Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport

Folkways Records – FTS 37300

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic
[Tracklist]
A01 Hanging Johnny: Stuart M. Frank (0:37)
A02 John Kanaka: Stuart Gillespie (1:07)
A03 Rueben Ranzo: Stuart M. Frank (1:09)
A04 The Wild Goose: Stuart Gillespie (1:11)
A05 Roll the Cotton Down: Stuart Gillespie (1:17)
A06 Blood Red Roses: Stuart M. Frank (1:34)
A07 A Hundred Years Ago: Stuart Gillespie (1:07)
A08 Tommy's Gone to Hilo: Stuart M. Frank (1:02)
A09 Haul Away for Rosie-O: Stuart Gillespie (1:52)
A10 Billy Riley / Sally Racket: Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie (0:37)
A11 Goodbye, Fare Ye Well: Stuart M. Frank (1:54)
A12 Shenandoah: Stuart Gillespie (3:00)
A13 Santa Anna: Stuart M. Frank (1:22)
A14 Can Ye Dance the Polka: Stuart M. Frank (2:39)
A15 Sally Brown: Stuart Gillespie (1:17)
A16 One More Day: Stuart M. Frank (1:16)
A17 Paddy on the Railway: Stuart M. Frank (1:37)
B01 The Weary Whaling Grounds: Stuart M. Frank (1:42)
B02 The Balaena: Stuart M. Frank (1:02)
B03 The Handsome Cabin Boy: Stuart Gillespie (2:27)
B04 Liverpool Judies: Stuart M. Frank (1:08)
B05 Paddy and the Whale: Ellen R. Cohn (0:32)
B06 Traditional Reel: Ellen R. Cohn (0:35)
B07 Mystic River Hornpipe: Stuart M. Frank (0:56)
B08 Traditional Jig: Stuart M. Frank (1:03)
B09 The Bold Harpooner: Stuart M. Frank (2:23)
B10 The Coast of Peru: Stuart Gillespie (3:11)
B11 Blow Ye Winds Westerly: Stuart M. Frank (1:25)
B12 Maid of Amsterdam: Stuart M. Frank (0:47)
B13 Greenland Whale Fisheries: Stuart Gillespie (2:16)
B14 Ten Penny Bit: Ellen R. Cohn (1:31)
B15 Belfast Hornpipe: Ellen R. Cohn (0:41)
B16 The Forester: Ellen R. Cohn (0:43)
B17 The Bold Benjamin: Stuart M. Frank (1:41)
[Credits]
Stuart M. Frank (concertina/accordion/vocals) Stuart Gillespie (concertina/vocals) Ellen Cohn (concertina/penny whistle/ocarina)
Engineer: Kenneth Mahler, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album features classic sea shanties from the 19th century, "sung in the traditional manner, accompanied on historic 19th-century instruments, and recorded aboard historic sailing ships" at the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum. Shanties were sung to make the heavy labor aboard merchant sailing vessels more coordinated, efficient, and lighter. "To hear a good yarn, and sing out a lively, rowdy chorus, was far more pleasurable" than listening to the bosun yelling orders. Liner notes include background on chanties, song lyrics, and black-and-white photographs of sailors.