Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport

Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie and Ellen Cohn

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