and Bilge-Water Ballads
III: Recordings:
IV: Books of Sea Songs:
V: Bawdy Sea Song Books:
VI: Major Collections:
VII: Festivals of Shanties & Sea Music:
VIII: Regular Chanty Sings:
IX: Sources:
>Mail-Order Retailers
>Magazines
>General Reference Books
>Internet Contributors
>List Compiler



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I: FAQ-Frequently Argued Questions about Sea Songs and
Shanties
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Sea Songs and Shanties FAQ

1. What is a "shanty"...or is it "chantey"?

Sea Shanties are the working songs of the crew of sailing ships. The song
is used to improve the efficiency of the crew in
accomplishing their manual labours on board the ship. Its use is
restricted to the working environment. ...but I'll let Stan
Hugill explain it.

"Chanteys, Shanties, or Chanties are "The work-songs of the sailing-ship
man; the staves John
Salt, Huw Puw, Jean Mat'lot, and Jan Maat tipped at capstan, halyard,
sheet, and pumps. In the
Trades of off the pitch o' the Horn, in hail and snow, in doldrums and
calm, the not unmelodius
voices of Yankee, Nigger, Limey, Squarehead, Johnny Crapoo, and Dutchie
would oft-times be
raised to cheer the soul, curse the afterguard and owner, mark the beat,
and lighten the labour.
"To the seamen of America, Britain, and northern Europe a shanty was as
much a part of the
equipment as a sheath-knife and pannikin. ..Shanties were ALWAYS
(emphasis mine) associated
with work_and a rigid tabu held against singing them ashore. When a
sailor caroused ashore,
or sang at sea in the dog-watches, his choice would invariably be a
popular ballad, love song, or
the like. To sing a shanty when there was no heaving or hauling would be
courting trouble_and
the sailing ship man was superstitious to a degree.
-------Stan Hugill

or from "The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea:

SHANTY or CHANTEY, old ships' songs sung on board to lighten the labour of
working the
ship. They were broadly divided into two classes the capstan shanties,
designed to produce a
continuous effort such as would be required from men heaving on the
capstan bars, and halyard
shanties, where the accent was placed on occasional words or notes to
encourage the men to pull
together, as when swaying up a spar. They all follow the same pattern,
with short solo verses and
rollicking choruses. Many of them have become famous as much for their
tunes as for their
words, such as 'Shenandoah', Rolling Home', 'Billy Boy', 'Bound for the
Rio Grandee and
perhaps best known of all, Blow the Man Down'. With the coming of steam to
do much of the
hard work of the ship, the shanty lost its purpose and was no longer used
at sea, and by 1875 had
disappeared in its proper context being heard only as a turn in a
concert-party or a sing-song.
The earliest known example of a true shanty, sung to co ordinate the
efforts of men working on
the capstan bars, occurs in the Complaynt of Scotland, published about
1450, and Haul the
Bowline' must be very nearly as old as in the earliest days of sail the
bowline was the most
important rope in a ship. The words of many shanties often varied from
ship to ship, sometimes
to incorporate local personalities or to lengthen the words of a song if
the words ran out before
a task was completed, a good Shantyman could improvise new words to keep
the Song going
without a break. But though the words might differ, the tunes never
varied.
Shanties were essentially merchant service songs, and were rarely heard in
warships. The
reason for this was that merchant ships were frequently undermanned so
that the owners might
make the more profit, and encouragement in the form of a shanty was
necessary to make up for
loss in numbers by proper co-ordination of the physical efforts put out by
each man. Warships,
on the other hand, were in comparison overmanned, the large number of men
required to man
the guns in battle being almost always available for the purely seamanship
duties which required
a heavy effort, such as weighing an anchor or swaying up a main yard.

2. What is a shanty and how do you spell it?

As previously explained, a Shanty is a work song used on board a sailing
ship, usually of European or North American
origin.

The most common spelling today is "SHANTY". However, you will also see it
spelled as Chanty, Chantey, and Santy. The
pleural is usually "Shanties".

The word has several reported derivations. It might referred to the French
verb to sing; Chanter. It might refer to the
Shanties, or shacks which served as brothels and bars in the Caribbean, or
to the shanties of the Lumbermen (often called
Shanteyboys), who also sang work co-ordinating songs. It also could refer
to the West Indian bamboo hut, which was often
moved on log rollers, by a group of African descendants, whose labour was
co-ordinated by a chant leader.

The Shanty is a mixture of the a number of musical influences. You can
hear the Celtic" ceilidh mouth music", Irish and
Breton traditional melodies, Afro-American Call and Response, , and , so
I'm told, a distinctive West African use of minor
thirds.

The importance of a particular shanty was the suitability of its rhythm to
a specific task on board ship. Thus the worlds
could, and would change, but the tune and rhythm never did.

No one can say for sure what the correct spelling is , and so I will use
either one as the mood takes me.

3. Who composed the chanties?

Chanties probably have as many origins as there are chanties. Some were
direct importations of traditional land songs, some
were marine words to a borrowed tune (i.e. Donkey riding- heighland
laddie), and some were undoubtedly original
compositions.

Many popular tunes of the day were lifted wholesale for shanty use, such
as Battle Hymn of the Republic, Roll The Chariot,
or even adaptations of popular poems like Rolling Home. In the 19th
Century, particularly the first half, the distinction
between folk music, popular music, and even classical music was not at all
definitive. Everybody stole from everybody else
quite freely. Which is what they do now, and should...
4. Are chanties just sung in English?

No. Working people, and that of course includes seamen and women, have
sung while they toiled in every culture and since
before recorded history. In the general area of sea music, especially
fishing music, there are well known examples from
many cultures. Chanties, however, had their heyday during the 19th century
and on several major trading routes: the cotton
trade from the southern USA to Europe, the lumber trade from New Brunswick
and Quebec to England, the clipper ships to
the orient, and the immigrant trade to Australia.

The majority of the seamen on these routes were British (including a large
number of Scots and Irish), American (White
and Black), Canadian (from the Maritimes who were of Irish , Scottish and
Acadian French descent) and a few
Scandinavians and other mixed Europeans. Their choice of music would
obviously reflect their heritage, and also be more
readily collected into the folk music archives. Since English language
chantying was the dominant form, many foreign
seamen adapted English shanties to their own language, often singing the
chorus in English. There are, however many
excellent shanty collection in other languages, the French collections
being among the best (see Part II).

France, Germany, Holland, Britain, and especially Poland have seen huge
revivals of the genre, with dozens of fine groups
and recordings by sailors and landsmen alike.
5. What is Sea Music?

Sea Music, is music which has a connection with the oceans, seas, and
their tributaries, and with those who live in, on ,
under, or around these bodies of water, and those who just dream about
them. An attempt will be made to limit the
discussion in this way, as one could probably expand the topic to include
all the waters of the earth, but then we'd have to
discuss Rain music, Ice Music, Snow music, and probably Steam music as
well. This would inevitable lead to being forced
to include Casey Jones and other Train songs, and discussions as to
whether the line had turned to Diesel when the wreck
occurred, etc. So to avoid this, distinctions will be made, and
classifications introduced to impose some order onto chaos.

There are reasons for doing this. One being that people's musical tastes
will dictate what they like to listen to, and how they
like it performed. So if we can help them identify something which they
might like to listen to, this FAQ will have served a
useful purpose.

These distinctions, or categories are based on the authors philosophy of
the meaning of life, and specifically on that most
difficult moral conundrum "What is Folk Music?".

Folk Music is that which is performed by the people, for the people
themselves and their own enjoyment. It is a music of
participation, which the people carry with them at all times, and may
perform spontaneously, with or without, or by means
of instrumental accompaniment. It may also be hummed?

....and now that I've got THAT out of my system...on to the subject at
hand.

"Sea Music" can be divided into two categories. Music that is, or was
performed at sea, by those men who worked on the
sea, and music that romanticises the sea, usually written and performed by
landlubbers. The former is Music of the Sea, the
latter is Music about the Sea.

This FAQ will focus on Music OF the Sea. However, since many ships carried
bands and orchestras, the topic will further
be limited to what could be called the "Folk Music of the Sea".

On this basis, our Sea of the Sea can be further divide according to the
lifestyle and employment of the performers.

Sailormen
Whalermen
Fishermen
Boatmen and Canalmen
Longshoremen and Stevedores


This will have specific relevance , as it heavily influences the
geographical distribution, subject matter, and work rhythms.

This FAQ will, unfortunately, for the time being, only cover Sea Music of
the Western Tradition (Europe and its political
and cultural colonies), and mainly the English language variants. This is
because most of the material which I have been
able to find is in, and about English Shanty's and Sea Songs. As I obtain
additional material, I will include it. All
contributions are most welcome

6. Aren't all sea songs chanteys?
No. The shanty was specifically a work song. On a sailing ship it served
two functions. First, it's verse structure and rhythm
was designed to co-ordinate the physical exertions of the crew for tasks
which required the combined strength of a number
of men: pushing or pulling on bars, ropes, oars and the like. The second
function, was to help break the tedium monotony
of long spells of pumping or weighing anchor.

The other type of song sung aboard sailing ships were called forebitters.
These were sung for recreation, usually during the
evening when the crew was off watch, or in harbour. Recreational singing
on board merchant ships was either carried out in
the Forecastle or foc'sle, the forward part of the ship where the crew
lived, or on deck gathered around the fore bitts.
Recreational sailor's songs are therefore either called "fo'c'sle songs"
or "forebitters" ,
7. What is the difference between a shanty and a forebitter?
In musical form, there are several major distinctions. The emphasis in a
Chantey is on rhythm, with each one chosen for it's
suitability for the job at hand. The Forebitter was sung for enjoyment,
and so it was often a popular tune of the day, with the
emphasis on the words and music.
8. How are chanties used?
Shanties were primarily a square-rigger phenomenon, though they are not
exclusive to them. Most of the jobs on a fore and
aft rig ship or boat don't need quite the massed and sustained muscle
power that was needed on a square rigger.
They used windlasses, but I think we are talking about two different
animals. I assume the windlass you are discussing is a
little crank windlass, of the sort found on most modern sailing craft.
The windlass of the old square riggers was a massive
horizontal cylinder that was turned by inserting bars into holes and
giving it a tug or push, or they were break windlasses
that worked off of rocking bars, like a pump.
Shanties come in all tempos and rhythms, and are geared to different
tasks. The capstan shanties (like Santy Anna, Rio
Grande, etc. etc.) are made for trudging along for hours pulling up the
anchor. Since I imagine you raise your little mud
hook by power-winch, these are right out.
Next come the pump shanties, like Leave Her Johnny or South Australia.
Since you most certainly have an electric pump, these are out too.
Then there are the bunt shanties. They are used to pull up and furl a
sail and are only used on square riggers (Paddy
Doyle's Boots).
Finally, there are the Halyard shanties. They are the shanties used for
hauling on a line, and they might have some use.
They come in an almost infinite variety of tempos and rhythms, depending
on the job for which they were best suited. For
tough jobs, like raising the upper topsail yard, you might use something
like "Haul Away Joe", where the shantyman calls a
verse, and on the refrain, the crew pulls once or twice, really hard.
They then rest and recover their grip and footing while
the shantyman sings another verse. It is not likely that you will need
one of the hard pull halyard shanties (like Whisky
Johnny, Hangin' Johnny, Ranzo-Ray etc.), but you might want to have a few
in reserve if you should suddenly have to mass
everyone on a line for a really hard pull.
The most likely shanty for the sorts of work you would do on a schooner
would be a "Stamp-and-go" or "Runaway" halyard
shanty. These are up-tempo shanties for continuous pulls, without long
rest breaks. They are used for easy pulls. "Drunken
Sailor" and "Roll the Old Chariot" are good examples of this type.
Generally though, the rules of thumb should be:

1. The task is performed by two or more people, working at the same
rhythm (you can sing to yourself if you like, but
somehow it loses something)
2. The shanty should match the optimum rhythm for the job. Any
shanty that does is the "right" shanty for the job.
3. The people who are pulling should be able to sing a shanty without
feeling like complete prats.

Bonne Voyage-wn

One particular utilitarian peculiarity of shanty singing is that once the
task at hand was completed the song was stopped. At
the bos'n or chantyman's cry of "vast heaving" or a similar indication to
stop pulling, the chanty was stopped as well. No
final verse or chorus, not even the line was completed. Like any tool,
the chanty was put away immediately when it was no
longer needed. Indeed, as previously mentioned, it was often considered
bad luck to continue with the shanty after the work
was finished.
9. What are the different types of Chanties?
According to Stan Hugill, there were nine different types of Shanty,
broadly divided into Hauling and Heaving Shanties.
Hauling shanties were used for pulling on ropes. Heaving Shanties were
used for working the pumps, windlass, and
capstan.

Further subdivisions are:

Hauling Shanties
Long Drag or "halyard shanties" for raising sail
Short Drag or Tacks and Sheets for setting and trimming sail
Hand over Hand
Walkaways
Sweatup
Bunting
These songs were often quite short, with unconnected verses, and a regular
chorus for the pull. Hauling jobs required short
strong pulls.


Heaving
Windlass
Capstan
Pumping
These songs were usually quite long and structured, with multiple verses.
Ballads were popular, often in 6/8 time. Heaving
jobs could be very long, sometimes hours of walking around the capstan or
manning the pumps. Pumps or brake windlasses
could have a push pull or double action, shoulder to waist, waist to
knees, requiring a more complicated rhythm

On shanty types, not all are used to time rhythm of work, though most are.
Menhaden shanties, for instance, are sung in the breaks between pulling
and
totally out of tempo. Their function is one of morale and to give a rest
from work. But all are associated with work.




Here are translations of the different types of chanties:
ENGLISH

FRENCH

USE

Hauling Chanty

Chants a hisser

short drags

Hand over hand

Chants a hisser main
sur main

longer drags

Heaving Chanty
Capstan

Chants a virer

Slow march around
the capstan

Heaving Chanty:
Windlass

Chants de Guindeau

Pulling on the leavers
of a windlass

Rowing Chanty

Chants a ramer

Pulling Oars

Pulling

chants a dehaler



Dances

chants a danser

Hornpipes etc.

Forebitters

Complaintes
maritime

singing the blues

Pumping Chanty

Chants a pomper

staying afloat




10. Why were chanties important?
Economics.

The crews of the merchant ships were usually kept as small as possible,
and it was often said that a good chantey was worth
an extra man pulling on a line. A good chantey man meant a lot to the
efficiency, and the moral of the crew.

A good chanty man had a loud voice: the better to carry over the sounds of
wind and wave, and a large repertoire, from
which he could choose a song suitable for the task. The chantey man's job
was to sing, not necessarily to pull on the rope.

11. So, weren't chanties sung on board naval ships?

No, for several reasons. In the Navy, vessels were manned to the level
needed to fight. Large crews were needed to man the
numerous guns, and were therefore available to handle the heaving and
hauling. singing was discouraged because it
interfered with spoken or shouted orders. work was co-ordinated through
the use of the bos'n pipe, a whistle which
signalled when to pull. The only exception might be to have a fiddler at
the capstan when heaving in the anchor.

This is not to say that the work was easy on naval ships. To put things in
perspective, during the 7 years war, which started
in 1756, the Royal Navy lost 1512 seamen to enemy action, and 133,708 to
disease. The most common cause of death was a
strangulated hernia, usually caused by hauling in sail while bent over a
yardarm.


12. What is a "Stamp and Go"?

`Stamp and go,' as a means of raising a load, requires both a crowd and an
expanse of deck. As such, it works very well
when you have a heavy load and a lot of crew. But it takes space, lest you
make a cock-up of it, or injure someone ("I is for
Eye-bolt, no good for the feet"). Made great sense in the days of the
sail Navy, when the gunnery crew doubled as meat on
the hoof. Bloody damn useless if you had five men to raise a two-ton yard.
To execute this manoeuvre, the crew falls in along the line to be hauled,
facing AWAY from the load. They then take the
line either along side or over their shoulders. Instead of the normal
haul, which is facing the load and with feet firmly
planted in a fixed position, the `stamp-and-go' is performed by `walking
away' with the line, carrying it down the deck. As
each sailor reaches the front of the line, he lets go, and hastens back
down to the back (nearest the load) of the line to
resume a `round robin'



X ----------------------------------------------------- LOAD
<- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <-
V
=> => => => => C


Key: LOAD - a turning block, most likely
---- - the line being hauled
X - crew member who tails off the line to keep it
out of the way
<- - crew members hauling line away from load
V - crew member who has dropped the line and is turning
=> - crew members hastening back to tail of line
C - chanteyman


This all happens at anything from a trudge to a trot, and in any case gets
the work done much quicker than more
conventional short- or long-haul methods. But, as you can see from the
illustration, it requires a bit more room than is
usually available on a small (under 100 foot) vessel, and perhaps more
people as well. Also, because of the pace, and the
number of people applying force, it requires some care that the crew does
`avast' when told to `avast,' lest something get
broken up aloft.
For those fond of comparative studies, when hauling the fore tops'l yard
on the Joseph Conrad, with around a dozen mixed
AB's and green hands on the halyard, I sing about 6 verses of a two pull
chantey (24 pulls) to finish the job in a
conventional manner. No matter the strength of the crew, the job proceeds
apace, and crew being fixed to the deck, the
halyard will move no more than an arm's length on each pull. But, Conrad's
yards are rather light, so with the same dozen,
who were mostly idling before, it is possible to turn them about for a
`stamp and go.' This will generally have 8 on the line
at a given time, and four in transit back to the end of queue. Sing out
with `Drunken Sailor,' and you'll not finish two
verses and the intervening chorus before `high enough.' Sung sprightly,
the yard will be up in half the time or less, with the
very winded crew looking aloft in disbelief and saying alternately `Wow!'
and `Whew!'
I could imagine the same activity on a schooner with heavy gaffs, though
the need to synchronise peak and throat halyards
would be a complication (not to say that you might not be able to haul
BOTH down the same line, if you were really, really
good).

However, if there isn't work for, at minimum, a half dozen good ABs, the
stamp-and-go diminishes to an absurd activity,
and falls away in favour of a hand-over-hand.

Greg

13. Were shanties sung unaccompanied?

Historically,...Probably.
While we have good evidence of the presence of musical instruments on
board ship, it is probably unlikely that these
instruments would have been taken on deck if there was an danger of their
being damaged from storm, spray or risk of
accident. All situations which would accompany most situations where
heaving or hauling was necessary. As well, when
you are playing an instrument, your hands are not available for working,
something which would have been important on a
merchant sailing ship.

But who's to say, with any degree of authority, that these songs were not
sung to co-ordinate a lazy pull, while at anchor, on
a warm tropical night in the South Seas or Caribbean , with the FOO FOO
band in attendance. ( You can pretend to be
shrieking your unaccompanied chanty in the teeth of a north Atlantic
winter gale if you choose. I'll pretend to be a anchor
off Rarotonga. )

Chanties were probably not so much sung as howled into a gale. There was
not much harmony on all white crewed ships. It
is generally acknowledged by all the experts, Stan Hugill among others ,
that the finest shanty singers were the African-
American/Caribbean sailors, and that they were capable of singling harmony
while working. Welsh sailors were also well
known for the quality of their singing. Some ships had what was called a
checkerboard crew, having a black (African
descent) watch and a white (European descent) watch, though the crew was
rarely integrated.

14. What is the difference between a "Capstan" and a "Windlass"?
Both devices were designed to provide a heavy mechanical pull on a rope,
or chain. They were powered human muscle
(often ironically called Armstrong's Patent see Q. 30 for an explanation).
Both devices use levers to turn a drum, around
which the rope would be wrapped..

The capstan is mounted on the deck like a merry-go-round, with the crew
pushing on bars which were mounted like spokes
on a wheel. There would typically be three or four sailors per bar, and
six bars per Capstan. If more heaving was required,
the outer ends of the bar would be connected with ropes, called swifters,
giving additional hand holds. The effort here
involved leg power, walking in a circle while pushing on the bar. It is a
fairly smooth pull.

The windlass was mounted on the deck with the axes of the drum parallel to
the deck. It turned like a Ferris wheel. The
power was generated by pulling down on leavers which ratcheted on the
drum. The original design had removable bars, like
spokes, which were stuck into holes and levered down. Later models had a
racket on the bars, which would be swung back
and forth. The final improvement had a pump like mechanism, similar to a
hand pumped railcar. The action was a two
stroke pumping motion, often with a two stages of downward pull: over head
to waist pull, waist to knee level push, raise
the handle for another stroke.

15. What's the difference between heaving and hauling?
You haul on a rope. You heave on a capstan or windlass
16. Did only men sing chanties?
Well, to tell the truth---yes....and , no.
Historically, since chanties were used as work songs aboard sailing ships,
and since the crew were men, logic dictates that
these were men's songs. Notwithstanding the legends of the handsome cabin
boy, and others of women who disguised
themselves as men and went to sea, or the occasional instance where women
(passengers or family of crew) lent a hand,
chanty singing was an exclusively male preserve.

But that's historical. In contemporary chanty singing, it's every man (and
woman) for him/her self. There are many
excellent all men, all women and mixed chanty groups, and many women serve
on contemporary sailing ships as heavers,
haulers, and Chantymen.

...and in response to the folk purists who might claim that the presence
of a soprano voice detracts from the historical
accuracy of the song....the ships boys, powder monkeys and nippers were,
no doubt, an important part of the musical blend.
One could probably say that an historically accurate presentation of a
chanty would have to include high pitched voices.

and tarry a while....there is something else...

In many ports, sailing vessels which arrives at the quay were then hauled
to their berths " by hand."
Photographs exist showing long lines of women hauling a vessel into place,
with the rope slung over their shoulders. The
songs they used had a low and slow rhythm, to promote a constant and even
effort. The rhythm of these songs was
reinforced, at least in some of the French and Dutch ports, by the heavy
clunk of wooden shoes (sabots) on the dock.


17. What are the other types of sea songs?
Broadside ballads and their contemporary equivalents. These were
(hopefully) popular songs which were printed up on
Broadsheets and hawked for pennies in the streets. They were often
written to commemorate real or imagined nautical
events, victories etc. It's been said that any song which begins "come all
ye" is probably a broadside ballad. If the sailors
heard them ashore and liked them sufficiently they might eventually go to
sea as a Forebitter. However, anything which
began "Come all ye jolly sailors" would probably be given short shrift by
the cynical sailors.
18. Where can I hear sea songs and shanties (recorded) and Live
Part II of this FAQ includes a fairly comprehensive list of the currently
available recordings, and maritime festivals.

19. Where can I learn more about sea songs and shanties?
Probably the best location in the east in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
They have daily displays of heaving and hauling, on
real sailing ships, with real Chanteymen a Chanteying away.
Part II has a list of the better books and other materials currently
available. The most readily available written source, and
still one of the best is Stan Hugill's "Shanties from the Seven Seas".
It's "The Book".
20. Where can I sing sea songs and shanties?
A. South Street Seaport in Manhattan
Those seeking vocal diversion on Saturday May 18 will enjoy joining us at
South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the
monthly Sea Chantey sing.
Those familiar with the event will notice a time shift and a venue shift.
We'll be starting at 7PM, aboard the tall ship
Peking, which is one of the main features of the Seaport.
As always, call Bill Becker at (212) 748-8675 to get gate-listed for this
event (free, but a small donation to help with costs
and with ship preservation is much appreciated).



Dress warm, as we'll be outside (under a canopy if rain). And BYOB.

If you can't make this one, the next one will be on June 22.

From: gr...@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)

Where: Seamen's Church Institute
(near South Street Seaport Museum)
241 Water Street (2nd floor)
New York, NY

When: 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening, February 24, 1996

Who: You

How: Telephone Bill Becker at 212-748-8675 to get your
name on the guest list: this will assure that you and
your guest(s) are allowed in.

Bring: A musical instrument, songs, a friend, your favourite
beverage, your voice, & your smile! The Seaman's Church
Institute also has refreshments (adult and other) available
for charges ranging from free to nominal.

How much: Free--- but if you enjoy the evening, a donation to
help support the snail-mailing list and to help the work of
our hosts (The Seaman's Church Institute, which helps
to provide a variety of social and spiritual services
to mariners who pass through the Port of New York)
is welcome.

B. San Francisco
Maritime Historical Park
first Saturday of every month (8 PM to Midnight)-gb

21. Where can I learn the "real" words to sea songs?
It is generally acknowledged that shanties, in their original form, were
usually pretty bawdy. This was not always the case,
however, as some Captains, especially the strong Methodists from southern
nova Scotia, and puritans of New England
would not permit profanity. Also, if passengers, especially female
passengers were being carried, the songs were cleaned up.

Virtually all the current printed and recorded versions of Shanties
currently available are the "family" version. Even Oscar
Brand's recordings are pretty innocent. Some of the bawdy versions can be
found in the books listed in Part II, under Bawdy
sources. It is claimed that both Stan Hugill and Frank Shay produced
"original versions", but these have never been seen in
public, though we live in hope.

If anyone locates a copy of either :

Shay, Frank (as Dave E. Jones), A Collection of Sea Songs & Ditties, from
the
stores of Dave E. Jones., USA (circa 1928) 44 pages

Hugill, Stanley J (As Long John Silver), Sailing Sea Chanties)
MS Aberdovey, Merioneth, Wales (circa 1956-57)

do let me know.

22. Are there vessels where shanties are still used?
Aside from the Mystic Seaport experience, there are a few sail training
vessels where the shanty art is still practised. Several
recordings have been made, which are listed in Part II.
23. What is a FOO FOO band?
The term FOOFOO band is used to describe the informal ships band which was
often present. It's size and composition
varied, depending on the what instruments the crew possessed on any
particular voyage. The term probably originated from
the French word "fou" which means fool or foolish.
24. What instruments did the sailors play?
from early photographs and narratives, we know that the a variety of
instruments, usually cheap, found their way to sea.
The most commonly seen were:
Fiddle-often made from a cigar box
Banjo- usually on American ships
Guitar-came along with Spanish crews
Mandolin- played by Italian sailors
Penny whistle
Melodeon- the Button Accordeon-beloved of the French and German sailors.
Concertinas- usually on British ships.
Hurdy Gurdy (vielle in French)- common among French sailors
Harmonica
Spoons
Kazoo
Drum
Bones (knick knacks)
25. OK, what about the concertina and accordeon? Aren't they the
main Seaman's instruments?
Melodeons, or button accordeons, were extremely common among continental
seamen, especially the French, Italian and
Germans. They were relatively cheap. Catalogues from the late 1800's have
10 button, 1-row models for 1 or 2 dollars. In
1899, 70,000 German and Italian melodeons were sold in France alone, a
large number in seaport towns

As for the Concertina, I'll let John Townley answer this one.....

Concertinas, most certainly did go to sea, and not just on British ships
(now you 're on my turf!...) There was a concertina
aboard the C.S.S. Alabama, and a Ball Beavon Anglo documented to have been
with a sailor on the Peking around the horn
in 1896. It resides at the Mariners' Museum, a gift of Stuart Frank, and
has its cheap paper bellows beeswaxed to keep out
the spray! Although most were cheap Anglos made in Germany, many marketed
downscale by Lachenal, there was even a
cheap English featured on the cover of Scrimshaw magazine a few years
back, decorated with scrimshawed whalebone.
The late Frank Butler told of his grandfather's shop on the way to the
London Docks (he was the manufacturer of Jones
concertinas) where his living room was bedecked with rhino horns and
elephants feet and other exotica traded by sailors for
concertinas. Although quite rare in America before the War Between The
States (you can see where I'm from!) -- there was
only one tutor for the instrument in publication in 1860 -- by 1870 the
Board of Trade listed no less than 19 tutors, about
equally split between English and Anglo. Apparently all those Irish and
German mercenaries the Yankees brought over
to fight their war for them brought along something worthwhile! By 1900,
Lachenal alone had sold over 100,000
instruments, mostly cheap German Anglos. Nevertheless, melodeons were the
more popular free reed (except for
harmonica) and the sailor image of them was perpetuated by various
manufacturers in their ads (Kalbe, Imperial, Hohner)
well into the early 20th century...-jt

26. What about dancing?
>Hornpipes - instrumental songs used to entertain, usually fast paced,
often
>danced to.

Again, not a chantey, but your basic dance tune, and only one common
rhythm along with jig, reel, polka, and yes, waltz.
The `hornpipe' as a sailor song crept into the popular imagination
probably first because of its use as a form of callisthenics
to fight scurvy in the Royal Navy (useless, but a nice thought), and then
it's travel into the popular imagination as
something associated with sailors, many of whom were Irishmen, and who
might well have been some observers' first
introduction to that form of step-dancing. Certainly the music halls, with
the aid of the Royal Navy, have come to associate
a `dancing sailor' with a hornpipe.
It's important to understand the musical form before making
generalisations; and the musical forms associated with
seafarers have been mis-characterized by far too many un-informed and
mis-informed sources, thus endangering the
cultural memory which they represent.-gb
27. Who is Stan Hugill anyway?
Stan was quite a man. Sailor, Scholar, Shantyman, Singer and much else
besides. He was a Square Rigged ship sailor, one
of the last. He served as crew on commercial sailing ships. He was a
shantyman. He performed a numerous sea music
festivals, until well into his eighties. He also collected and published
one of the definitive works on shanties. If you do any
research into shanties you won't be able to avoid him. You won't want to.
28. Are there WWW Sites that may have SHANTY material?
Andrew Draskoy at Memorial University in Newfoundland, has a web site with
the words to many shanties.
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~andrew/shanty

other sites are:
http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Pointers/Miscellaneous.html
http://www.netcom.com/~neilmber/shantyfaq/part0.html
Digital Tradition http://web2.xerox.com/digitrad
Mystic Seaport http://www.mystic.org/
Songs of Sail Festival 1996 http://www.bpm.on.ca/sos.html
Caltech Rowing club http://www.cco.caltech.edu:80/~ward/chanty/

29. What is Capstan Drill?

Nothing to do with shanties. In the Royal Navy, during the 18th century,
Midshipman often went to sea at the age of ten or
twelve. It was a belief at the time, that the at puberty, a boy's voice
changed when his testicles descended. Young
midshipmen were made to climb onto the capstan, and jump off, to aid in
the drop. Probably the origin of the song "The
Black Ball Line".
30. Are there other "nautical" expressions I should know?
NAUTICAL EXPRESSIONS used in modern English, and their origins

Cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey
-------------------------------------------------------------
This derivation dates from the days of sailing ships, and muzzle loaded
canon.
As told, not always with a straight face, the metal triangle or tray on
which cannon balls
were stored, piled in a little pyramid, was called a "monkey. It was made
of brass. When it
got very cold, the metal tray would contract and the cannon balls would
roll off.


Cold enough to freeze the nuts of the iron bridge
------------------------------------------------------------
There is a similar "polite" explanations given for the expression "cold
enough to freeze the
nuts of an (the) iron bridge". So the legend goes, when they constructed
the Great Iron
Bridge somewhere in the north of the UK, dissimilar metals were used for
the bolts and nuts,
and when it got extremely cold, the differential contraction loosened the
nuts, and they
would fall off.

Cold as a Witch's tit
------------------------------------------
I was once told that the original, impolite version of the expression was
`as cold and milk
from a witch's tit'. Another possibility was that it was part of Cockney
rhyming slang,
(i.e. butcher's hook = look, trouble and strife = wife...and my favourite
raspberry tart = [now
you know why it's called blowing a raspberry]).

Son Of A Gun
--------------------
An indirect way of saying "Son of a Whore", as it referred to someone who
was conceived on
the gun deck of a naval ship during the days of sail. Since most of the
men were impressed
into service, they were usually not allowed shore leave for fear that they
would desert. Hence
the "families" were allowed on board the ships of the line while they
were at anchor. Many
sailor's "wives" would come on board, and ply their trade on the gun deck,
between the
ships guns.

Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
--------------------------
When a sailor was to be flogged, the bosun's mate was given two yards of
rope, and a yard of
green blaze felt cloth. The mate made a CAT OF NINE TAILS from the rope,
and used the
cloth to cover the end for a handle, so it wouldn't get slippery when it
got bloody. The
remaining felt was made into a bag, to hold the cat. The flogging was
carried out on the
upper deck, where the man would be lashed to a grating. The last thing was
that the bosun's
mate took the cat out of the bag.

This "tail" was told to me by a Royal Marine on board HMS Victory, in
Portsmouth Naval
dockyard. Though in his version, the condemned sailor was given the rope
and cloth, and
forced to make his own CAT.

(there is another version, concerning an old market fraud of selling
someone a "pig in a
poke", which was actually a cat. I prefer the nautical version)

Not Enough Room To Swing A Cat
-------------------------------
Floggings were carried out on deck, to give the bosun's mate enough room
to take an
overhand swing)

Slush Fund
----------
When salt meat was boiled up for dinner, the fat, or SLUSH was skimmed off
by the cook,
and illegally sold to the crew.
The money would then be split between the cook and the purser

Lock, Stock And Barrel
-----------------------
The parts of a gun or musket, the lock being the trigger and firing
mechanism


Devil To Pay (And No Pitch Hot)
-------------------------------
The DEVIL was the longest seam on the ship, between deck and side. Seams
were caulked
or PAID with hot tar or PITCH. It was a long and dirty job

Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
-----------------------------------------
A sailor hanging over the side, between the deck and the water would be in
a hazardous
position

Armstrong's Patent
-------------------------------------
In the 1800's it was common to refer to new fangled gadgets by their
patent name (i.e. flush
toilet-James Crapper's Patent). Armstrong's Patent was an ironic reference
to manual labour
(i.e. Strong arms)

-------------------------------------------------------------
31. Who contributed to this FAQ?
Thanks to:
Les Hazelton-lh
Gary Martin-gm
Peter Loughran-pl
Greg Bullough-gb
Walter Nelson-wn
D. Deangelis-dd
Mary Benson-mb
William Wagman-ww
George F. Madaus -gf
Hugh Williamson-hw
Neil Berkowitz-nb
John Townley-jt


========================================================
II: Shanty, Forebitters, and Sea Song Titles
========================================================
========================
A. Capstan or Heaving Shanties
========================
Anglesey, The
A-Roving
Billy Boy
Black Ball Line, The
Can't You Dance the Polka?
Clear the Track, Let the Bulgine Run
Donkey Riding
Drummer and the Cook, The
Hob Y Derri Dondo
Hog's-eye Man
Hullabaloo Belay
Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Leave Her, Johnny
Liverpool Judies
Liverpool Packet, The
Lowlands
Only One More Day
Rio Grande
Roll the Woodpile Down
Rosabella
Sacramento
Sally Brown
Santiana
Shenandoah
Slav Oh
South Australia
Valparaiso Bound the Horn
We're All Bound to Go
What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?
Wild Goose Shanty, The




========================================
B. Hauling Shanties (Halyards: Long-haulers)
========================================
A Long Time Ago
Blood-Red Roses
Blow, My Bully Boys, Blow!
Blow the Man Down
Bold Riley-O
Boney was a Warrior
Cheer'ly Man
Coal Black Rose
Dead Horse
Drunken Sailor
Fire Maringo
General Taylor
Good Morning, Ladies All
Hanging Johnny
Haul Away, Joe
Haul Er Away
Heave Away, Haul Away
Hilo Somebody
John Kanaka
Lizer Lee
Poor Old Joe
Reuben Ranzo
Rise Er Up (A stamp'n go)
Roll the Cotton Down
Roll the Old Chariot
Sailor Likes His Bottle, O!, The
Seraphina
Shaker Er Johnny
Sing Fare You Well
South Australia
Stand To yer Ground
Stormalong
Tommy's Gone to Hilo
Whisky Johnny


==================================================
C. Hauling Shanties (Tacks and Sheets: Short-haulers)
===================================================
Haul Away For Rosie, Oh (foresheets)
Haul upon the Bowline
Johnny Boker
Oh, Come Roll Him Over
Roll and Go
Sailors Three
We'll Haul the Bowlin'




============================
D. Hauling Shanties (General)
============================
A La Rochelle Est Arrivee
Essequibo River
Shiny Oh

======================
E. Pumping Shanties
====================
Blow Ye Winds
Fire Down Below
Mobile Bay
Packet Ship, The
Paddy Doyle's Boots
Strike the Bell
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw

=======================
F. Stoking Shanty
=======================
The Sailor Fireman

===========================
G. Rowing or Paddling Shanty
===========================
C'est L'Aviron

====================
H. Forebitters
====================
According to the Act
Alabama, The
Banks of Newfoundland, The
Bosun's Alphabet, The
Ebenezer, The
Fire Ship, The
Flying Cloud, The
Gals Around Cape Horn, The
Goodbye, Fare-Ye-Well
High Barbaree
Leave 'er, Johnny, Leave 'er
Maggie May
Paddy West
Ratcliffe Highway
Rolling Down To Old Maui
Rolling Home
Rondo for Sledging
Sailor's Way, The
Salt Beef
Saucy Arabella, The
Spanish Ladies
Stately Southerner, The
Whale, The



=====================
I. Broadside Ballads
=====================
Arethusa, The
Golden Vanity, The
Heart of Oak
Mermaid, The
Portsmouth
Rude Boreas
Rule Britannia
Tom Bowling

====================================
J. Bawdy Songs and Bilge-Water Ballads
=====================================
A Clean Song
Backsides Rule the Navy
Bell-Bottom Trousers
Blow the Man Down
Christopher Columbus
Cruising Round Yarmouth
Do Me Ama
FireShip
Handsome Cabin Boy, The
Jenny Wren Bride
Keyhole In The Door
Little Sally Racket
Lulu
North Atlantic Squadron (Cruiser Squadron)
Ratcliffe Highway
There's Nothing Else To Do
Turalai
We Set Sail
Whup Jamboree
Winnipeg Whore
You're a Liar





==============================
III: RECORDINGS:
==============================
Only sources entirely devoted to traditional sea songs are currently
listed. Individual songs which are
included on albums ( i.e. 1 or 2 songs on a Kingston Trio Album). or
modern compositions (i.e. Stan
Rogers or Gordon Lightfoot) have not yet been added, partially because
this list is aimed at chanties and
traditional music; partially because it would make the list too long; and
partially because I don't have
sufficient information, a plan or a format to use. I'm open to
suggestions.

KEY TO ENTRIES

(Title)
Artist: (Group or Artist's name)
(members of the Group)
K7 (Cassette), CD , or LP (record)-Label #
Country (Date)
Availability:: [see the SOURCES Retailers list]
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: this may include a sources id. indicating that the comments
come from the book, journal or
catalogue indicated, or a personal comment received from the net. If there
is a ?, then I know nothing
about the item, and would appreciate additional information and comments
from the reader.

NB: An item's Availability: marked with a [A] or other code in square
brackets [ ] indicates that
the item should be currently available from the source indicated. It
usually means that it is in their
current catalogue.
(Title)
Artist: (Group or Artist's name)
(members of the Group)
K7 (Cassette), CD , or LP (record)-Label #
Country (Date)
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments:




=A=

Deep Sea Shanties
Artist: The Almanac Singers (with Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie)
LP- General Records
USA
Availability:: []
Tracks: Includes "Blow the man down" sung by Guthrie
A:side
B:side
Comments: Reissued on Commodore Records (#BA 20 or 21) and by Fontana
Mainstream as "The Soil and the Sea (#TL 5299) in 1964


Nautical-But Nice
Artist: The Anchormen
K7- Anchormen AMN 1
UK 1994
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ? (traditional sea songs by folk group) FR

Crossing the Line
Artist: The Ancient Mariners
CD K7-Protosound TNA-003
USA- 1994
Availability:: Mystic Seaport Museum Store
or Kevin Brown, 122 meadowlark Lane
Westbrook, CT USA 06498
(203) 399-7572
Tracks: 1 Haul Away Joe; 2 Southern Cross; 3 Nancy Dawson;4 John
Kanakanaka; 5 Killiekrankie; 6
Power Of Whisky;7 Rum And Rasin Hell; 8 Strike The Bell; 9 Irish
Washerwoman; 10 Lowlands
Away; 11 Fourteenth Street; 12 The Dead Horse; 13 A Ca Ira; 14 Downfall
Of Paris; 15 War Of Jenkins
Ear; 16 Frog Of Mine; 17 The Devils In New Jersey; 18 Riser Her Up From
Down Below;19 We Are
Coming Father Abraham; 20 Fort Defiance And The Roebuck; 21 British
Grenadiers I&II; 22 One More
Day; 23 Nip Of The Jack; 24 Leave Her Johnny; Leave Her;25 Eagle & The
Anchor
Comments: Mostly Fife & Drum with some Chantymen
and some ensemble--good mix, very enjoyable, neat sound effects
(creaking ships etc.) (instruments include Crane system concertina)-gb


Turning the Tide
Artist: The Ancient Mariners Chanteymen
CD K7
USA(1993)
Availability:: Mystic Seaport Museum Store
Tracks:
A: 1 Clear the Track Let the Bulgine Run; 2 Roll the Woodpile Down; 3 Away
Rio; 4 Doodle Let Me
Go; 5 Herzogin Cecile; 6 Last Leviathan; 7 Roll Down 8 Santiano; 9 A
Sailor Ain't A Sailor(Last Shanty)
B: 1 Cape Cod Girls; 2 Donkey Riding; 3 Heave Away; 4 Essequibo River; 5
Mingualy Boat Song; 6 Old
Moke Picking On A Banjo; 7 This Dreadful Life I'm Livin; 8 Leave Her
Johnny Leave Her.
Comments: Sea Chanty chants and tunes-gb
A fine collection of traditional and contemporary music.
Tight harmonies, and crisp rhythms sung "a capella".-dd


=B=

Across the Western Ocean
Artist: John Roberts & Tony Barrand
K7 Swallowtail ST-4
UK 1973
Availability: [E] [A]
Tracks:
A: 1.New York Girls 2.Blow the Man Down 3.The Crayfish 4.The Black Cook
5.The Limejuice Ship
6.The Flying Dutchman
B: 1.Get Up, Jack, John Sit Down 2.The Flying Cloud 3.Heave Away My
Johnnies 4.Maggie May
5.Peter Street 6.The Seaman's Hymn
Comments: (songs of the Transatlantic packets) FMS
Narration between the tunes by Gerret Warner, Jeff Warner and Susan
Warner. dd

Down to the Sea Again
Artist: Omar Blondahl
LP Rodeo RLP 7
Canadian (Newfoundland)
Availability::
Comments: traditional sailor and fishermen songs from Newfoundland.


Fair Winds & Following Seas
Artist: The Boarding Party
K7- FOLKLEG-C109
USA (1987)
Availability:: [A] [E]
Tracks:
A: 1 Tommy's Gone to Hilo; 2 The Old Peacock; 3 Let the Bullgine Run; 4
Mauling Live Oak; 5 Soran
bushi; 6 Hudson River Steamboat; 7 Come Along Down; 8 Go To It Jerry; 9
Starbuck's Complaint
B: 1 Randy Dandy O; 2 C'est L'Aviron; 3 Coming Down the C&O; 4 Saltpetre
Shanty; 5 Heise All; 6
One More Day; 7 Lowlands Away; 8 Survivor Leave
Comments: Nearly all traditional, shanties and sea songs,
extensive notes (available from pub.) it includes a traditional Japanese
Fisherman's song, and some
French songs as well.-gm


Tis Our Sailing Time
Artist: The Boarding Party
Folk-Legacy Records
LP FSI-91 ; K7- FOLKLEG-C97
USA (1983)
Availability::[A] [E]
Tracks:
A: 1 Bristol Channel Jamboree; 2 Haul Awa'; 3 Otho's Song; 4 The Alabama;
5 The Cruiser
Baltimore; 6 The Hog-Eye Man; 7 Solid Fas'; 8 Seaman's Hymn & Eternal
Father
B: 1 Come Down You Roses; 2 Dead Horse; 3 Johnson Girls; 4 Truxtun's
Victory;
5 Sailor's Alphabet; 6 The Shanghaied Dredger; 7 Shallow Brown; 8 Farewell
Shanty
Comments: Nearly all traditional, shanties and sea songs,
extensive notes (available from pub.)-gm

Schooners
Artist: Gordon Bok
K7, CD-Timberhead CD005
UA -1992
Availability:
Tracks: Wiscasset Schooners; Harpsong Of The Deame Women; Jericho; Spirit
Song Of Gorges' Bank;
The Liza Jane; Boats Of Silver; Schooners; Crossing The Water; All My
Sailors; The Death Ship;
Schooner Red Dunbar & Captain Dave's Delight; Another Bay; Sailor's Carol;
Sailor's Consolation; Karl
Edstrom And The Hesper; Song For Bowdoin; Dear Old Vessels
Comments: Mostly contemporary materials


North Wind's Clearing
Artist: Gordon Bok
CD- Folk legacy CD-1005
USA 1995
Availability:
Tracks: Mckeon's Coming; Western Boat; Mrs. Macdonald's Lament; Liverpool
Handy; Mr. Eneos;
Saben; The Woodfitter; Cape Ann; Frankie On The Sheepscot; Mister; I Don't
Mind; Clear Away In The
Morning; Threeboot Philbrick's Lament; Gulls In The Morning; Bay Of Fundy;
One Fat Boat; Peter
Kagan And The Wind
Comments: Original compositions by Mr Bok. nautical themes


Songs of the Yankee Whalers
Artist: Bill Bonyon & Chorus
American Heritage Heirloom records AHLP
USA (1960's)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ? FFA

Old Time Bawdy Sea Chanteys V.5
Artist: Oscar Brand
LP- Audio Fidelity AFLP-1884
Canadian
Availability::
Tracks:
A : Winnipeg Whore, Good Ship Venus, We Set Sail, New York Girls,
Bell-Bottom Trousers, Clean
song, Johnny Come Down to Hilo,
B: Turalia, Backside Rules the Navy, Blow the Man Down, Jenny Wren Bride,
Keyhole In The Door,
Frigging in the Rigging, Lulu,
Comments: part of Oscars 6 Vol. set of Bawdy songs. This seems to be the
source for the Bawdy songs
section of Terry Kensey's book.

Rollicking Sea Chanteys
Artist: Oscar Brand
LP- Audio fidelity ASLP-1966
Canadian
Availability::
Tracks:
A: Hullabaloobalay, Johnny Come Down to Hilo, Come all Ye young sailors,
Johnny Booker, Blow Ye
Winds In the Morning, A Yankee Ship, Paul Jones
B: High Barbary, Rio Grandee, Mermaid, Haul Away Joe, Johnson's Ale,
William Kidd, Whisky Johnny
Comments: the clean versions of the preceding LP


Every Inch A Sailor
Artist: Oscar Brand
LP Elektra Records ELK-169, EKS-7169
Canadian (1960)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: may be the same as the previous item- FMS

Sea Shanties
Artist: Tarry Breeks
K7 RCA 182
USA
Availability:: [L]
Tracks:
Comments: "Voice , banjo, squeeze box, flute, piccolo, and recorder.
Includes Away Rio, Bonnie Ship
the Diamond, Maui and more" -[L]

Those are the Breeks
Artist: Tarry Breeks
K7 RCA 183
USA
Availability:: [L]
Tracks:
Comments: ... "Voice , banjo, squeeze box, flute, piccolo, 12 String
guitar and Mandolin. Includes
Fiddler's Green, Whale of a tale, pay me my money down and more " [L].

Clear the Decks
Artist: The Bristol Shantymen
LP Supernova, Bristol SN 2
UK (1987 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: ?

Down To The Sea In Ships
Artist: Vincent P Brophy,
LP Restless RRP014
Australian 1986
Availability:: Australian Distributed by Sandstock Music PO Box 557
Charlestown N.S.W. 2290
Tracks:
A: .1 Down, down to the ocean blue; 2 Pig and whistle roll; 3 Ballad of
the
Karingal; 4 Baywatchers of Twofold Bay; 5 James Craig/Sailor's Hornpipe
B:. 1 Murry Paddle boat; 2 Hi, Hi the little boat rides; 3 Tug Boats; 4
Murry River Queen; 5 Down to
the sea in boats.
Comments:

The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelson and other true stories
Artist: Jerry Bryant
K7 & CD
Availability: Mystic Seaport Museum Store
Tracks:
Side A:1.Jimmy's Mobile Phone 2.The Dreadnought Mutiny 3.The Campanero
4.Thomas Bird 5.The
Aylesbury Girl 6.Huckleberry Hunting 7.Crossing the Line
Side B: 1.The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelson 2.Selma 3.Awkward as a New
Chum
4.Click Go the Shears 5.The Mermaid Song 6.Canadee-i-o
Comments: A mix of traditional and original songs. The majority of the
songs
composed by Jerry on this collection are based on historical events.
Jerry is
meticulous researcher with a strong sense of humour. A very enjoyable
collection
with the distinction of containing the "definitive" version of "Harbo and
Samuelson" (by the author). dd

=C=

Chants de Marins Traditionnels
Artist: Cabestan
Chasse Maree, SCM 001,002,003,004
005,006,007, SCM014{CD} SCM 016{CD}
France
Availability:: [P, LCM]
Tracks:
Comments:
Cabestan seem to be the major Sea Chanty group in France. Cabestan means
Capstan.
Their line up consists of Guitar, Melodeon , violin etc.
If you are in to this music (i.e. non-English shanty material), Le
Chasse-Maree also publish two beautiful
chanty songbooks (see the book list)
Cabestan come highly recommended by reviewers in [FR]


Gwerz Penmarc'h
Chants de Marins de Bretagne
Artist: Cabestan
CD K7 Le Chasse-Maree/ ArMen
France
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: Good album of Breton sea songs, with instrumental accompaniment


Fortunes De Mer
Chants de Marins
Artist: Cabestan
CD Le Chasse-Maree/ ArMen SCM 028
France
Availability:: [LCM]
Tracks:
Comments: " Cabestan's fifth album is fixed firmly as their previous ones,
sea songs and shanties in
Breton, French and English....FR #126


Sing of the Sea
Artist: The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
LP CBS 63393
Ireland (1968 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
Side 1: Congo River; Santy Anno; Farewell To Carlingford; Paddy West;
Johnny's Gone To Hilo ;The
Lowlands Low
Side 2: The Good Ship Calibar ; Love Is Kind; Blood Red Roses; Threescore
And Ten; Heave Away My
Johnny
Comments:. The group is well known, probably the best known Irish folk
group ever. The performance
would be first rate, but definitely geared to a commercial market. -HW

Foc'sle Songs and Chanties
Artist: Paul Clayton(& the Foc'sle Singers)
K7 Folkways 2429
USA (1959)
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
A: 1 Ratcliffe Highway; 2 Rio Grande; 3 Haul on the Bowline; 3 Maggie
May; 4 Haul Away Joe; 5 Do
My Johnny Booker; 6 Roll the Cotton Down; 7 Haul, Boys, Haul; 8 Leave Her
Johnny; 9 Paddy Lay
Back
B: 1 Fire Down Below ; 2 A Hundred Years Ago; 3 Santy Anno; 4 Captain
Nipper; 5 Hangin' Johnny; 6
Banks of Sacramento; 7 Won't You Go My Way; 8 Goodbye Fare Thee Well; 9
All Bound to Go
Comments: Song order from Folkways FA 2429 (LP)

Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick-LP
Whaling and Sailing Songs of the 19th Century-CD
Artist: Paul Clayton
LP-Tradition 1005
CD- Legacy CD 389
USA
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 The Maid of Amsterdam; 2 Old Stormalong; 3 The Girls Around Cape
Horn; 4 Paddy Doyle's
Boots; 5 Spanish Ladies; 6 Sally Brown; 7 The Dying Sailor To His
Shipmates; 8 Ranzo; 9 The Mermaid;
10 Johnny's Gone To Hilo
B: 1 Saturday Night At Sea; 2 Shenandoah; 3 Admiral Benbow; 4 Round the
Corner; 5 The Greenland
Whale Fisheries; 6 Go Down You Blood Red Roses; 7 The Turkish Revalee; 8
Boney Was a Warrior 9
Lady Franklin's Lament; Santa Ana (CD)
Comments: : A classic collection of classic shanties. Though, IMHO, sung
much faster than would be
practical for working on shipboard. dd.



As We Were a-Sailing
Artist: Critics Group
Singers: Ewan MacColl, Aldwyn Cooper, John Faulkener, Brian Pearson, Dick
Snell, Terry Yarnell.
Accompanied by: John Faulkener (mandolin, fiddle), Sandra Kerr (guitar,
dulcimer, whistle), Peggy Seeger (guitar, concertina, banjo)
LP Argo ZDA 137
UK (1970 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A: Slave Ho. Cooper; Billy Riley. Faulkener; Sir Francis Drake. Faulkener
&
Yarnell (PS & SK: g); Farewell to Tarwathie. MacColl (PS: c); The New York
Trader. Faulkener (SK: d); Sailing over the Dogger Bank. Cooper (PS: c);
The
Bold Pirate. Snell; The Alabama. Yarnell; So Handy. Pearson; The Flying
Cloud. MacColl;
B: -;The North Sea Holes. MacColl (PS & SK: g, JF: m);Loss of the
Ramilies.
Pearson; As We Were A-Sailing. Faulkener; The Press Gang. Yarnell (PS: c,
SK: w); The Dockyard Gate. MacColl (The sleeve says it's Snell, but I
disagree!); Bottle-O. Yarnell (above - PS:b, JF: f); Long Time
Ago.
Faulkener; Nancy of Yarmouth. MacColl (PS:c); John Dameray. Pearson;
Bold Benjamin. Yarnell;
Comments: Think of a superlative and apply it to this record, any will do
- it's
impossible to overstate its quality.-pm

Ye Mariners All.
Artist: The Critics Group
Singers: Ewan MacColl, Aldwyn Cooper, John Faulkener, Brian Pearson,
Dick Snell, Terry Yarnell, Phil Colclough
Accompanied by: John Faulkener (mandolin, fiddle), Sandra Kerr (guitar,
dulcimer, whistle), Peggy Seeger (guitar, concertina, banjo), Dick Snell
(whistle).
LP Argo ZDA 138
UK (1971 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A: Ja, Ja, Ja. Snell; The Indian Lass. Pearson. (DS: w, PS: c, SK: g, JF:
f); The
Cruel Ship's Captain. MacColl; Paddy Get Back. Cooper; Jack the Jolly Tar.
MacColl. (PS: c); The Ship in Distress. Yarnell.; Cheer'ly Man. MacColl;
The
Spanish Fight. Pearson. (PS:d, SK: w, JF: f); Andrew Rose. Yarnell. (JF:
f);
Bangidero. Faulkener;
B: The Mermaid. MacColl; Goodbye Fare You Well. Snell. (PS:c, JF: f, SK:
w); The Bold Princess Royal. Faulkener; Clear the Track. MacColl; Captain
Ward and the Rainbow. MacColl. (JF: f); The Sea Martyrs. Yarnell,
Faulkener,
Snell; Cruising Round Yarmouth. Colclough; Ye Mariners All. Faulkener;
Galloping Randy Dandy O. MacColl; Leave Her Johnny. MacColl;
Comments: At last The Critics get it right! Wow;
(One of my most treasured memories of evenings spent in folk clubs was
listening to Ewan MacColl and his three sons sing shanties. It was
incredible. I
can't remember all they sang but I know we were lucky enough to hear John
Dameray and Cheer'ly Man. The roof almost came off the place. No-one
joined
in on the refrains, it would have been pointless, and we were all too awed
anyway.);-pm


=D=

Djiboudjep en Concert
Artist: Djiboudjep
CD CD833 (Escalibur, Diffusion Breizh)
France (Brittany)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ???

Waterside
Artist: Dramtreo:
K7 Southern Branch Music SBM 8701C
USA (1987)
Availability:: [M]
Tracks:
A: 1 Square Rigged Ship; 2 The Diamond; 3 The Flowers Of Bermuda; 4
Mingulay Boat Song; 5 The Constitution And The Guerrierre
B: 1 One Of Many; 2 The Boys That Broke The Ground; 3 Rise Up Jock; 4 At
The End Of A Pointed Gun; 5 White Collar Holler; 6 Stay Awhile
Comments: Not really a sea songs collection, but sufficient nautical
content
to qualify. Style is very "Kingston Trio". I believe this is an east
coast, possibly
Maryland group, with a couple of K7's out Four men, two guitar, one banjo,
and an electric base.


Driftwood at Sea, Sea Chanties by Jimmy Driftwood.
Artist: Jimmy Driftwood -
LP-RCA LSP 2443
Availability:: I'm sure it's out of print.
Tracks:
A:side Driftwood at Sea, Davy Jones, Shanghaied, The Land of the Amazon,
The Diver Boy ,In a Cotton
Shirt and a Pair of Dungarees
B:side Sailing Away on the Ocean, What Could I Do, Row Bullies Row,
Sailor, Sailor, Marry Me, The
Ship That Never Returned, Santy Anny-O
Comments:


=E=

Sea Shanties and Logger's Songs
Artist: Sam Eskin
K7 LP (10") Folkways 2019
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ? FMS

KRONAN: Music From the Time of the Royal Swedish Flagship
Artist: Ensemble Mare Balticum
CD Kontrapunkt 32066
Denmark (1991)( )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: This is one for the collectors. The Kronan was a 17th century
warship which sunk in the
Baltic. When it was recently discovered, a number of musical instruments
were found on board. This
group re-enacts the period, playing period music, on period instruments .
and in period costume. One for
the Baroque fanciers.


=F=

Songs of the Fishing
Artist: Cilla Fisher
LP Kettle Records
1984
Availability:: CM Distribution 4 High St Starbeck Harrogate N Yorkshire
Tracks:
A: . 1 Fisherman's Wife; 2 Whaur will we gang; 3 Tatties and herrin'; 4
Eyemouth Disaster; 5 Shetland
Tunes; 6 Hushaba Ma Bairnie; 7 The Prosperity/Sailor's Hornpipe
B:. 1 The boatie rows; 2 In the Isle of May; 3 Dreg Song/The keel row; 4
Fisher Row; 5 Dance Tae Yer
Daddie(the Fisherman's Wife/Finnan Haddies); 6 Caller Herrin'; 7 The Final
Trawl.
Comments:

Songs of the Sea and Shore
Artist: Frank Stuart,
K7 Folkways 5256
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ??

Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs:
at Mystic Seaport
Artist: Stuart Frank, Stuart Gillespie, & Ellen Cohn
K7 Folkways 37300
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

=G=

Folk Songs of America
Artist: R.W. Gordon
LP Lib of Congress-AFS L68
USA (1978 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: ? field recordings

Born of Another Time:
Songs of the Sailors, Songs of the Sea
Artist: Tom Goux & Jacek Sulanowski
K7 Folkways 37350
USA 1982
Availability:: [F]
Tracks: Early In The Morning; Rosie; Believe Me , Dearest Susan; Hearts Of
Gold; Can Of Grog;
Ebenezer; Gradh Geal Mo Chridh ; The Girls Around Cape Horn
Married To A Mermaid; The Mary L. Mackay; High Barbaree; Born Of Another
Time; Chinee
Bumboatman; Ol' Zeb
Comments: recorded as part of the Sea Education Association, Woods Hole MA


=H=
Blow Boys Blow
Artist: R.F.P. Halliday & Rasmussen
LP Folk Tracks FSC 30 205
(1975 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: ?

Colonial and Revolutionary War
Sea Songs and Shanties
Artist: Cliff Halsam & John Millar
K7 Folkways 5275
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
A: 1 Boston Harbour, 2 Sam's Gone Away, 3 Johnny Todd, 4 Pleasant &
Delightful, 5 My Son John, 6
Polly On the Shore, 7 Anti-Gallican Privateer, 8 Fathom the Bowl,9 The
Pressgang, 10 All Things Were
Quite Silent
B: 1 Here Comes Captain John Paul Jones,2 Fare Thee Well 3 My Dearest
Nancy,4 Adieu Sweet Lovely
Nancy,5 Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth,6 Yankee Privateer,7 An American
Frigate,8 Stately American, 8
Yankee Man of War,9 Sir Peter Parker
Comments: Extensive notes, Song order from Folkways FH 5275
(LP). "...(Cliff) is one of the finest British traditional
singers to ever sing in America."[quote from the enclosed notes]
I'd have to agree. dd

Deepwater Shanties
Artist: Holdstock & MacLeod:
K7,
Availability:: ? Mystic Seaport Store
Tracks:
A: 1 Highland Laddie; 2 The Blackball Line; 3 The Rosabella; 4 Reuben
Ranzo; 5 Wild Goose Shanty; 6
Ranzo Ray; 7 Mingulay Boat Song; 8 Shallow Brown
B: 1 Across the Western Ocean; 2 One More Day; 3 Mars Forevermore; 4
Lowlands; 5 The Hogeye
Man; 6 Away to Hilo; 7 The Frisco Ship; 8 Seaman's Hymn
Comments: Two of the best shanteymen I have ever had the pleasure to hear
!! dd

Sailing Days
Artist: Stan Hugill (with Stormalong John)
K7-Veteran Tapes VT127
UK (1993)
Availability:: [H]
Tracks:
A: A Rollin' Down the River; Way Down in Dixie; Whaling Johnny; Round the
Bay of Mexico;
Shenandoah; Radcliffe Highway; We're All Bound to Go.
B: The Fireship; The Indian Lass; The Leaky Ship; Ratcliffe highway;
Bosun's Alphabet; Sacramento
Comments: ( very traditional)
Stan Hugill was one of the last original
sailors who performed sea shanties.
(See article in FAQ)
from Veteran Tapes, 44 Old St, Haughley
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3NX, UK



Stan Hugill in Concert at Mystic Seaport
Artist: Stan Hugill
K7 - Mystic Seaport-1993
USA 1993
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Vire au Guindeau; 2 A Sailor Stood; 3 Eighty Years
Old and Somewhat; 4 Rum Yarns; 5 Santiano; 6 South
Australia; 7 Blow the Man Down; 8 Black ball Line
B: 1 Shanghaiing; 2 Larry Marr; 3 Lowlands; 4 John Kanaca;
5 The Arabella; 6 Leave Her Johnny.
Comments: Shanties and stories performed on June 11, 1988 at the 9th
Annual
Sea Music Festival (virtually uncut or rearranged). Includes Stan's
commentary
and introductions to the songs. dd

Shantyman
Artist: Stan Hugill
with Stormalong john
Spinnaker Records SS1, K7 CSS!
UK (1988)
Availability::
Comments???

Ratcliffe Highway
Artist: Stan Hugill
Folktracks FSA 035
UK
Availability::
Comments???

Aboard the Cutty Sark
Artist: Stan Hugill
LP (2 disks) Greenwich Village GVRX 207
UK (1979)
Availability::
Comments???

Stan Reminisces
Artist: Stan Hugill
Greenwich Village GVR 217
UK (1979)
Availability::
Comments???

A Salty Fore-Topman
Artist: Stan Hugill
CopCon Sh 001
UK (1989)
Availability::
Comments???

Grand Canal Ballads
Artist: William Hullfish and the Golden Eagle String Band
K7 LP Folkways FTS 32318
US(1981 )
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
A:side Oh! Dat Low Bridge; Paddy on the Canal; dark-eyed Canaller; I'm
Afloat on the Erie Canal;
Ballad of the Erie Canal; Boating on a Bull-Head; Meeting on the Waters
B:side The Er-i-e ; A Trip on the Erie Canal; That Long Canal; Canawler;
The Raging Canal; The Aged
Pilot Man; Low Bridge
Comments: Interesting collection of US canal materials


=I=

Look to the sea
Artist: Irish Descendants
D'Arcy Broderick; Con O'Brien; Ronnie Power; Larry Martin
CD Duckworth CD 94017
Canada 1993
Availability:
Tracks: Rollin' Of The Sea; Useta Love Her; Rocky Road To Dublin; Days Of
Yore; Dancin' Dick/
Lough Geil/ Fisherman's Widow; Peter Street; Go To Sea No More; Last Of
The Great Whales;
Thousand Tall Ships/ The Scholar/ Miss McCloud's Reel; Oh No Not I ; Lark
In The Morning;
Fisherman's Song
Comments: The Irish descendants are one of the best of the Newfoundland
bands currently performing a
mix of traditional and original material. Not Chanty material, but a good
listen nonetheless



Sailing Whaling & Fishing Songs
(Down to the Sea In Ships)???
Artist: Burl Ives
MCA Coral PCO 5573
USA (1956)
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor; 2 Santa Anna; 3 The Eddy Stone Light; 4
Haul Away Joe; 5 You New York Gals; 6 The Sailor's Grave; 7 Leave Her
Johnny Leave Her; 8 Away Rio; 9 Ben Backstay
B: 1 Wrap Me Up In My Tarpaulin Jacket; 2 Blow Ye Winds; 3 Go Down
You Red Roses; 4 Hullabaloo Belay; 5 Stormalong; 6 The Drunken Sailor; 7
Highland Laddie; 8 The Golden vanity; 9 Rolling Home
Comments: A very commercial production, backed by the Ralph Hunter
Singers. Reminds me of Sing Along with Mitch (Miller). There is a book as
well.


Album IV: Songs of the Sea
Artist: Burl Ives
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films EBF
USA (195?)
Availability::
Tracks:
Golden Vanity; High Barbaree; Maid of Amsterdam; Henry Martin; Hullabaloo
Belay; Blow the Man Down; Blow Ye Winds; Away Rio; The Whale;
Sacramento; Crocodile Song; Early In the Morning; Boston Come All Ye;
Haul Away Joe; Venezuela, Shanendoah; Erie Canal; Eddystone Light
Comments:


=J=

A Drop of Benbow's Blood
Artist: Jenkins Ear
K7 FGC 269
UK (1994)
Comments : " Unremarkable shanty singing"
œ5, contact Rob McGhee 0481 64 239" FR 114

=K=

Strike the Bell
Artist: Tom and Chris Kastle
CD- Sextant #5991
USA 1995
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Duo from Chicago with a collection of sea songs-SO

Earthways Waterways
Artist: Tom and Chris Kastle
CD- Sextant #39910
USA 1993
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Many sea songs, such as "Songs For the Whales"' sung and played
on guitar and concertina



Fair Stood the Wind
Artist: Goeff Kaufman)
K7
USA 199?
Availability:
Tracks: Sir Patrick Spens; Leave Her Johnny
A:side
B:side
Comments: A varied collection of songs of the sea, old and new, ranging
from the classic ballad of "Sir
Patrick Spens' to a rousing rendition of "Leave Her, Johnny" sung by one
of the leading Shantymen of
the Mystic Seaport Museum.

Liverpool Packet
Artist: Stan Kelly
LP Topic 27
UK 1960 ( )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: see Topic Sampler #7

Sailors, Ships and Chanteys
Artist: Louis Killen
& the Out of Shape Chanteymen
CD, K7 Knock-Out! KO-03,
USA (1995)
Availability :
Tracks:
A: 1.Suzy Anna 2.Liverpool Judies 3.Rounding the Horn 4.Short Jacket
and White Trousers 5.Handsome Cabin Boy 6.Haul Away for Rosie
7.Paddy West John Rise Her Up 8.The Flying Cloud
B: 1.Cruising 'Round Yarmouth 2.Shoals of Herring 3.Henry Martin
4.The Wild Goose Nation 5.Lord Franklin 6.Haul On the Bowline 7.The
Trim-Rigged Doxy 8.The Dreadnaught 9.Hilo, Johnny Brown 10.David
Lowston 11.Leaving of Liverpool
Comments: An excellent collection ! I like to think that this is how
the songs sounded when they were first sung. dd


Sea Chanteys
Artist: Lou Killen
CD ESP 1085-2
UK-1973 (Recorded 1968)
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
1 Row Billy Row, 2 Good ale, 3 Pleasant and Delightful, 4 Lord Franklin, 5
Sheffield Apprentice, 6 Shoals of Herring, 7 Bold Jack Donehue, 8 Story,
9
Week Before Easter, 10 The Black Smith, 11 The Blind Cow Caught Fire,
Comments: Traditional Sea Chanteys by a well-known contemporary singer-
concertina player


Sea Songs
Artist: Lou Killen & others
K7 folkways 37311
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ??? This might be Vol. 1 of the Newport festival recordings
see Vol. 2 in the VARIOUS ARTISTS section

Farewell Nancy
Artist: Lou Killen, Dave Swarbrick, Ian Campbell
LP Topic 12T 110
UK (1956)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: partially reissued as "Blow the Man Down"

=L=

Blow Ye Winds in the Morning
Artist: John Langstaff, Dir.
CD Revel 1084
USA-1992
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
A: .1 The Padstow May Song; 2 To Portsmouth; 3 The Alle-Allee-O/Two in a
boat; 4 A Roving; 5 Trad
Sword Dance Tunes/Bobby Shaftoe; 6 The Mermaid: 7 Our Gallant Ship; 8
Cape Cod Girls; 9 Pay Me
My Money Down; 10 Boney; 11 The Seamen's Hymn; 12 One thought ever at the
fore/ The Divine Ship;
13 Blow Ye winds, in the Morning; 14 I'se the B'y that builds the boat; 15
Away Rio; 16 Mingulay; 17
New Oysters; 18 All things quite and silent; 19 Pleasant and delightful;
20 The Golden Vanity; 21 Sailing
home/Leave her, Johnny
Comments: Traditional sea-songs, dances and chanteys: A Revels Celebration
of the sea
Revels Inc. PO Box 502 Cambridge MA 02139
Chanteys, songs etc. performed by a mixed choir Includes: David Jones;
Peter Marston; Doug Quimby;
Lynn Noel; Douglas Kennedy


A Garland for Sam
Artist: Sam Larner
LP Topic 12T244 Mono
1974
Availability::
Tracks:
A: . 1. Alphabet Song; 2. Merry Month of May; Napoleon's Dream; London
Streamer; Bonny Bunch of Roses; Barbara Allen; The Smacksman; The Lofty
Tall
Ship.
B:. Racking the Hay; Will Watch; The outlandish Knight; Haisboro Light
Song;
Old Bo Ridley-o; The Bold Princess Royal; In Scarboro' Town
Songs and Ballads of Sam Larner of Winterton

Now is the Time For Fishing
Artist: Sam Larner
K7 Folkways 3507
UK
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

Surfacing
Artist: Tom Lewis
CD ASM101D
Canada-1987
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
1 A Sailor Ain't a Sailor, 2 Recall, 3 Inside Every Sailor (deception, 4
Sailorman's Port in A Storm, 5
Watches, 6 The Hunter Home From the Hill, & Landlocked Sailor, 8 Marching
Inland (Legend), 9 Away,
10 Bread and Butter to Me, 11 Diesel and Shale, 12 Cyril Said it All
Before, 13 Sailor's Prayer
Comments: Sea Songs written by performer


Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer
Artist: Tom Lewis
and the Friends of fiddler's Green
CD- Self Propelled Music-ASM104D
Canada 1995
Availability:
Tracks: 150 Days Out From Vancouver; Sirensong; New York Girls; The
Widowmaker; Congo River;
African Trade; Somewhere Safe To Dea; The Busker; Mother Carey; All At
Sea; Bully In The Alley;
Swallow The Anchor; Message In The Bottle; Tinker Tailor; Shiver Me Timber
Comments: A mix of traditional and modern materials, with a lively and
spirited performance


Sea-Dog, See-Dog
Artist: Tom Lewis
CD FF 70547 (Flying Fish)
Availability:: [E]
Comments: Original and contemporary songs about sailors
and a story about a shore leave incident in the navy -gm

Making Waves
Artist: Lewis, Pint, & Dale
CD ASM103D
Availability::
Comments: A few traditional cuts, mostly contemporary,
two Kipling/Bellamy settings, some electric backup, quite varied-gm

Lime Bay Mutiny ???
Artist: Lime Bay Mutiny
K7
Canadian
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: sea songs and chanteys, some traditional and
some contemporary by various West coast singers (live recording)


A Hundred Years Ago
Artist: A.L.Lloyd and Chorus
LP Topic 99
UK (1956 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments:

Leviathan
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy
LP Topic 12T174
UK (1967)
Availability::
Tracks:
A: The Balena; The Coast Of Peru; Greenland Bound; The Weary Whaling
Ground; The Cruel Ship's
Captain; Off To Sea Once More; The Twenty-Third Of March
B: The Bonnie Ship The Diamond; Talcahuano Girls; Farewell To Tarwathie;
Rolling Down To Old
Maui; The Greenland Whale Fisheries; Paddy And The Whale ; The Whaleman's
Lament; The Eclipse
Comments: British Whaling songs by some of Britain's finest -FMS


Haul on the Bowline,
Artist: A.L. Lloyd , Ewan MacColl
LP, K7 Stinson Records SLP 80
UK
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: ?-FMS,

Coast of Peru
Artist: A.L.Lloyd, Ewan MacColl
LP Topic 100
UK (1956 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments:

Thar She Blows
or Whaling Ballads
Artist: Lloyd , McColl
LP
Riverside RLP12-635 (195?)
Washington WLP724 (1974)
(195?)
Availability: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments:


Off to Sea Once More Vol. 2
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl
LP, K7 Stinson Records SLP 81, CA 81
UK
Availability::[A]
Tracks:
A: 1 Blood Red Roses; 2 The Greenland Whale Fisheries; 3 Sally Racket; 4
Off to Sea Once More; 5 The
Cruel Ship's Captain; 6 Van Dieman's Land; 7 The Greenland Whale Fishery
B: 1 Reuben Ranzo; 2 Stormalong; 3 Paddy Doyle; 4 Johnny Todd; 5 Lord
Franklin; 6 Handsome Cabin
Boy; 7 The Dreadnought; 8 Stormalong; 9 Johnny Todd
Comment: A second volume of real salt songs by these two outstanding
British folksingers. And other Focïsle Songs and shanties
with concertina accompaniment-FSB


Whaler out of New Bedford
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger
K7 Folkways 3850
USA (1962)
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ?

Blow Boys Blow
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger
LP-Traditional 1026
CD- Traditional TCD 1024
UK (1966) (1996 reissue)
Availability::
Tracks: Row Bullies Row; Paddy Doyle; Wild Goose Shanty; While Cruising
Around Yarmouth; Old
Billy Riley; Handsome Cabin Boy; South Australia; Blow Boys Blow; Whup
Jamboree; Banks Of
Newfoundland; Whisky Johnny; Do Me Ama; Jack Tar; Paddy West; Haul On The
Bowline; A Hundred
Years Ag0
Comments: Finally, a reissue of one of the best traditional recordings of
sea shanties by two of Britain's
legendary folk performers.

Sea Shanties
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Roy Harris et al.
Topic 12TS234
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ?

The Valiant Sailor
Artist: A.L. Lloyd, Frankie Armstrong et al.
Topic 12TS232
UK
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ? British Navy songs from Nelson's time

TRL3 - The Singing Sailor.
T7 - Row Bullies Row (8" LP)
T8 - The Blackball Line (8" LP)
TOP98 - Blow the Man Down - 1960
TOP99 - A Hundred Years Ago -1956
TOP100 - The Coast of Peru - 1956
Artist: A.L. Lloyd and Ewan McColl
LPs
( )
Availability: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Here is a list of known EP's and other records by two of the
greatest.

Pierhead Jump
Artist: David LoVine
CD Haul Away
USA 1995
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Original and traditional songs of the sea from "Shantyman" with
the Mortal Coilers- SO
=M=

Ewan MacColl
(see also, entries under A.L. Lloyd and Critics Group)

A Sailor's Garland
Artist: Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd, Alf Edwards, Dave Swarbrick
LP Prestige XTRA 5013
UK (1966)
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 The sailor's Alphabet; 2 Bold Riley; 3 Haul Away for Rosie; 4 Nancy
Of Yarmouth; 5 Tom's Gone
to Hilo; Sally Brown; 7 The Dockyard Gate; 8 Hilo Somebody; 9 The Dolphin
B: 1 Trim-Rig Ducksie; 2 Little Sally Racket; Gal With the Blue Dress On;
4 The Leaving of Liverpool;
5 Bring Em Down; 6 Hilo Johnny Brown; 7 Short Jacket And White Trousers; 8
The Blackball Line; 9
General Tailor
Comments:


Singing the Fishing
Artist: Ewan MacColl ,Charles Parker
with A. L. Lloyd; Eliz Stewart; Jane Stewart;
Stan Larner; Ian Campbell; Ronnie Balls; Peggy Seeger;
LP Argo/Decca RG 502
UK 1967
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments A: BBC Radio Ballad: A Tribute to the fishing communities of
East Anglia and the Mory
Firth

Blow The Man Down
Artist: Ewan MacColl
LP Topic 98
UK (1960 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Hard to find


The Capstan Bar
Artist: Jim Mageen
LP Dingles DIN 303
(1978 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: ?

Homeward Bound
Artist: Ed McCurdy
LP Rodeo RBS 1181
Canadian (1960's)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: A vintage album by one of the original folk music revival
performers of the 1950's.


Won't You Help Me Raise `Em
Artist: Menhaden Chanteymen
CD global Village C220
USA (1990)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: "A Menhaden is a fish (and a good Scrabble word)
and these are Afro-American sea songs. Much closer to blues than Cyril
Tawney but still an
accompaniment to teamwork. A fascinating and little known tradition." FR
Authentic net-hauling songs from an African-American fishery sung by
Chanteymen from Beaufort, North
Carolina- SO

Songs of the Sea
Artist: Alan Mills
K7 LP Folkways 2312
Canadian
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ?FMS

Songs of the Maritimes:
Lumberman Songs and Songs of the Sea
Artist: Alan Mills
K7 Folkways 8744
Canadian
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???


We'll Rant and We'll Roar: Sea Song of Newfoundland
Artist: Alan Mills
K7 LP Folkways 8771
Canadian
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: Traditional folk performer of the 50's and early 60's. An early
Raffi


Soundings For the Whale
Artist: The Morgans
K7 Morgan
USA 1985
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: Connecticut group sings 11 traditional and original songs about
whales and whaling,
including "The Diamond" and "Farewell to Tarwathie"-SO


Ceili- on the High Ground
Artist: The Morgans
K7 Morgan Productions MP005
USA(1990 )
Availability:: [M]
Tracks:
A: side Bonnie Highland Laddie; Brennan On The Moor; The Valley Of
Slievenanmon; The Flying
Dutchman/ Beeswing; The Bold Fenian Men; Morrissey's Jig/ Lark In The
Morning
B: side The Life Of A Country Boy; The Lowlands Of Holland; The Night The
Ould Dun Cow Caught
Fire; Bay Of Fundy / Ships Are Dailing; The Golden Vanity; The Four Green
Fields; The Lord Of The
Dance
Comments: Seven man Connecticut based group. The have five or six K7's
out. Clancey brothers style.



Them Liverpool Judies
Artist: Craig Morton
Philo 1002
Availability::
Comments: ?

Songs of the Sea
Artist: Mundy's Bay Grog League
CD MBGL-001
Canada 1996
Availability: []
Tracks: 1. Strike The Bell Traditional; 2. The Alabama Traditional; 3.
Greenland Whale Fisheries Traditional; 4. I'm Marching Inland Tom Lewis;
5.
Bullgine Run Traditional; 6. Marco Polo Jim Stewart; 7. Santy Anno
Traditional; 8. All For Me Grog Traditional; 9. Boston Harbour
Traditional;
10. Paddy Lay Back Traditional; 11. Roll The Old Chariot Traditional; 12.
My
Donald Owen Hand / Ode To Big Blue Gordon Lightfoot; 13. The Bonnie
Ship The Diamond Traditional; 14. Essiquibo River Traditional;15. The
Rosabella Traditional;16. Across The Line Traditional
Comments: "The Mundy's Bay Grog League began as a kitchen sing-around
amongst the friends of Mundy's Bay Folk Society near Midland, Ontario in
1993. The "League" now boasts a crew of six consisting of Neil Evans, Jim
Hanmore, Sharon Tippin, Keith Tippin, Deborah Sibbald and Dave Ward.

Living so close to the shores of Georgian Bay, the "sixth" great lake,
it is only natural that the theme of the League would be that of
sailing and life on the sea. Their repertoire is comprised of a
cappella and accompanied shanties of all kinds as well as some more
well known songs of the sea.

The Mundy's Bay Grog League had the pleasure of being asked to sing
chorus on "Pride of Muskoka" on Tamarack's latest album "Leaving
Inverarden". The "Groggers" have recently released their first album
of songs of the sea."


Fertile Ground
Artist: Lee Murdock
CD K7 DEP 009
???
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: ??

Folk Songs of the Great Lakes
Artist: Lee Murdock
K7 DEP 010
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: Includes book and cassette

Cold Winds
Artist: Lee Murdock
CD K7 DEP 011
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

Safe in the Harbour
Artist: Lee Murdock
CD K7 DEP013
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: ??


Unmooring
Artist: Mystic Seaport's Forebitter
Craig Edwards, Geoff Kaufman, David Littlefield, and Rick Spencer.
K7- Mystic Seaport 1001 + CD
Availability: [M]
Tracks: [K7]-
A:1.Unmooring 2.Fire Maringo 3.Larry Marr 4.Lynchburg Town;
5.Jamestown Homeward Bound 6.Derby Ram 7.Woodchopper's Hornpipe/
Maple Sugar Rag 8.Luce Brothers 9.Weldon
B:1.Le Captaine De St. Malo 2.Pull Down Below 3.Heidi Marie 4.Poor Little
Fisherman's Girl 5.Whalebone Cutter 6.Wings of a Goney 7.Clear Away the
Track/The Musical Priest
Comments: A collection of traditional and original tunes (some not
recorded elsewhere, to my knowledge) by four of the staff Shantymen
from the Mystic Seaport Museum. Rendition of "Jamestown.." is truly
inspiring. Excellent insert notes. dd


=N=

Saturday Night at sea:
Sea faring Songs of the Sailing Days???
Artist: 97th Regimental String Band
CD SMOOTH 30980
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: ??

Sacre Raffiot!
Chants de Marins
Artist: Nordet
K7 NOR 92-901
France
Availability:: [P]
Tracks:
A: 1 Mimosa; 2 Le gabier Noir; 3 Les Terre-Neuvas; 4 Mon P'tit Garcon; 5
Le Captain de St Malo; 6 Haul Away
B: 1 Sacre raffiot; 2 Les Goemoniers; 3 harmonica; 4 Gallic; 5 Roules,
jeunes
gens; 6 Virginie; 7 Suite et fin
Comments: Just in case you thought all Chanties were in English. Good
music by a multi-instrumental -singing trio. Instruments include
accordion,
guitar, mandolin etc.-hrw



=O=

Salty Seafaring Shanties
Artist: Milt Okum,
LP Legacy LEG 117
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Haul on the Bowline; 2 Blood Red Roses; 3 Hangin'' Johnny; 4 Clear
the Track; 5 Lowlands; 6 Whiskey Johnny; 7 Eternal Father; 8 Early in the
Morning
B: 1 Whup Jamboree; 2 Reuben Ranzo; 3 Amelia; 4 Shake Her Johnny; 5
Paddy West; 6 Sally Brown; 7 Boney; 8 New Bedford Whalers; 9 Rolling
Home
Sea Fairers Chorus
Comments: md

=P=

The Wind that Tramps the World:
Songs and stories from Canada and the Old Country
Artist: David Perry
K7 Fogerty's Cove FMC 008c
Canada (1985 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side Sestina Of The Tramp Royal; Shallow Brown; The `Ole In The Ark; In
`Frisco Bay; The Cruise
Of The Bigler; Three Score And Ten; The Smoke Room On The Kyle; Mrs Mac
Donald's Lament;
Sestina
B:side Klondike; The Ballad Of Blasphemous Bill; The Walker Of The Snow;
The Young British
Rancher; The Face On The Barroom Floor; The sourdough's Lament; Sestina
Comments: A combination of song and poem recitation. Pleasant singing
with instrumental backup.


Hearts of Gold
Artist: William Pint & Felicia Dale
CD WBG 0008 (Waterbug)
USA 1994
Availability:: [E] [A]
Tracks: Hearts Of Gold; C'est L'aviron; Pump Shanty/Jump At The Sun;
Companioned By The Sea; London Julies; The Wreck Of The Lady
Washington; The Rolling Wave/ Homeward Bound; Hob Y Derri Dando; Bay
Of Biscay; Sail Away; The Essakeeba River; The Atholl Highlanders
Comments: Mostly traditional sea songs, shanties & tunes
(not the top 40, though) in professional, contemporary style,
but faithful to the spirit of the songs in their original context-gm

Port of Dreams
Artist: William Pint & Felicia Dale
CD IEZ 734-CD
Availability:: [E] [A]
Tracks: 1 The Saltpetre Shanty; 2 Tow Rope Girls; 3 Inside Every Sailor; 4
Roulez; 5 Heave. Boys, Away; 6 The Gallant Frigate "Amphitrite" ; 7 Three
Bourrees; 8 Harbo & Samuelson; 9 The Clumsy Over; 10 John Damaray; 11
The Female Rambling Sailor; 12 Hooker John; 13 Port Of Dreams
Comments: Mostly traditional sea songs, shanties & tunes in
professional, contemporary style, but faithful to the spirit
of the songs in their original context-gm
(see additional entry under Tom Lewis)


=R=

Sea Shanties
Artist: Roger Wagner Chorale
LP-Capitol P 8462
USA (1959)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments:? FFA

Songs Form the Sailing Barges
Artist: Bob Roberts
LP Topic 12TS361
UK (1978)
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 The Candle Light Fisherman; 2 The Grey hawk; 3 Stormy Weather Boys; 4
Waltz With Me; 5 Haul
Away Joe; 6 The Oily rig; 7 The Little ball of Yarn; 8 The Single Sailor;
9 Young Collins; 10 The Fish
and Chip Shop
B: 1 While the Gamekeepers lie Sleeping; 2 Windy Old Weather; 3 The London
Waterman; 4 Bob
Roberts Waltz; 5 Whisky Johnny; 6 The Foggy Dew; 7 Bell Bottom Trousers; 8
The Black Shawl; 9
Little Boy Billee; 10 The Collier Brig; 11 Leave Her, Johnny
Comments: Singer Button Accordion player. Like Hugill, he worked in the
trade and collected songs
from the original sources.



=S=

Fifty Sails on Newburg Bay
Artist: Pete Seeger
K7 Folkways 5257
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ??

Sea to Sea
Artist: Shanty Boys
Duncan Gillis, James Stephens, Jay Knutson, John Geggie, Louis Schryer
CD- Factor P1 17456
Canada- 1995
Availability:
Tracks: The Field Behind The House; The Call; The Drinking Of Whisky; My
Hometown; The Ghosts
Of The Island; Wings Of The Sparrow; Halifax Tide; Lights In The Sly;
Sailing Away; A Fisherman's
Daughter
Comments: Not really sea shanties . A contemporary folk album of current
material played in traditional
style



Stand to Yer Ground
Artist: The Shanty Crew
Chris Roche, Gerry Milne, Dave Diamond, Tony Goodenough
K7 + Book, Screw Press
UK (1990)
Availability:: [H]
Tracks:
A:1 Rise `Er up; 2 Hob y Derri Dando; 3 The Anglesey; 4 A La Rochelle Est
Arrive; 5 Heave Away,
Heave Away; 6 Blow Ye Winds; 7 The Sailor Fireman; 8 Brother Noah; 9 Slav
Oh!; 10 Pump Shanty
B: 1 Seraphina; 2 C'est L'Aviron; 3 Shiny O!; 4 High Barbaree; 5
Shantyman; 6 Essequibo River; 7 Lime
Scurvy; A Sailorman's Port in a Storm; Hilo Somebody; Stand to Yer Ground;
The Mate
Comments: K7 comes with a book of words and background to the songs. The
group (six members)
sing in a traditional style


Let the Wind Blow Free
Artist: The Shanty Crew
Phil Jarrett, Chris Roche, Phill Money, Tony Goodenough, Steve Belsey,
Dominic Magog
LP Coach House Records ESSAR 014
K7 + Book, Screw Press PROP 1886c
UK (1984, reissue1993)
Availability:: [H]
Tracks:
A: . 1 Royal Artillery Man; 2. Haul Away for Rosie; 3. Mobile Bay; 4.
Flash
Frigate; 5. Hog Eye; 6. 24th of Feb; 7. Lahoula T'Chalez; 8. Roll the Wood
Pile Down; 9. Haul 'er away; 10. Rolling Down to Old Maui
B:. 1. Shake Her Johnny; 3 Fire Maringo; 4. Is the big fellar gone; 4.
Cheer'ly
Man; 5. Six feet of Mud; 6. Haul on the Bowline; 7. Coal Black Rose; 8.
Eddystone light; 9. Emma Emma let me be; 10 Mingulay Boat Song
Comments: K7 comes with a book of words and background to the songs. The
group (six members)
sing in a traditional style


Sea Shanties & Sailor Songs
Artist: The Shanty Crew
CD- Brewhouse BHCD 9601
UK 1996
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: " The album comes with an informed 52-page booklet, but the
shanties are presented in a
way we have all heard much too often over the years. The excellent singing
of the only female crew
member, Rita Cherriman, only serves to emphasise the ordinariness of the
others" -FR #160

Maiden Voyage
Artist: Shanty Jack (with Stormalong John)
K7
UK (1993 )
Availability:: [M]
Tracks:
A:side Liverpool Packet; Round The Corner , Sally; Johnny Come Down To
Hilo; Lowlands Low; The
Smacksman; Fire Down Below; Ondon Julies; Trim Rigged Ducksie; The
Campanero; Old Billy Riley; A
Long Time Ago; Gal Wid De Blue Dress On;
B:side Bring' Em Down; Do Me Ama; Ranzo Ray; John Kanaka; Randy Dandy O;
Emma Let Me Be;
Cheerly Men; Liverpool Judies; Blood Red Roses; sailor's Farewell Hymn
Comments: Traditionally sung, vocal lead chorus, and the occasional
concertina (which wasn't really a
traditional sailor's instrument) but nice work just the same.


Sea Shanties: from Dublin to Auckland /
Chants De Marins: De L'Irlande Au Pacifique
Artist: Spirit Boys
Rudy Sunde- Banjo, John Jones- Melodeon, John McGowan- Guitar, Gavin
Asher- Guitar, Grag Whitcombe Accordeon, Nigel Champion - Melodeon,
Martin Blackman- Vocal, John Walton and Crew of the training ship Spirit
of
Adventure- Chorus
CD Playasound PS 65014 (French)
NZ Group (1986-87)
Availability:: [L] possibly [P] possibly
Tracks: 1 Leave Her Johnny, 2 South Australia, 3 Orpheus, 4 10000 Miles
Away, 5 Nick Young, 6 Trumpet Hornpipe, 7 Donkey Riding, 8 Across the
Line, 9 Philomena D, 10 Drunken Sailor, 11 Captain Matheson, 12 Talcahuano
Girls, 13 Liverpool Judies, 14 Auckland to the Bluff, 15 Tom's Gone to
Hilo,
16 Dead Horse Chanty, 17 Hornpipes, 18 Shore Whalers
Comments:
Original compositions and traditional chanties. Performed by members of a
New Zealand group associated with a Sail training vessel.


Farewell to the Days of Sail
Artist: Mike Stanley
K7 City Folk Recordings CFR 015
New Zealand (1986 )
Availability:: from the Shanty Crew
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: ?

Songs of the Tall Ships: Cruising round Yarmouth
Artist: The Starboard List
Charles O'Hegarty, David Jones, Peter Marston
CD- GENES GCD-1025/27
USA (1976/77) CD 1996
Availability:
Tracks: Early One Morning; The 51st Highlander Division's Farewell Toe
Sicily; The Bark Gay Head;
Wings Of A Gull; Cape Cod Girls; Farewell To Tarwathie; Black Ball Line;
Classic Yankee Clipper;
Paddy Lay Back; Columbia; Whup Jamboree; Ladies Gay; The Royal Oak; The
Grey Funnel Line; Leave
Her Johnny Leave Her; The Boarding House Song; Yarmouth Town; Bull Gine
Run; Bully In The Alley;
Black Nag; Handsome Cabin Boy; Greenland Whale Fisheries; The Alabama; Let
Your Back And Sides
Go Bare; High Barbaree; Emma, Emma; Step Stately; Banks Of Newfoundland;
Bold Princess Royal;
Cruising Round Yarmouth
Comments: extended play CD, reissue of two LP's


The Marco Polo Suite
Artist: Jim Stewart
CD EPC 192 CD
CANADA 1994
Availability:
Tracks: Anthem For The Wind & Water; The Launching; Marco Polo; Australia;
Bully's Hornpipe; The
Pea Soup Calamity; Edwin's Song; Southern Cross; Hob-Y-Derri-Dando; We
Built This Old Ship; To
The Ends Of The Earth; Anthem
Comments: A musical tribute to the MARCO POLO, the clipper-ship, built in
Saint John New
Brunswick, which carried many of the Australian immigrants in the 1800's.
Mostly original compositions
with a few traditional pieces.



Salt Atlantic Chanties
Artist: Tom Sullivan
K7 Folkways 37301
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments:???

(Syrens
Artist St. Elmo's Choir
K7 SEC 101C
USA
Availability:: from producer or [M]
Tracks:
A: Johnny Come Down To Hilo; Run The Rigging; Essoquibo River; Subg
Sakky-O; Sakky Racket;
Shallow Brown; Let The Bulgine Run; Flash Company; Grace Darling; By The
Fires Of St Elmo
B: Outward Bound; Marching Inland; The Liner She's A Lady; Bold Benjamin;
Johnson Gals; Davy
Lauston; Run Come See; Sail Away
Comments: St. Elmo's Choir, available from the producer at Squire's Own
Music, P.O. Box 15754,
Seattle, Washington 98115. St. Elmo's is an all woman sea chantey group
that is becoming well known, not only in the NW but all over the US and
Britain. There are two tapes available, the first is Syrens, containing
a combination of traditional and original ballads and chanteys, and White
Stocking Day is the second, half recorded live and half in the studio and
is all traditional shanties. National Public Radio has done several
shows featuring St. Elmo's and I know for a fact that at least one set of
tapes has made it's way to Sweden. Stan Hugill was a good friend who is
sadly missed, and he taught us several songs which we only sing at small,
wild, drunken parties!!! - mb
- I now have both K7's and enjoy them thoroughly. The performances are
well done and lively
. Anyone who thinks that only men should sing sea chanties should give
these two a listen. I the higher
pitched voices still bother them, then I suggest that they run the tapes
at half speed, which should lover
the voices an octave or so, and reduce the songs to the mournful durges
which they no doubt prefer-HW.


White Stockings
Artist St. Elmo's Choir
K7 SMC 201C
USA (1993)
Availability:: from producer
Tracks:
A: Chicken On A Raft; Haul On The Bowline; Sugar In The Hold; Whup
Jamboree; Shawnee Town;
Bold Riley; Sailboat Malarkey
B Side Heave Away; Bully In The Alley; Cheerily Man; John's Gone To Hilo;
Jolly Roving Tar; Fire
Marengo; Here's A Health
Comments: St. Elmo's Choir, available from the producer at Squire's Own
Music, P.O. Box 15754,


=T=

Voyageurs et Vagabonds:
Songs of the Voyageurs
Artist: Tanglefoot
Steve Ritchie, Joe Grant, Bob Wagar
K7-Ooze river recording Workshop- ORM8-989
Canada 1995
Availability: Tanglefoot, box 2263 Peterborough Ont., K9J 7Y9
Tracks:
A:side Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser; C'est Dans Le Mois De Mai; Youpe!
Youpe! Sur La Riviere;
Canot D'ecorce; En Roulant Ma Boule; La V'la M'amie
B:side Chevaliers De La Table Ronde; Complainte De Cadeaux; Au Chant De
L'Alouette;; V'la L'bon
Vent; Vive La Canadienne; C'est La Belle Francoise; C'est L'aviron
Comments: Traditional voyageurs, or fur canoe paddling songs. Well
performed



Kost' ar Mor
Chants de Marins du Pays bigouden
(Breton fishing songs)
Artist: Taran
CD Le Chase-Maree/ArMen SCM 027
France (1993)
Availability:: [LCM]
Tracks:
Comments: " Cabestan guitarist Arnaud Maissoneuve and John Wright are
back as members of Taran, but here their role is to back up the singing of
Marie-Aline Lagadic...
the repertoire has a strong maritime content:" FR #126


In Port
Artist: Cyril Tawney
LP Argo/Decca ZFB 28
UK 1972
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Sally Free And Easy; 2 A Lean Unwashed Tiffy; 3 The Ballad Of
Sammy's Bar; 4 Stanley The Rat;
5 Diesel And Shale; 6 My Mother Came From Norway; 7 Six Feet Of Mud; 8 In
The Slidings
B:. 1 Five Foot Flirt; 2 On A Monday Morning; 3 Nobby Hall; 4 Cheering The
Queen; 5 New Names For
Old; 6 Chicken On A Raft; 7 The Grey Funnel Line
Comments: With the Yetties & Dennis McCallum

Seamen Bold: Songs of voyages, Battles and Shipwrecks
Artist: Cyril Tawney
K7 Neptune
UK
Availability::[H] [L] [A]
Tracks:
Comments: œ8 each Cassette from
Neptune FR
521 Meanwood Road Leeds LS6 4AW UK
"A traditional singer"-according to Dirty Linen
Little Boy Billee: Sea Songs for Children
Artist: Cyril Tawney
K7 Neptune NEP 006
UK (1992)
Availability::[H] [L] [A]
Tracks:
A: 1 In Frisco bay; 2 The Whaler; 3 The Candlelight Fisherman; 4 Little
Boy Billee; 5 Hullabaloo Belay;
6 A Nautical yarn; 7 The Marman; 8 I've Been to France
B: 9. Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor; 10 Ben Backstay; 11 The Merry Golden
Tree; 12 The Crocodile; 15
Stanley the Rat; 16 Windy Old Weather; 17 The Cruise of the Calabar; 18
The Sailor's Alphabet
Comments:


Sally Free and Easy: the Tawney Songs
Artist: Cyril Tawney
K7 Neptune NEP 002
UK (1990)
Availability::[H] [L] [A] [N]
Tracks:
A: 1 Cheering the Queen; 2 Sally Free and Easy; 3 Nobby Hall; 4 The Grey
funnel Line; 5 The Lean and
Unwashed Tiffy; 6 Six Feet of Mud; 7 The Ballad of Sammy's Bar
B: 8 Diesel and Shale; 9 The Drunken Sailor; 10 The Suit of Grey; 11
Chicken on a Raft; 12 The Oggie
Man; 13 Stanley the Rat; 14 Reunion
Comments: These are songs written by Tawney during his service with the
Royal Navy.


Sailor's Delight
Artist: Cyril Tawney
K7 Neptune
UK
Availability::[H] [L] [A]
Comments:

In The Naval Spirit
Artist: Cyril Tawney)
K7 NEP 000
UK (1987)
Availability:: [H]
Tracks:
A: 1 That's What It's Like In the Navy; 2 I Was Walking Through the
Dockyard in a Panic; 3 23rd
Flotilla Song; 4 Canteen Medley; Paint Ship Song; Swim Back you
Bastard To Me; Dardanelles Patrol
Song; Take My Tip, Pack Your Grip; 5 You'll Be Happy Sweetheart in the
Spring; 6 Gosport Nancy; 7
Jenny Wren Bride
B: 10 A Matelot and a Pongo; 11 Stripey and Blondie; 12 An A.A. Gunner Lay
Dying; 13 Corrosion Has
Set In; 14 Waiting For the Day; 15 Mary Was a Three Badge Wren; 16 The A25
Song; 17 The Sinking of
HMS Hood
Comments: companion tape to the book Grey Funnel Line-[H]


A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion
Artist: John Townley, & Press Gang
LP Adelphi Records
USA 1985
Availability:: PO Box 7688, Silver Spring MD 20907
(c) The Mariners' Museum
Tracks:
A: . 1. We Be Three Poor Mariners; 2. Tobacco Is Like Love; 3. To
Portsmouth: 4. While Up In The
Shrouds; 5. Saturday Night At Sea; 6. Tom Bowling; 7. The Jamestown
Homeward Bound
B:. 1. Nolfolk Girls; 2. Running Down To Cuba; 3. The Old Virginia
Lowlands; 4. Bound For Baltimore;
5. The Titanic; 6. Roseanna; 7. See You When The Sun Goes Down; 8. Sailing
Down The Chesapeake
Bay

Sailor!
Artist: John Townley
K7 RCA 176
USA
Availability:: [L]
Tracks: A:1.Marco Polo;2.Strike the Bell;3.The Topman and the Afterguard;
4.The Bully Song;5.The
Lass that Loved a Sailor;6.Essequibo River; 7. Row On
Side B:1.Shineo; 2.Instrumental; 3.Hog Eye Man; 4.Bounding Billows;
5.Blood Red Roses; 6.Bully in
the Alley; 7.The Cumberland's Crew; 8.Riverboat Gambler
Comments: "songs from a 19th century seaman's chest, including hog eye
man, Bully in the Alley, The
Cumberland Crew and many others, on voice, concertina, fiddle, flute,
guitar, banjo, and tambourine" -

The Seaman's Concertina
-a beginners guide to the Anglo concertina in the nautical style.
Artist: John Townley
VIDEO
USA
Availability:: [L] [E]
Tracks:
Comments: a basic instructional video

Bunkhouse and Forecastle Songs
(of Vancouver)
Artist: Stanley G Triggs
LP Folkways FG 3569
Canadian (1961)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ? FFA

Sea Shanties
Artist: The Twelve Buccaneers, starring Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart
LP Saga FID 2090
UK(1967 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side The Bay of Mexico, Jack Ashore, Lowlands; Blow the Man Down;
Admiral Benbow; Little Sally
Racket; Johnny Todd; Leavinf of Liverpool; Whip Jamboree
B:side Santy Anno; Way Haul Away; Johnny Shormaler; Roll Alabama; Flash
Frigate; Rio Grande; Wild
Goose Chanty; Drunken Sailor; Shenandoah
Comments: Wilkie and Hart are well known British folk performers



=W=

Mains'l Haul
Artist: Tim Paddy Walsh
LP Folk Tracks FSC 60 206
(1979)
Availability:: []
Comments: ?

The Watersons
Artist: The Watersons
LP Topic 12T142
UK ( 1965)
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side
B:side
Comments: The Watersons are were one of the top British Folk groups.
Excellent performances, with a
strong female lead voice

Steady as she Goes
Artist: Jeff & Garret Warner, Lou Killen, Fud Benson
K7 LP Collector C1928
USA-(1977)
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
A: . 1 Paddy lay back; 2 Bold Riley; 3 Rolling down to old Maui; 4 Jolly
Roving Tar; 5 Topman &
Afterguard; 6 Off to sea once more
B: 1 Strike the Bell; 2 Ship in Distress; 3 Blow the Man Down; 4 The Coast
of Peru; 5 All for Me Grog;
6 Shallow Brown; 7 Bring 'em down; 8 Away Rio
Comments: Traditional Sea Songs and Chanteys by folk performers


Fair Winds
Artist: The Wickford Express
Dave Peloquin; Cindy Peloquin; Everett Brown
CD LASERLIGHT 12 614
USA 1996
Availability:
Tracks: The jolly roving tar; Randy dandy-o; Highland Laddie/ Gaspee road;
Lowland of Holland;
Bulraker's reel; Silver darlings; Fair winds; Old moke; farewell lovely
Nancy; Lowlands away; Prudence
and patience; Leaving of Liverpool
Comments: Some shanty and traditional material mixed with modern
compositions. Instrumental
accompaniment-hw



Away You Santy!
Artist: The Wickford Express
CD Laserlight 12 412
USA 1994
Availability::
Tracks:
1 The Mermaid, 2 Hornpipes, 3 South Australia, 4 Rosabella, 5 Boys of Blue
Hill, 6 Farewell to
Tarwaithe, 7 New York Girls, 8 General Taylor, 9 The Balaena, 10 Si Bheg
Si Mhor, 11 Fisherman's
Lassie, 12 Lord Inchiquin, 13 Bold Riley-O, 14 Red haired Boy, 15
Talcahuand Girls/ Spanish Ladies
Comments: "Traditional Sea Songs and Chanteys by 3 person folk group


Op de Wilde Vaart
Artist: Windkracht Acht
CD 148CD Pan Records
Netherlands
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ???


=X=

Sings at the South St. Seaport Museum
Artist: The X Seaman's Institute
K7 Folkways 32418
USA
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ? English and American sea and whaling songs FSB

Heart of Oak!
Artist: X-Seamen's Institute
Bernie Klay; Frank Woerner; John Townley; & Dan Aguiar
K7 Folkways 32419
USA
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
A: 1. Heart of Oak; 2 Rum Runner; 3 Strike the Bell; 4. Gloucester Boys;
5. Hog Eye Man; 6.
Santianno; 7. So Australia; 8 Grimbsby Town
B: 1 Diamond; 2 Doodle let me go; 3 Black Ball Line; 4 The Big Bow Wow; 5.
Fire Down Below; 6.
Reuben Ranzo; 6. Life of a Leaf; 7. Tom Bowling; 8 Uncle Nobby's steamboat
Comments: ??

Sea Song Favourites
Artist: X-Seamen's Institute
K7 Folkways 37325
USA
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ??


=Y=

Hauling Home
Artist: Yankee Clipper
Cliff Butler, Paul Rasmussen, Mark Jardine, Steve Jensen
CD, Honeybee HBCD-3022
USA 1994
Availability:
Tracks: Lady Anne Montgomery's Reel; Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy; Winnifred's
Strathspey; Suzy
Anna; Keel-Hauling Medley: Jigs; Bound Out On A Whaler; Strike The Bell;
The Conaught Heifers:
Reel; The Coast Of Peru; The Red Star Line: Reels; The Height Of The Hill;
Lament For The Landlocked
Whale; Paddy Stacks Medley: Jigs; Home Dearie Home; The Fireman's Lament;
Hauling Home:
Hornpipes; A Sailor's Hymn; Let Union Be; O'Dowd's Reel No. 9
Comments:


Our Friends the Yetties
Artist: The Yetties,
LP Argo/DeccaZFB 32
1971
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Aunt Hessie's White Horse/Villa Fiord; 2 Out in the Green Fields; 3
Lamorna; 4 Three Reels; 5
Towersey Fair; 6 American Reels; 7 The Rolling Hills of the Border; 8
Rodney's Glory; 9 Sweet Thyme
B:. 1 Santa Anna; 2 Hornpipes; 3 The Lark in the Morning; 4 Slip Jigs &
Reels; 5 The Dreadnought; 6
The King of the Fairies; 7 The Dancers of Stanton Drew; 8 # Jigs; 9 The
Thrashing Machine
Comments:

All at Sea
Artist: The Yetties
K7, CD
( )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
Hornpipe Medley, Spanish Ladies, Fiddler's Green, The Mermaid, The Watchet
Sailor, Three Sea
Captains, Aboard the Kangaroo, Can't you Dance the Polka, Ranter's Wharf,
The Greenland Whale
Fisheries, Concertina Medley, Stormalong, The Quaker, The Banks of
Newfoundland, The Candlelight
Fisherman
Homeward Bound.
Comments:

=Various Artists=

Songs & sounds of the Sea: a Sounds of the World Recording
Artist: Various
LP (record)-national Geographic Society 705(stereo)
USA 1973
Availability:
Tracks:
A:side Along The Pier (Sound Effects); The Dreadnaught (Cliff Haslam);
Money In Both Pockets (Boys
Of The Lough); Blow Ye Winds( Michael Cooney); Boston Harbour (Jeff &
Garnet Warner); Jolly
Roving Tar (Jeff & Garnet); Patsey Campbell( Boys Of The Lough); The Whale
Catchers (Tony Barand)
Wheat In The Ear (Gordon Bok);The Little Beggar Man (Michael Cooney);
Johnny Todd ( Louis Killen);
Sail Away Ladies (Michael Cooney)
B:side The Diamond (John Roberts); Deil Stich The Minister (Dave
Richardson); Rio Grande (Jeff &
Garnet); Old Molly Hare (M Cooney); Fiddle Medley( Rodney Miller); Captain
Kidd ( Jeff Warner);
Liverpool Hornpipe (Boys Of The Lough); Queer Bungo Rye ( Gordon Bok);
Devil Among The Tailors
(M. Cooney) ; Leave Her Johnny Leave Her (Tony Salten)
Comments: Recorded at Vinyard Haven, aboard Cap't Bob Douglas' extreme
clipper ship, Shenandoah


Sea Songs: Newport Festival Vol. 2
Artist: UNK American Folk Collections
K7 Folkways 37312
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

Songs of the Sea
Artist: UNK American Folk Collection
K7 Folkways 37315
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???


Sea Music of Many Lands:
The Pacific Heritage
Artist: UNKNOWN- American Folk Collections
K7 Folkways 38405
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

American Sea Songs and Shanties V 1, V 2
Artist: Richard Maitland & others
LP AFS L26, L27
USA (1939-1951, 1939-1946)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ?Library of Congress field recordings-FMS

Anthologie Des Chansons De Mer (5 Volumes, 10 LPs)
i-Chantes de Marines Traditionelles des cotes de France (et Terre-Neuve)
ii-Danses et Compaintes des Cotes de France
iii-Chants de Bord des Baleiniers et Long-Courriers
iv-Ballades, Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais
v-Gens de Riviere et Bateliers des Fleuves de France
Artist: Various French, UK and European
LP CD Le Chasse-Maree
France(1981-85 )
Availability:: [LCM]
Tracks:
Comments: Gold medal winning anthology. Copies are still available, and
include an excellent book (in
French) inside each double album. Just in case you though that shanties
were a british-american preserve.
Some of the material has been released on 2cds (SCM 014 & 017). Vol iv
includes Stan Hugill material.


Anthologie de chansons de Mer -nouvelle serie(CD series)
1-Chants des Marins-Nantais
2-A Brest La Jolie-Chansons de ports
3-Chants des Marins-Anglais (Stan Hugill & Stormalong John)
4-Chants des Marins-European (live recordings)
5-Chants des Clippers
6-Ballades et Shanties des Matelots Anglais (English Sailor songs)
7-Terre-Neuvas et Islandais -Chantes de la Grande Peche (Fishing songs)
8-Les Musiques de la Fete-Brest 92
Artist: numerous
K7, CD
France( )
Availability:: [LCM]
Tracks:
Comments: More great stuff from the premier French publisher of nautical
material. The Fete (festival
in English) recordings are some of the finest live recordings of
"performed" sea chanties available. Makes
you want to attend the next festival in person. Great Stuff!


Between the Sound and the Sea
Music of the North Carolina Outer Banks
Artist: UNKNOWN- "American Folk Collections"
K7 Folkways 3848
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
Comments: ???

A Pince of Salt; British Sea Songs Old and New
Artist: Various UK performers
Shirley Collins, Cyril Tawney, Seamus Ennis, Isabel Sutherland, Steve
Benbow, & Bob Roberts
LP HMV XLP 50004
UK (1960)
Availability::
Tracks:
A: On a British Submariner; Maggie May ; Handsome cabin-boy; the Mary
Anne; McHugh; Santy Anno; My Bonny Boy; The Banks Of Claudy; Jack
Went a-sailing
B: Fine Gal You Are; Henry Martin; Long Years Ago; The Arbroath Tragedy
; Paddy & the Whale; The Bleacher Lassie O'Kelvin Hall; Tom's gone to
Hilo;
Time for us to Leave her
In order of the songs:
C.Tawney; Bob Roberts; Isabel Sutherland; Seamus Ennis; Steve Benbow;
Shirley Collins; Bob and Ron Copper; Steve Benbow; Seamus Ennis; Jimmie
McGregegor; Shirley Collins; Fred Dallas; Steve Benbow; Isabel Sutherland;
C
Tawney; Bob Roberts
Comments: A marvellous LP which is ridiculously rare. The tracks are
exclusively available on this album-PL

Blow the Man Down
Artist: Various UK Folk Performers
Louis Killen 1,6,9,13, 17, 19 24; Ian Campbell, 2,8,14, 23; Ewan MacColl,
3,
Cyril Tawney,4,10,16,22,; Harry H Corbett,5; Sam Larner,7; Bob Davenport,
11,20; The Watersons, 12; Bob Hart, 15; A.L.Lloyd, 18; Bob Roberts, 21.
CD TOPIC TSCD464
UK 1993
Availability::[H] [A]
Tracks:
1 The Wild Goose, 2 Lovely Nancy, 3 The Black Ball Line, 4 The
Nightingale,
5 Blow the Man Down, 6 Heave Away My Johnny, 7 The Lofty Tall Ship, 8
Row Bullies Row, 9 The Flying Cloud, 10 The Fireship, 11 Tom's Gone to
Hilo, 12 Greenland Whale Fisheries, 13 The Ship in Distress, 14 Lowlands
Low, 15 Cod Banging, 16 One Morning in the Spring, 17 Highlow Johnny
Brown, 18 The Bonnie Ship the Diamond, 19 The Bold Princess Royal, 20
Billy Boy, 21 Windy Old Weather, 22 The Bold Benjamin, 23 The Hog-Eye
Man, 24 Goodbye, Fare Thee Well
Comments: Traditional sea songs and Shanties by many UK folk performers
,partial reissue of 1964 LP "Farewell Nancy"


Sea Songs & Shanties: from the last days of sail
Artist: Various UK singers
Bob Roberts-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,20,22,26; Fishermen's Group-2,10,16;
Bob & Ron Copper- 4,21; Harry Cox-6,14,23; Sarah Makem-8; Clifford
Jenkins-12; Tom Brown-25;
CD Saydisc SDL 405
UK 1994 (recorded 1950-1960)
Availability::[H]
Tracks:
1 Stormy Weather Boys; 2 Rio Grande, 3 Mister Stormalong, ; 4 Warlike
Seamen (The Irish Captain), 5 The Worst Old Ship (Waiting for the Day), ;
6
The Yarmouth Fishermen's Song, 7 Maggie May, ; 8 Caroline and Her Young
Sailor Bold, 9 Whisky Johnny, 10 What Shall we do with a Drunken Sailor,;
11 Can't you Dance the Polka, ; 12 The Sailor's Alphabet; 13 Haul Away
Joe,
, 14 Cruising Round Yarmouth,; 15 Windy Weather, ; 16 Farewell and Adieu
(We'll Rant and We'll Roar),; 17 High Barbaree, ; 19 Little Boy Billee, ;
20
Johnny Todd, 21 The Banks of Claudy, 22 The Bold Princess Royal, 23 Jack
tar on the Shore, 24 The Smuggler's Boy, 25 The Smacksman, 26 Hanging
Johnny
Comments: Very traditional songs and shanties, many sung by seafarers
these are historical recordings, not performances.


The Soil and The Sea
Artist: The Almanac Singers
Pete Seeger A2,A3,B2; Woody Gutherie A3,A4, Peter Hawes B3,B4
LP Commodore TL 5299
US (1964)
Availability::
Tracks: (sea chantys only)
A: 1 The golden Vanity; 2 Blow Ye Winds , Heigh Ho; 3 Blow the Man
Down;
B: 2 The Coast of High barbary; 3 Away Rio; 4 Haul Away Joe
Comments:


Victory Sings At Sea
Chanteys & Songs from Northwest Musicians
Artist: Various
Bartels, Cramer, Dale, Eggleston, Folsom, Grantham, Guthe,
James, Kotta, Morgan, Morgan, Pint, Roberts, Sparrow, Widmann
CD K7 VMRCD-503
K7 NCA
203, CD NCD270USA
Availability:: [A]
Tracks:
Comments: victory Music, P.O. Box 7515 Bonney lake, Washington, 98390
Traditional and contemporary shanties and sea songs-gm

Shanties Der Sieben Meere
Artist: Various
Nana Gualdi, Maria Kloth, Nina Westen , Richard Gatermann, Das Roland-
Trio, Kurt Stephan, Horst Mamerow, Akkordoen u.v.a.
LP Florett 948 896
Germany
Availability::
Tracks:
A: 1 Wenn ik mol no Hamburg komm; 2 La Paloma; 3 Baltimore Song; 4 Roll
the Cotton Down; 5 A Long time Ago; 6 Whisky-Johnny; 7 My Bonnie Lies
over the Ocean
B: 1 Der machtigste Konig im Luftrevier; 2 Kary waits for me; 3 Sailing
Sailing; 4 Hamburg ist ein Schones Stadtchen; 5 Aloha Oe; 6 Musz I denn
zum
Stadele hinaus
Comments: German and English Sea Songs, sung in
German music hall style. It sounds like the type of sing
along music that one would likely hear in a Hamburg sailors bar. Imagine
Stan
Hugill alongside Liza Minelli in Cabaret.


Chants Des Clippers
Artist: Various Artists
CD Le Chasse Maree/ Armen SCM 029)
France
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: "
# French groups interspersed with Stormalong John from Liverpool and
Forebitter from USA( Most satisfying musically) provide a selection of
shanties in French and English, completed with some appropriate tunes and
one vintage track of Ewan MacColl. The excellent well-illustrated booklet
is
clearly a labour of love>" FR #129

Sea Shanties
Artist: various
Roy Harris A2,A4,A7,B3, B8 ; A. L. Lloyd A3, A6,A8,A10, B2,B4,B7; Ian
Manuel B6; Bernard Wrigley A9, A11,B5; Martin Wyndham-Read A1,A5,
B1,B5
LP Topic 12TS234
UK 1974
Availability::
Tracks:
A: .1 Hoorah for the Black Ball Line; 2 Old Billy Riley; 3 Roll'er Down
the
bay; 4 Round the corner Sally; 5 Haul away the bowline; 6 The sailboat
Malarkey; 7 Bring'em down; 8 Sally Brown; 9 Shallow Brown; 10 Bold RIley
O; 11 Heave away, my Johnny
B:. 1 Reuben Ranzo; 2 Hilo John Brown;3 Shake her Johnny;4 Ho Bowline,
Bowline haul; 5 Haul away for Rosie; 5 Blood-red Roses; 6 Around the bay
of Mexico:8 Goodbye, fare ye well
Comments: Good productions of traditional material


Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic Sampler No. 7)
Artist: Various UK
A.L.Lloyd A1, A6, A8, B4, B7; Ewan MacColl A2, A5, B2; Watersons A4,
A9,B5, B6; Ian Campbell
A7; Harry Corbett B1; Stan Kelly B3; Louis Killen B8
LP Topic TPS 205
UK (1967 )
Availability:: []
Tracks:
A:side 1 Blood Red Roses; 2 The Black Ball Line; 3 Maggie May; 4 The
Plains of Mexico; 5 The
Dreadnought; 6 Reuben Ranzo; 7 Lowlands Low; 8 Do Me Ama; 9 Boston Harbour
B:side 2 Blow The Man Down; 2 The Handsome Cabin Boy; 3 Away, Haul Away; 4
The Coast of Peru;
5 All For Me Grog; 6 The Greenland Whale Fishery; 7 A Hundred Years Ago;
8 Goodbye, Fare Thee
Well
Comments: A sampler of songs from other Topic records by top British folk
singers of the 50's and 60's



The Wind in the Rigging
Artist: Various
CD Norstar CD0009
K7 Norstar C0009
??
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
Comments: ?' unique instrumental arrangements of traditional and
contemporary music of the sea"-[E]

Sea Songs Sea Festival Series #1
Artist: Various
R. Morton & M Bridgham; Dan Aguiar A 2 & B 7; L Killen A3 & B 3; C
Branson; P Heron; M Benson; S Hugill A7 & B1;Mary Wilson; John
Townley; D Baumgarten; B Klay
LP K7 Folkways
1979
Tracks:
A: . 1 I'ze the Boy; 2. Santinanno; 3. Shoals of Herring 4. Hanging
Johnny; 5.
Mingulay Boat Song 6. Roll the Old Chariot; 7 Lowlands
B: 1. A long time ago; 2. Sailboat Malarkey 3. The Bleecher Lass of Kelvin
Hall; 4. Run come see 5. Greenland Fisheries; 6. Sailor's Alphabet; 7.
Alice
Wentworth
Comments:?

Sea Songs Sea Festival Series #2
Artist: Various
S Hugill A1; David Jones A2; Dan Aguair A 3&5; Tom Towline A4 & B4;
Cathy Katzberg & Steve Snyder A6 & B1.; Charlie O'Hegary A7; Avid
Baumgarten B2; Bernie Klay B3; Paddy Heron & John Townley B5
LP FOLKWAYS FTS37312
Availability::
Tracks:
A: . Paddy Lay Back; Ye Mariners All; Lower the Boat Down; Colombo:
Wrecker's
Prayer; Saucy sailor; Topman & Afterguard.
B: The Argo; The California; The island Lass; The Oda G; Donegal Danny
Comments:

Songs of the Great Lakes
Artist: Various US, collected by Edith Fowke
Stanley Baby A1,A3,A5,A7,B1,B4,B6; CHJ Snider A2 A6, B5; OJ Abbott A4;
Orlo Brandon B2, B3,B4
K7 LP Folkways FE4018
US (1964 )
Availability:: [F]
Tracks:
A:side The E.C. Roberts; The Maggie Hunter; The Dreadnought; James Bird;
The Fayette Brown; The
Loss of the Antelope; Homeward Bound
B:side The Cumberland's Crew, The Cumberland's Crew; The Merrimac; The
Schooner Persian's Crew;
The Wreck of the Asia; The Trip of the Bigler
Comments: original sources, usually sung without accompaniment.

= UNKNOWN Artists=

Sailing & Whaling songs of the 19th Century
Artist: ???
CD BESCOL-CD389
?
Availability:: [E]
Tracks:
Comments:?


Roll & Go: The Shantyman's Day Aboard a Yankee Clipper
Artist: UNK
Heirloom Records HL-504
USA (1960's)
Availability::
Tracks:
Comments: ?? FFA

===================================================
IV: Books of Sea Songs
===================================================

Key: Melody line- single note score of the tune
Piano Score-Left and right hand arrangement
Guitar Chords- chord letters ( i.e. C, Am)

========================
Ashton, John, Real Sailor Songs, London, 1891 also NY 1972
L.C. 78 160612, Pub Blom Ayer- 0-405-08224-X
7x10, 272 pages, 70+ songs
Words, no music
Comments: The book reproduces a number of Broadsheets of popular 18th
century sea music. Complete with illustrations

Bailey, R. & Roth H., Shanties by the Way, Lawrence Verry 1968

Beck , Horace, Folklore and the Sea, The American Maritime Library, Vol
VI,
Mystic, 1973
8x11, 463 pages, a dozen songs
some words, a few melody lines.
Comments: Songs are only one chapter of this book, which makes a study of
sea lore, life, legend, and livelihood. A good read, for a reference book.

Bone, D.W. Capstan Bars, New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. , 1932
6x8, 160 pages, 25 songs
Words, melody line, notes and descriptions
Comments: Bone's book is more a social history of seafaring in the 19th
century, illustrated with songs and pictures. Nice work

Carey, George Gibson, A Sailor's Songbag: an American rebel in an English
Prison 1777-1779/

Carmer, C. , and Sirmay A., Songs of the Rivers of America, NY: Farr &
Rinehart, Inc., 1942


Colcord, Joanna C., Songs of the American Sailormen, Bramhall House, NY,
1958
Originally published as "Roll and Go"
(also 1924 & 1938, and Oak publications, NY, 1964)
7x10, 190 pages, 70+ songs
Words, melody line, description of song
Comments: Colcord's work is one of the original collections, done from
original sources in the 1920's.

Cole, William, The Sea, Ships and Sailors, Hart-Davies, London, 1968
7x9 223 pages,
Words and poems
Comments: a collection of sea inspired poems and a few song verses. Nicely
illustrated

Corp, Roger, Folk Songs of the Sea, Faber Music, London, 1991
ISBN 0 571 51120 1
Availability:: [H] [A]
81/2x11, 28 pages, 28 songs
Words, Melody Line, Piano Score and Guitar Chords
Comments: A collection of Sea songs, mainly for children,

Creighton, Helen, Maritime Folk Songs, London 1979
-Words, Melody Line
Comments: Material collected in traditional fishing and rural communities
by
the author, one of Canada's leading ethnic musicologists. I believe that
Folkways have the companion tapes.

Creighton, Helen, Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, Dover, New York,
1966
ISBN 0-486-21703-5
61/2x9, 330 pages, 150 songs
-Words, Melody Line
Comments: Material collected in traditional fishing and rural communities
by
the author, one of Canada's leading ethnic musicologists. I believe that
Folkways have the companion tapes.



Davis, Beryl, Tall Ship Shanties,, Spin Publications ,1982
Availability:: [H]
81/2x11, 30 pages, 30 songs
Words, Melody line, Guitar Chords
Comments: Most of the regular chanties,

Dean, Michael, Flying Cloud, Norwood Editions 1973 (reprint of 1922 book)

Doerflinger, William, Shantymen and Shanteyboys: Songs of the Sailors and
Lumbermen ,
MacMillan: NY 1951
Words, melody line
Comments: This is another one of the major collections. A large book, with
extensive notes

Dubbin, Charles, Sea Songs, London: George Routlidge & sons, 1840
comments: a collection of sea poetry and broadside type songs by one of
the
greatest exponents of the style.

Fingard, Judith, Jack In Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada , University
of
Toronto, 1982
6x9, 292 pages
A few songs, words, no music
Comments: This book was a study of the Sailor towns, good and bad. A
historical view of the life and conditions which lead to the writing of
many
shanties, it belongs in a chantyman's chest.

Finger, Charles, Frontiers Ballads, Doubleday 1927
Comments: contains some chanty material

Firth, CH Ed, Naval Songs and Ballads, London: Naval record Society, 1908
6x9,390 pages,150+
words only
Comments: This is a book of naval poems and broadsheet style songs. No
chanty materials

Ford, Clifford, songs of the Sea: Folksongs of Nova Scotia, Canadian Music
Centre, 1978
Words, melody line, Piano
Songs Include: Willie O, Dark Eyed Sailor, Crocodile Song, Black-Eyed
Susan, Come All Ye Old Comrades
Comments: This is a hand-written manuscript done for Canadian Music
Centre under a grant from the Bronfman Family Foundation, no doubt in
homage to the long association of their family with the sailing schooners
that
ran rum into the USA during prohibition.

Fotheringham, Robert, Songs of the sea and sailor's Chanteys, Books for
Libraries,
Reprint of 1928 book, HB

Fowke, Edith ed., Sea Songs and Ballads from 19th Century Nova Scotia:
The William Smith and Fenwick Hatt Manuscripts, 1897-1955
Folklore Press, 1981
LC 81-68629
6x9, 118 pages, 60+ songs
Words-no music, descriptions
Comments: Fowke was one of the pre-eminent collectors of North American
folk music. A scholarly work, but no help with the melodies for the
songs.

Greenleaf, Elisabeth B., Ballads and Sea-Songs of Newfoundland
Folklore Assn: Hatsboro, Penn., 1965

Gullers, KW & Sundblad Bo, Sea Songs, KW Gullers International,
Stockholm, 1976
Comments: Unusual book. It's all the standard English sea chanties, with
words in English. A sound page is included. The arrangements are modern,
including rather jazzy guitar chords.
-Words, Melody Line, Piano score, Guitar Chords

Harlow, Fredrick Pease American Chanteys, Barre, Mass: Barre Bazette 1962
(also pub. as Chanteying Aboard American Ships)

Healy, James N. , Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea, Mercer Press, Cork,
1967
4x7,142 pages, 83 songs
Words, Some melodies lines, notes, descriptions
Comments: Some chanty material, but mostly Irish sea related songs. A
Clancy Brothers collection put to print

Heaton, Peter & Bird, Marie, Songs Under Sail, Crescendo, 1971
Hugill, Stan, Shanties from the Seven Seas, Dutton 1961
also ÷ London: Routlege, 1961 (corrections 1987) IBSN 0-7102 0412-
4
Also 1994, Mystic Seaport ISBN-0-913372-70-6 $19.95
Comments: The big book. Over 400 songs, with considerable textual
material.
428 pages. Probably the most complete, and scholarly study of Sea Chanties
commercially available.
-Words, Melody Line

Hugill, Stan. Shanties and Sailor Songs, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1969
Comments: a reprint of Shanties and Sailor songs-out of print

Hugill, Stan. Sea Shanties, London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980
IBSN 0214203298
Comments: a reprint of Shanties and Sailor songs-out of print

Hugill, Stan, Songs of the Seas, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1977)
81/2x10, 198 pages,60+ songs
Words, melody line, brief notes
Comments: Intended to be a more "user friendly" book than Stan's opus.
Includes stories and pictures. Browses would love it. Fanatics will stick
with
the opus.

Hullfish, William, The Canaller's Songbook,
Availability:: [A]
Comments: Folkways has a companion K7

Hungtington, Gale, Songs the Whalermen Sang, Dover, NY, 1963, & 1970
IBSN 486-22169-5
7x10,328 pages, 200+ songs
Words, melody line, notes and descriptions
Comments: another of the great works , found in every serious collection.

Ives, Burl, Sailing , Whaling and Fishing Songs

Kemp, Peter, ed.. Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, OUP 1988
ISBN 0192820842
6x9, 965 pages ---I repeat 965 pages
Comments: This is an encyclopaedia, a dictionary of nautical terms, a
who's
who of the sea, etc. But it does have a few sea chanties in it. A good
general
reference book.

Kinsey, Terry, Songs of the Sea, Robert Hale, London, 1989
IBSN 0-7090-3696-5
6x9, 210 pages, 60+ songs
-Words, Melody line, notes and descriptions
Availability:: [H]
Comments: Regular book size. 206 pages. A hundred or so chanties, and
Forebitters, with general classifications as to type and use, and
discussions
about life at sea.

Le Chasse-Maree, Cahiers de chants de marins, Le Chasse-maree:
Douarnenez, France, 1983 (rep. 1991)
-ISBN 2-903 708-12-6 ( Paperback A4 size 92 pages)

Le Chasse-Maree, Cahiers de chants de marins Vol. 2, Le Chasse-maree:
Douarnenez, France, 1993
-(Paper back A4 size 88 pages 60+ songs)

Le Chasse-Maree, Le Chant de marin: Guide de repertoire traditionnel, Le
Chasse-maree: Douarnenez, France, (96 Pages)
Comments: IN FRENCH-The first two books are song books, nicely
illustrated with photos, drawings (many by Stan Hugill), and paintings of
sailors life a sea and ashore. Each song has the music, words (including
French
translation of English songs). The first book also has the Melodeon TAB
(Button Box) for each piece. There is a description of the songs, mostly
Shanties, including an explanation on how they were used. There is also an
extensive discography, identifying the songs on LCM's Chants de marins
CD's. A good reminder that Sea Chanties were by no means only sung in
English.
The third book appears to be a more scholarly look at sea music.

Loffet, Bernard, Chants de Marins, Imp. Heklev-Rennes, 1994
A4, 64 pages, 10 songs
Words, music, Tab (melodeon)
Availability:: [P]
Comments: Sea chanties in French and English, a companion to the Group,
"Nordet"'s K7. easy to follow if you want to learn sailor style button
Accordeon.

MacKenzie, W. Roy, Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia, Harvard Press,
1928
Reprinted - Folklore Associates, Hatboro, Penn, 1963
5x8, 421 pages, 162 songs
Words, some melody lines, notes and descriptions
Comments: A major collection effort by a top academic. Rates as one of the
best original collections. A scholars work.
Masefield, John, Salt Water Poems and Ballads, MacMillan, London, 1935
Comments: Masefield is a famous poet. He also collected sea chanties, but
this book is his poetry

Palmer, Roy, Oxford Book of Sea Songs, Oxford: OUP, 1986
IBSN 0192821555
5x8, 343 pages, 159 songs
Words, melody line, notes and descriptions
Comments: A good book, with a heavy naval and broadsheet content. It
includes WW2 laments etc. Very much a mixed bag

Proctor, David (National Maritime Museum)Music of the Sea, London:
HMSO, 1992
ISBN 0 11 29052 X
Comments: A scholarly discussion of the music played on the sea. There is
a
section on chanties, but also sections on Broadsheets, Naval bands, and
ship's
orchestras. Not a tune book, but a scholarly look at the music played on
the
sea, and who played it.
A good section on Shanties as a music form.

Rickaby, F., Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy, Cambridge: Harvard U.
Press, 1926
Comments: This is a book of lumberman's songs

Shay, Frank, Iron Men And Wooden Ships: collections of Sailors Songs and
Chanties,
Golden Label Books, Inc., NY, 1927
(probably reissued as)

Shay Frank American Sea Songs and Chanteys, Books For Libraries 1948
American Sailors Treasury. 1991 Smith mark 0-8317-0288-5
L.C. 77-84358 Granger Indes reprint 0-8369-6061-8 (Ayer)
(This book reprints the Wooden ships book, and the Sailor's Treasury)
6x9, 417 pages, 70+ songs
Words, Melody lines, notes and descriptions
Availability:: I've seen this one for sale and on sale recently, in the
eastern
US. Get it while you can.
Comments: Quite a good collection, with illustrations and notes. The
`Sailor's
treasury" part has a fair bit of folklore and nautical life trivia. Shay
is better
known for some of his more risqu‚ collections. This book was the clean
versions of the songs he collected. The original verse exists, under the
name of
Dave E Jones, This see the Bawdy section for more information

Silverman, Jerry Songs of the Sea, Rivers, Lakes, & Canals, Mel Bay pub,
Pacific, MO USA, 1992
Availability:: [A]
81/2x11208 pages, 80+songs
-Words, Melody line, Piano score, Guitar Chords
Comments: Big size (8 1/2x11) 206 pages. Easily the best musical source in
English. Each of the approximately 100 song is presented with full melody
line,
piano score, and guitar chords, and in a size that is easily readably.

Smith, C(Cicely). Fox, Rovings: Sea Songs and Ballads, Matthew, London,
1921
4x6, 52 pages
Poems and a few songs
Comments: this is just a book of nautical poems. Several of Foxes earlier
works are shanty collections.. Other books include Full Sail: More Sea
Songs
And Ballads, Sailortown Days, Songs And Chanties, A Book Of Famous
Ships, Ship Alley, The Return Of The Cutty Sark

Smith, L.A., Music of the Waters, Kegan Paul, London 1888
reprinted Singing Tree Press, Detroit 199
6x9, 350 pages, many songs
Words Melody lines, notes and descriptions
Comments: Old, rare and expensive. The title page says it all. "A
collection of
the sailor's' chanties or working songs of the sea, of all maritime
nations.
boatmen's , Fishermen's, and rowing songs and water legends. The L.A.
stands for Laura Alexandrine. She was the daughter of the Russian
vice-consul
in the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. and I quote..." With the courage of
a n
original investigator, our authoress has ventured to "beard the lion in
his den".
She has personally gone straight to the fo'c'sle and interviewed the
sailor not
only of her own, but of other lands, and thus has gathered from the men's
own
lips, and from their manly voices, the words and melodies which are most
popular among them"
I'd love to know more of her collecting. One of the best books available-
IMHO

Terry, R.R., The Shanty Book (2 parts) London: J Curwen & Sons, 1921,
1926

Tawney, Cyril, Grey Funnel Lines, Routledge & Kegan Paul: London, 1987
IBSN 0-7102-1270-4
Availability:: . [H] [A]
Comments: Traditional songs from the Royal Navy- 2 Cassettes available as
well. Tawney served with the RN and wrote many songs about life in the
service. The book is a view of life, as reflected in song. Many of the
songs are
parodies of popular tunes. Tawney describes the situation surrounding each
song.
-Words, some melody lines

Trident Society (of the USNA), The Book of Navy Songs, Doubleday, 1935
81/2x11, 200 pages, 100+ songs
Words, melody line, arrangements, Illustrations, notes
Comments: cleaned up versions of popular songs and chanties

Whall, W B: Sea Songs and Shanties
4th ed., Glasgow: J Brown & sons, 1920
6th ed. Brown Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1927, reprinted 1986
IBSN 0851741819
7x9, 154 pages, 63songs
- Words, melody lines, piano arrangements
Comments: in print
153 pages, 63 songs, plus commentary and illustrations (book size)
Captain Whall was an Oxford graduate who was formally trained in music. He
went to sea in 1861, and collected sea shanties while serving on sailing
ships.
He gives some commentary on the background of the songs, and has some
opinions which would be considered very non-PC today (i.e. one section is
titled "Nigger Songs"). Some of the songs have incomplete words, as the
originals, in his words, were "the veriest filth.". However, this said, he
collected most of his material from 1861 to 1872, the hey day of shanty
singing, and from included sources who had "served at sea before 1815, the
year of peace, and who were of the old school.". The book itself is well
presented

===========================================
V: Bawdy Sea Song Books
============================================

One issue which always comes up, when one sings sea chanties as generally
commercially presented , is
the lack of anything naughty in the verses. It can now be revealed that
the songs, as originally sung, were
generally quite rude. However, to preserve the sensibilities of the
listening and buying public, clean
versions were generally recorded or published.
Except here.


Babad, Harry, Roll me Over, Oak Pubs, NY, 1972
Availability:: [E]
Comments: in print- Songs as sung, with the original words.


Brand, Oscar, Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads, Dorchester Press, NY, 1960
Comments: Risqu‚ words to his best known works. Four letter words omitted
in the interests of
obscurity

Cal. Tech, Songs of Raunch and Ill Repute, Ricketts House Caltech,
Pasadena, 1958
Comments: a mimeographed set of word sheets

Cray, Ed, The Erotic Muse (2nd), Uni. of Illinois Press
6x9, 430 pages, 100+ songs
words, melody line , notes and descriptions
Comments: This is one of the more comprehensive works on the subject. No
words are omitted.
Alternative versions are presented. Some chanty material. Now that the 2nd
edition is available it should
be easily obtainable. A must for any serious student of the Bawdy song.
Definitely non-PC. Don't show
your mother ...let her find her own copy.

Hogbotel & Ffuckes, More Snatches & Lays (revised Ed), Sun Books
Australia, 1973
Comments: mostly rude words to songs. No tunes

Hopkins, Anthony, Songs From the Front and Rear: Canadian Servicemen's
Songs of the Second World War, E Edwards Hurting, 1979
Comments: A fairly extensive coverage of military dirty ditties

Hugill, Stanley J (As Long John Silver), Sailing Sea Chanties)
MS Aberdovey, Merioneth, Wales (circa 1956-57)
Comments: (dirty version of his commercial text)- Apparently no publisher
would print the real words, so Stan produced this as an authentic record
to
preserve them. If anyone has a copy or knows where one can be
obtained....e-
mail me collect-HW

Locker Room Ballads, Ace Books, NY, 1967 (reprint from Rugby and More
Rugby Songs)
Comments: words, but no music to the standard songs. All naughty words are
replaced by *** (or more usually ****)

McCurdy, Ed, Ed McCurdy's Song Book of Wit and Mirth, Hargail Music
Press, NY 1963

More Rugby Songs, Sphere Books, London, 1968
Comments: more rude songs and poems. Naughty Words replaced by ***

Niles, John Jacob & Moore, Douglas S., Songs My mother Never Taught Me,
Gold Label Books, Inc., 1929
Comments: This work was published shortly after WW1. It is , by modern
standards, almost inoffensive, as there are no rude words. However, at the
time it would have been considered risqu‚. Interesting note. John Jacob
Niles
is one of the most revered and respected names in the collection of early
American folk music.

Randolph, Vance, Roll Me In Your Arms, Ozark Bawdy Ballads V.1
Randolph, Vance, Blow the Candle Out, Ozark Bawdy Ballads, V.2
Comments: These are huge volumes, and are an exhaustive and scholarly
research on the subject of dirty songs. It is extensively footnoted and
bibliographied. PhD level stuff. Plenty of naughty words, explained in
more
detail than you might think necessary.

Rugby Songs: Why Was He Born So Beautiful, And Other., Sphere Books,
London, 1967
Comments: words, but no music to the standard songs. Naughty words
replaced by ***

Shay, Frank & Held Jr, John, More Pious Friends and Drunken Companions,
Golden Label Books, Inc. 1928

Shay, Frank & Held Jr, John, My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions,
Golden Label Books, Inc. 1927
Comments: Interesting collections of what would be considered off colour
(at
the time) songs and rhymes. No naughty words

Shay, Frank (as Dave E. Jones), A Collection of Sea Songs & Ditties, from
the
stores of Dave E. Jones., USA (circa 1928) 44 pages
Comments: According to Gershorn Legman, this unpublished manuscript
contains the original versions of the sea chanties that Frank Shay
collected for
his book "Wooden Ships and Iron Men". It was considered too risqu‚ for
publication at the time, but has the authentic version of the songs.
Anyone
having a copy, please contact me-HW

Silverman, Jerry, The Dirty Song Book, G Degenhardt Dorset Press, US Tip
Tree

NOTE: If anyone had a lead on either the Stan Hugill-Long John Silver, or
the
Frank Shay-Dave E Jones manuscripts, please contact me. They are much
sought after and needed for the next version of the list.

===================================================
VI: Major Collections:
===================================================

There are several major collections of Sea Chanties which are more or less
available to the public, if you happen to be located close enough to them

1- Harvard University- Boston Massachusetts, USA

James Madison Carpenter's PhD thesis -Fo'c's'le Songs and Shanties, plus
notes and field recordings-1929
The notes are at Harvard, the cylinder recordings are in the Library of
Congress. Apparently the English Folk Dance & Song society obtained a
microfilm copy, plus tape copies so they must be commercially available. I
have no idea of the cost or who to contact.

2- English Folk Dance & Song Society
2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 7AY
-which oddly enough is the same address as Hobgoblin Music's London store.
Access is available, though this is a private collection
Librarian: Malcom Taylor (44+71) 485 2206

3- Chris Roche ( a member of the group-Shanty Crew)
A large private collection of nautical, including over 100 volumes of
shanties
and sea songs.
(Access by written application: 6 Brafferton Road, Croydon Surrey, UK CR0
1AD)

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VII: Festivals of Shanties & Sea Music:
===================================================

>Sea Chantey festival at Mystic Seaport?
Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, USA
July 9-11,1995

Contact:
Geoff Kaufman
Mystic Seaport Museum
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
Telephone (203)572-0711 or 572-5350

Information:
The festival is usually the second weekend in June which this year will be
June 9-11. It starts with a concert on Friday night. Saturday starts with
a
symposium presenting 3(approx.) papers on various aspects of sea music.
Saturday and Sunday afternoons have workshops at various locations
throughout the Seaport including demonstrations on shipboard. Saturday
evening has a concert, a contra dance and ends with a pub sing. The entire
festival ends with a farewell concert from about 4-6 P.M. on Sunday. I
can't
tell you about costs since my husband and I volunteer on the sound crew
and
get the weekend free. You can contact the Seaport by writing to them at:
Mystic Seaport Museum
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
Telephone (203)572-0711 or 572-5350
The festival co-ordinator is Geoff Kaufman of the Education Dept.
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>Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia CANADA

(First Weekend in August)
Contact:
PO Box 655
Lunenburg, NS
CANADA B0J 2C0
Phone (902) 634-3180
Fax: (902) 634-3572

Information:
Lunenburg is (or was) the fishing capital of Canada, and the current
crisis in
the state of the World's fish stocks have hit Lunenburg worse than most.
However, Lunenburg itself is a picturesque town on picturesque Mahone Bay,
in Picturesque Nova Scotia.

The acts are a mix of nautical, Celtic, trad and modern folkie, and
whatever
else the organisers have been able to attract. Last year they had, among
others,
Starboard Side (local chanties), Penny Lang ( a 60's folk survivor), Jeff
Warner (US chanty and trad folk), and Roddie Romero and his Rockin'
Cajuns, the hottest new Cajun act from Louisiana.

The Festival has been run for several years now, and it is a real family
affair,
meaning that everyone gets treated like family. The festival itself is
scattered
around the town. There are children's events. There are free events. There
are
paid events. It's small by big city festival standards, with an attendance
of
hundreds at the bigger events. Probably several thousand total for the
entire
weekend. The quality, however is very, VERY good. Many of the performers
are local (Nova Scotian, which includes Cape Breton), but they also
attract a
few top level international performers. Mind you, a number of the Nova
Scotian performers now have world class reputations and play big venues
elsewhere. However, Lunenburg is the festival equivalent of a kitchen
ceilidh,
which means that the performers usually circulate out front to watch the
other
acts. Nice, relaxed venue. But remember, because of the weather, the main
events are held in a tent, so tickets go really fast for the main acts.

Did I say weather? Nova Scotian summer weather can be very good, or very
bad. Can't predict it, but we've learned to live with it. Bring T-shirts
and
shorts, sweaters and rainwear. Last year the festival fleecy sweatshirts
were the
"hot" item, the year before it was the T-shirts and sun-visors.
--------------------------------------------------

>Songs Of Sail
Penetanguishene, Ontario CANADA

(First Weekend in August-)
Contact:
Songs of Sails Festival
P.O.. Box 339
Penetanguishene, Ontario
CANADA L0K 1P0
Phone: (705) 361-3084

Information:
Up until 1993 the festival was held at the Naval and Military
Establishments in Penetanguishene. That site (now called Discovery
Harbour) is a reconstruction of a 19th century British ship repair yard.
In later years it became a military site, although there were never any
battles fought at the site.

In 1993 we moved the festival from its usual last weekend in August to
the first weekend in August. We did this to align the festival with the
Atlantic Challenge bantry boat race in 1994. The story is a long one,
but the net result was that, after the 1993 event we accumulated a
considerable debt. We were not in a position to hold the event in 1994.
Thus the irony was that after moving the festival to coincide with the
Atlantic Challenge, We did not hold a festival in 1994.

Anyway, that is all history. In 1995 we will be back at out old weekend
(August 25 to 27). The festival will be held in "downtown"
Penetanguishene (population 6,000). We are kicking off the weekend with
a Friday evening boat cruise (capacity 200) on Georgian Bay, complete
with performances by a couple of the weekend performers. Saturday and
Sunday will feature performances, workshops, crafts, displays, etc.,
running from 10:00 am until 8:00 PM. Admission to the festival is $5.00
for adults and $2.00 for children, per day. The boat cruise tickets
are $10.00 each. By the way, the 1995 festival is being held at the
Centennial Museum, next to the waterfront in Penetanguishene.

The line-up is as follows:

Tamarack
Richard Knechtel
Lee Murdock
Geoff Booth
John Mayberry and Jamie Beeton
Don McGeogh
Mundy's Bay Grog League
Jim MacMillan
Margaret Cristl
Bill Russell
Ian Bell and Kate Murphy
Huronia Old Tyme Country
Eric Dubeau
Artisan (not yet certain)

To contact the festival

Songs of Sail Marine Heritage Festival
P.O. Box 298
Victoria Harbour ON L0K 2A0
Canada

Phone (705) 361-3084

There is a camp site available, about 15 km away at a cost of $25.00 for
the weekend.
-----------------------------------------

1996

Here is the line-up for Songs of Sail Festival in Penetanguishene,
Ontario.

Eileen McGann & David Knutson
Tom Lewis
Nonesuch
County Vaudeville
John Mayberry & Jamie Beeton
Colleen McQuarrie
Lu Robitaille
Mundy's Bay Grog League
Marg Raynor
Tanglefoot
Evalyn Parry & Cheryl Neil
Len Wallace
Octamerous
Dent-de-lion
Jim MacMillan
Cindy Thompson

There web page is located at: http://www.bpm.on.ca/sos.html

--
Jim Hanmore _________________________________________________
Back Porch Music, RR 1, Victoria Harbour, ON, CANADA L0K 2A0
Phone: (705) 534-6394 E-mail: b...@bpm.on.ca
Fax: (705) 534-9985 WEB: http://www.bpm.on.ca

>International Sea Shanty Festival
Hull, Humberside UK

(First Weekend in September =31 Aug. -3 Sept.)
Contact:
Linda Martin
Shanty Festival Office
120 George Street
Hull,
UK HU1 3AA
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>Swansea Sea Shanty Festival
West Glamorgan, Wales
Here is info on Swansea Sea Shanty Festival. Sorry I have taken so long in
replying. Most of the events are free of charge. There is a concert on
Saturday
evening with a charge.

Swansea Maritime & Shanty Festival
West Glamorgan,
Wales

2nd Weekend in May 10th-12th 1996

CONTACT : Sara Selby
Leisure Promotions Section
Room 165
The Guildhall
Swansea, UK
SA1 4PE

PHONE : (01792) 302427
After April 1st 1996 : (01792) 635427

FAX : (01792) 302408
After April 1st 1996 (01792) 635408

INTERNET : 101614.2742@COMPUSERVE


ARTISTS PROVISIONALLY BOOKED

Hughie Jones, Shanty Jack, Tom Lewis, Portsmouth Shantymen, Johnny
Collins, The Anchormen, Baggywrinkle, Long John Silver, Hearts of Oak,
Campangiezangers.

Sing around in the Queens Hotel Friday night.

Quayside entertainment from 12 noon - 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday
alongside the Maritime and Industrial Museum includes children's
entertainment.

Music all day in the Queens Hotel Saturday and Sunday. Model Boats
Display.
Talks by the Sail Training Association.


Regards


Sara Selby
(First Weekend in May 5-7)
Contact:
Sara Selby
Leisure & Promotions Section
Room 165
The Guildhall
Swansea
UK SA1 4PE
Phone: (44+792) 302 427
Fax: (44+792) 302 408
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Brest 96
13 20 July 1996

Contact: Brest 96
BP 1996
29269 Brest, Cedex, FRANCE
Tel (33) 98 00 96 96
Fax(33) 98 00 96 90
Comments:
I have never been to one of the Brest fetes, but I have heard the
recordings
made (see La Chasse Maree). If this one is like years previous, it will be
a huge
festival of boats, ships, people and music, Hundreds of concerts with the
top
sea musicians from all over Europe , North America and the world. I'd love
to
be there. I'll probably have to buy the CD and just dream.
==============================
VIII: Regular Chanty Sings
==============================

>
1- San Francisco, CA: Maritime Historical Park
first Saturday of every month (8 PM to Midnight)-gb


2-New York


The monthly Sea Chantey Sing at South Street Seaport is on for next
weekend:

Bring a friend, bring an instrument, bring your favourite sea songs,
to share with like-minded sailors, singers, and musicians...and plan
to have some big fun!

Where: Seamen's Church Institute
(near South Street Seaport Museum)
241 Water Street (2nd floor)
New York, NY

When: 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening, February 24, 1996

Who: You

How: Telephone Bill Becker at 212-748-8675 to get your
name on the guest list: this will assure that you and
your guest(s) are allowed in.

Bring: A musical instrument, songs, a friend, your favourite
beverage, your voice, & your smile! The Seaman's Church
Institute also has refreshments (adult and other) available
for charges ranging from free to nominal.

How much: Free--- but if you enjoy the evening, a donation to
help support the snail-mailing list and to help the work of
our hosts (The Seaman's Church Institute, which helps
to provide a variety of social and spiritual services
to mariners who pass through the Port of New York)
is welcome.

From: gr...@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)



==========================
IX: SOURCES:
==========================


========================
Mail-Order Retailers
========================
The letter in the brackets i.e. [Z] is used in the recordings and books
sections
to indicate that the material is available from the following retailers.


[A]
Andy's Front Hall
PO Box 307
Wormer Road
Voorheesville, NY, USA 12186
Ph: (1+518) 765-4193
FAX: (1+518) 765-4344
fen...@aol.com
Comments: Andy's is one of the best US sources for books, music and other
folk related materials. Write for a catalogue.


[E]
Elderly Instruments
1100 N. Washington
P.O. Box 14210
Lansing, MI, USA 48901
Ph: (1+517)372-7890
Fax: (1+517)372-5155
Comments: Elderly have a very good selection, and probably the cheapest
prices. Write for their Recordings, and Books catalogues.


[F]
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Office of Folklife Programmes
955 L'Enfant Plaza
Suite 2600
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, USA 20560

-or-
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
414 Hungerford Drive
Suite 444
Rockville, MD, USA 20850
Ph: (1+301)443-2314
Fax: (1+301)443-1819
Comments: In 1988 the Smithsonian acquired the rights to all Folkways
records. Between 1947, and 1987 Folkways produces over 2100 records
covering the entire spectrum of Folk, and what would be now called World
music. Seeger, Gutherie, Paul Clayton, Alan Mills...it's all there. Mostly
K7's,
with increasingly more available on CD. Write for the catalogue. It's got
something for everyone, literally.


[H]
Hobgoblin Music
17 Northgate Parade
Crawley, W. Sussex, UK RH10 2DT
Ph: (44+1293)51 58 58
Fax:(44+1293)851 620
Comments: Hobgoblin are the best source I've found in the UK. Much of
what they have is unavailable from any other source. They have a colour
catalogue which is the instrumental equivalent of the Simpson's or Sears
Christmas catalogue. Page after page of " I want...I want." There is also
a shop
in London (2 Regents Park road, London NW1 7AY).

[L]
Lark In The Morning
P.O. Box 1176
Mendocino, CA, USA 95460
Ph: (1+707)964-5594
Fax:(1+707)964-1979
EMAIL LARK...@MHS.MENDOCINO.K12.CA.US[11]
http://www.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/la
rkhp.html
Comments: Lark's catalogues the greatest source of everything that has
ever
been played. Every instrument imaginable, and some that are unimaginable.
It
also has some Sea Shanty recordings not available from any other
mail-order
source that I've found so far. Try their WWW pages for an on-line view.

[M]
Mystic seaport Museum
Publications Department
75 Greenmanville Ave.
P.O. Box 6000
Mystic, CT USA 06355-0990
Ph:(1+203)572-5347
Fax: (1+203)572-5326
Comments: I was disappointed with the Mystic catalogue as there were only
two items of Sea Music listed, though both are irreplaceable: Stan
Hugill's
Book and one K7 of his music. Perhaps the museum store has more items
available for sale.

[P]
Paris-Accordeon
80, rue Daguerre
75014 Paris, France
Ph: (33)43 22 13 48
Comments: Paris Accordeon is my only current mail-order source for French
Chants de Marins. Obviously they have a great quantity of button Accordeon
music and books...and since the button Accordeon was a major sailor's
instrument...
===================================
Magazines
===================================
>
DL-Dirty Linen Magazine
P.O. Box 66600
Baltimore, MD, USA 21239-6600
Ph: (1+410)583-7973
Fax: (1+410) 337-6735
EMAIL: 7402...@compuserve.com
FTP: ftp.cac.psu.edu
Comments: MONTHLY-The US equivalent of Folk Roots. DL is a Folk and
World music review publication. It covers performers, performances,
festivals
and releases (i.e. record reviews). Their tour schedule and festivals list
is
available on-line.
-------------------------------
>
FR- Folk Roots Magazine (fro...@cityscape.co.uk)
WWW: http://www.cityscape.co.uk/froots/
Comments: MONTHLY-The European equivalent of Dirty Linen. Reviews
artists, performances and recordings. You'll probably read about it here
first,
then decide if you want to order it. The publish a list of European
festivals and
performance venues. If you're planning to visit Europe and what to know
who's playing where, it's probably here.
-----------------------------
>
LCM-La Chasse-Mar‚e-(Histoire et Ethnologie maritime)
BP 159
29171 Douarnenez, Cedex, FRANCE
Ph: (33)98 92 09 19
Comments: This appears to be a magazine devoted to things Maritime. In
format it appears to be like GEO or national Geographic, with articles and
many pictures on a variety of nautical subjects. Vol# 18 has an article
on Stan
Hugill, Vol# 40 on Sea Chanties, and Vol# 58 on music on board ship. (IN
FRENCH). They also produce extensive recordings of French sea chanties, as
well as covering the Breton (the French Celts) music and cultural scene.
They
have a catalogue available with a host of nautical items books, music,
prints,
models etc.
-----------------------------------------
>
SO-Sing Out Magazine (Sin...@pipeline.com)
Comments: Quarterly-Still at it, after all these years. Publishes songs,
music
and information (general and specific) on folk music, including
occasionally,
Sea songs. Also publishes and calendar of events (i.e. festivals)
------------------------------
>TM- Trad Magazine (musiques traditionnelles)
B.P. 27
62350 SAINT VENANT, FRANCE
Ph: (33)21 02 52 52
Fax: (33)21 27 16 70
Comments: BIMONTHLY-A French "Sing-Out" Magazine. Similar format,
but it includes songs and music TABed for the Button Accordeon. Obviously,
it also covers the (extensive) French traditional music venues.
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WWW Sites
===================================
Digital Tradition http://web2.xerox.com/digitrad
Mystic Seaport http://www.mystic.org/
Songs of Sail Festival 1996 http://www.bpm.on.ca/sos.html
Caltech Rowing club http://www.cco.caltech.edu:80/~ward/chanty/
Andrew Draskoy's Page http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~andrew/shanty

===================================
General Reference Books
===================================

>
FFA-Folksingers and Folksongs in America,(Ray M Lawless, NY Duell, Sloan
& Pearce, 1965)
L.C.-65-21677
Comments: A reference book which surveys the Folk (mainly US) music
sources, and gives mini-reviews. An annotated bibliography of folk.
--------------------Article Unavailable

[Abby Sale]

On 7 Nov 1996 13:44:34 GMT, ebor...@is.dal.ca (Elizabeth Mann Borghese)
wrote:

>Sea Chanteys, Forebitters, & other Songs of the Sea
>V. 5.0
>dated: 31 October 1996
>

Is this most valued faq available online anywhere these days? The Neil
Berkowitz website doesn't seem to respond anymore & as I've received it,
the formatting is zerrucked. (Although I'd _prefer_ it as the Word doc it
started out as.)

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And I quote:
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
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