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Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport

Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie, Ellen Cohn
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

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Stuart M. Frank
00:37
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Stuart Gillespie
01:07
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Stuart M. Frank
01:09
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Stuart Gillespie
01:11
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Stuart Gillespie
01:17
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Stuart M. Frank
01:34
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Stuart Gillespie
01:07
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Stuart M. Frank
01:02
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Stuart Gillespie
01:52
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Stuart Gillespie and Stuart Frank
00:37
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Stuart M. Frank
01:54
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Stuart Gillespie
03:00
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Stuart M. Frank
01:22
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Stuart M. Frank
02:39
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Stuart Gillespie
01:17
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Stuart M. Frank
01:16
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Stuart M. Frank
01:37
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Stuart M. Frank
01:42
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Stuart M. Frank
01:02
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Stuart Gillespie
02:27
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Stuart M. Frank
01:08
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Ellen Cohn
00:32
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Ellen Cohn
00:35
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Stuart M. Frank
00:56
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Stuart M. Frank
01:03
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Stuart M. Frank
02:23
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Stuart Gillespie
03:11
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Stuart M. Frank
01:25
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Stuart M. Frank
00:47
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Stuart Gillespie
02:16
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Ellen Cohn
01:31
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Ellen Cohn
00:41
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Ellen Cohn
00:43
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Stuart M. Frank
01:41