Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport
Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie and Ellen Cohn

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
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Hanging Johnny | Stuart M. Frank | 0:37 | |
102
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John Kanaka | Stuart Gillespie | 1:07 | |
103
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Rueben Ranzo | Stuart M. Frank | 1:09 | |
104
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The Wild Goose | Stuart Gillespie | 1:11 | |
105
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Roll the Cotton Down | Stuart Gillespie | 1:17 | |
106
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Blood Red Roses | Stuart M. Frank | 1:34 | |
107
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A Hundred Years Ago | Stuart Gillespie | 1:07 | |
108
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Tommy's Gone to Hilo | Stuart M. Frank | 1:02 | |
109
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Haul Away for Rosie-O | Stuart Gillespie | 1:52 | |
110
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Billy Riley / Sally Racket (medley) | Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie | 0:37 | |
111
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Goodbye, Fare Ye Well | Stuart M. Frank | 1:54 | |
112
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Shenandoah | Stuart Gillespie | 3:00 | |
113
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Santa Anna | Stuart M. Frank | 1:22 | |
114
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Can Ye Dance the Polka | Stuart M. Frank | 2:39 | |
115
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Sally Brown | Stuart Gillespie | 1:17 | |
116
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One More Day | Stuart M. Frank | 1:16 | |
117
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Paddy on the Railway | Stuart M. Frank | 1:37 | |
201
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The Weary Whaling Grounds | Stuart M. Frank | 1:42 | |
202
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The Balaena | Stuart M. Frank | 1:02 | |
203
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The Handsome Cabin Boy | Stuart Gillespie | 2:27 | |
204
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Liverpool Judies | Stuart M. Frank | 1:08 | |
205
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Paddy and the Whale | Ellen R. Cohn | 0:32 | |
206
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Traditional Reel | Ellen R. Cohn | 0:35 | |
207
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Mystic River Hornpipe | Stuart M. Frank | 0:56 | |
208
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Traditional Jig | Stuart M. Frank | 1:03 | |
209
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The Bold Harpooner | Stuart M. Frank | 2:23 | |
210
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The Coast of Peru | Stuart Gillespie | 3:11 | |
211
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Blow Ye Winds Westerly | Stuart M. Frank | 1:25 | |
212
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Maid of Amsterdam | Stuart M. Frank | 0:47 | |
213
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Greenland Whale Fisheries | Stuart Gillespie | 2:16 | |
214
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Ten Penny Bit | Ellen R. Cohn | 1:31 | |
215
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Belfast Hornpipe | Ellen R. Cohn | 0:41 | |
216
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The Forester | Ellen R. Cohn | 0:43 | |
217
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The Bold Benjamin | Stuart M. Frank | 1:41 |