Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport

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.

Track Listing

101	Hanging Johnny	Stuart M. Frank	00:37
102	John Kanaka	Stuart Gillespie	01:07
103	Rueben Ranzo	Stuart M. Frank	01:09
104	The Wild Goose	Stuart Gillespie	01:11
105	Roll the Cotton Down	Stuart Gillespie	01:17
106	Blood Red Roses	Stuart M. Frank	01:34
107	A Hundred Years Ago	Stuart Gillespie	01:07
108	Tommy's Gone to Hilo	Stuart M. Frank	01:02
109	Haul Away for Rosie-O	Stuart Gillespie	01:52
110	Billy Riley / Sally Racket (medley)	Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie	00:37
111	Goodbye, Fare Ye Well	Stuart M. Frank	01:54
112	Shenandoah	Stuart Gillespie	03:00
113	Santa Anna	Stuart M. Frank	01:22
114	Can Ye Dance the Polka	Stuart M. Frank	02:39
115	Sally Brown	Stuart Gillespie	01:17
116	One More Day	Stuart M. Frank	01:16
117	Paddy on the Railway	Stuart M. Frank	01:37
201	The Weary Whaling Grounds	Stuart M. Frank	01:42
202	The Balaena	Stuart M. Frank	01:02
203	The Handsome Cabin Boy	Stuart Gillespie	02:27
204	Liverpool Judies	Stuart M. Frank	01:08
205	Paddy and the Whale	Ellen R. Cohn	00:32
206	Traditional Reel	Ellen R. Cohn	00:35
207	Mystic River Hornpipe	Stuart M. Frank	00:56
208	Traditional Jig	Stuart M. Frank	01:03
209	The Bold Harpooner	Stuart M. Frank	02:23
210	The Coast of Peru	Stuart Gillespie	03:11
211	Blow Ye Winds Westerly	Stuart M. Frank	01:25
212	Maid of Amsterdam	Stuart M. Frank	00:47
213	Greenland Whale Fisheries	Stuart Gillespie	02:16
214	Ten Penny Bit	Ellen R. Cohn	01:31
215	Belfast Hornpipe	Ellen R. Cohn	00:41
216	The Forester	Ellen R. Cohn	00:43
217	The Bold Benjamin	Stuart M. Frank	01:41