Focsle Singers- Foc'sle Songs and Shanties (CD)
Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the Foc'Sle Singers: Dave Van Ronk, Bob Brill, Roger Abrahams, and Bob Yellin. Most of their repertoire comes from BBC field recordings of English shantymen.
Tracklist:
- Ratcliffe Highway
- Rio Grande
- Haul On The Bowline
- Maggie May
- Haul Away Joe
- Do My Johnny Booker
- Roll The Cotton Down
- Haul Boys Haul
- Leave Her Johnny
- Paddy Lay Back
- Fire Down Below
- A Hundred Years Ago
- Santy Anno
- Captain Nipper
- Hanging Johnny
- Banks Of The Sacramento
- Won't You Go My Way
- Good Bye Fare Thee Well
- All Bound To Go
- The Black Ball Line
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Focsle Singers- Foc'sle Songs and Shanties (CD)
Focsle Singers- Foc'sle Songs and Shanties (CD)
Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the Foc'Sle Singers: Dave Van Ronk, Bob Brill, Roger Abrahams, and Bob Yellin. Most of their repertoire comes from BBC field recordings of English shantymen.
Tracklist:
- Ratcliffe Highway
- Rio Grande
- Haul On The Bowline
- Maggie May
- Haul Away Joe
- Do My Johnny Booker
- Roll The Cotton Down
- Haul Boys Haul
- Leave Her Johnny
- Paddy Lay Back
- Fire Down Below
- A Hundred Years Ago
- Santy Anno
- Captain Nipper
- Hanging Johnny
- Banks Of The Sacramento
- Won't You Go My Way
- Good Bye Fare Thee Well
- All Bound To Go
- The Black Ball Line
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Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the Foc'Sle Singers: Dave Van Ronk, Bob Brill, Roger Abrahams, and Bob Yellin. Most of their repertoire comes from BBC field recordings of English shantymen.
Tracklist:
- Ratcliffe Highway
- Rio Grande
- Haul On The Bowline
- Maggie May
- Haul Away Joe
- Do My Johnny Booker
- Roll The Cotton Down
- Haul Boys Haul
- Leave Her Johnny
- Paddy Lay Back
- Fire Down Below
- A Hundred Years Ago
- Santy Anno
- Captain Nipper
- Hanging Johnny
- Banks Of The Sacramento
- Won't You Go My Way
- Good Bye Fare Thee Well
- All Bound To Go
- The Black Ball Line
