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 Stuart Gillespie and Stuart Frank	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 Cohn	00:32
206	Traditional Reel Ellen 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 Cohn	01:31
215	Belfast Hornpipe Ellen Cohn	00:41
216	The Forester Ellen Cohn	00:43
217	The Bold Benjamin Stuart M. Frank	01:41