Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways

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More than just sea chanteys, maritime musical tradition encompasses an ocean of songs from people who have lived and worked on the water. Onboard are Folkways favorite singers-Dave Van Ronk and the Foc’sle Singers, Lead Belly, and Paul Clayton and many more. Classic Maritime takes you from the folk songs of Martha’s Vineyard down to the Bahamas and beyond. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. Extensive liner notes, a whopping 32 tracks, 68 minutes of music!

Track Listing

101	Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama)	The X Seamen’s Institute	3:04
102	Shenandoah	The X Seamen’s Institute	3:31
103	Clear the Track and Let the Bullgine Roll	Sam Eskin	1:37
104	Greenland Whale Fisheries	Stuart Gillespie	2:16
105	Paddy Doyle’s Boots	Alan Mills and the Shantymen	0:42
106	The Black Ball Line	The Foc'sle Singers	1:04
107	The Sloop John B.	The Dicey Doh Singers	2:14
108	Tommy's Gone to Hilo	Stuart M. Frank	1:03
109	Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin's Lament)	The Gold Ring	2:17
110	The Handsome Cabin Boy	Stuart Gillespie	2:28
111	Rio Grande	The Foc'sle Singers	2:49
112	Run Come See	The X Seamen’s Institute	2:46
113	Ten Penny Bit (Swallow Tail Jig) (Instrumental)	Ellen Cohn	1:33
114	South Australia	Stan Hugill	3:10
115	Haul Away Joe	Lead Belly	2:54
116	Blood Red Roses	Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus	1:39
117	All for Me Grog	Louis Killen, Jeff and Gerrett Warner and Fud Benson	3:09
118	Haul on the Bowline	The Foc'sle Singers	1:23
119	Bully in the Alley	Morrigan	1:45
120	Chesapeake Born	Tom and Mark Wisner	4:19
121	A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore	Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus	1:55
122	Dredgin' is My Drudgery	Tom and Mark Wisner	2:32
123	Liverpool Judies (Instrumental)	Stuart M. Frank	1:11
124	Santiano (Santy Anna)	The X Seamen’s Institute, Lou Killen and Stan Hugill	1:48
125	Reuben Ranzo	The X Seamen’s Institute	1:31
126	The Girls Around Cape Horn	Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski	2:24
127	Adieu My Lovely Nancey	Morrigan	2:25
128	The Dreadnaught	Tom Sullivan	3:33
129	Married to a Mermaid	Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski	1:36
130	Boney	The X-Seamen’s Institute	1:12
131	Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe (Instrumental)	Tom Sullivan	1:58
132	Homeward Bound	Stuart M. Frank	2:31

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