The Liverpool Packet, sea shanty
“The Liverpool Packet” (also The Flash Packet) is a sea shanty with a 4-verse refrain sung on the…
Tra terra e cielo, la cultura nei paesi dei Celti
Categoria: FOLK INGLESE/English Folk
The Shaver sea shanty
From “The Shanty Book” (part two) -1926, as a Windlass and Capstan Shanties by Richard R Terry (now…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MUSICA RINASCIMENTALE/ Renaissance music
Go (away) From My Window
A melody that has survived to this day in the oral tradition is quite similar at that played…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, LIBRI/Book, MITI/Mythology
The Daemon Lover or The House Carpenter
Leggi in italiano A prolific theme in the European traditional ballad that has its roots in the Middle…
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The Christmas Storke [La Cicogna di Natale]
The legend comes from the English Renaissance and became a Christmas song entitled “The Storke (The Christmas Storke)”La…
Derby Ram sea shanty
The oldest traditions of the mid-winter festival included an auspicious quest in which a group of young people went from house to…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, Musica gallese/ Welsh music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Poor old horse: winter hoodening
Leggi in italianoSamhain (the New Year of the Celts) ended on 11 November with a pagan festival still…
Our Goodman, a drunken ballad
The ballad dates back at least to 1760 (it was found in a broadside printed in London with…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
Captain Nipper
The song appeared in print around 1914 in a book entitled Shanties and Forebitters by Bessie (Mrs Clifford) Beckett,…
A Week Before Easter – The False Bride english version
The ballad of the “False Bride” or the theme of unrequited love, surely dates back to 1600 and was…
