Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
Hooker John (Mary’s on the Island)
“Captain Whall gives a verse and chorus called Ooker John in his book Sea Songs and Shanties. From my Barbadian friend…
Tag: Hulton Clint
The Liverpool Packet, sea shanty
“The Liverpool Packet” (also The Flash Packet) is a sea shanty with a 4-verse refrain sung on the…
The Shaver sea shanty
From “The Shanty Book” (part two) -1926, as a Windlass and Capstan Shanties by Richard R Terry (now…
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 AMERICANO/ American Folk
Roll the Cotton Down – Moses! Sea shanty
This sea shanty comes in two versions, one as halyard shanty and the other as capstan shanty (with…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk
He Back, She Back (Old Moke Picking on the Banjo)
Hulton Clint writes: “The lyrics are cobbled together from railroad work songs, minstrel jingles, mis-hearings of “Shule Aroon”…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk
Bear Away Yankee, Bear Away Boy
he shanty "Bear Away Yankee" (Deep The Water, Shallow The Shore) comes from the singing of West Indies…
“Fire Down Below” the last shanty
"Fire Down Below" in addition to being the title of a film and a rock song is above…
Blow the man down sea shanty
"Blow the man down", that is to knock a man down or strike with a fist, belaying pin or capstan bar, is…
Pubblicato inDrinking song/ CANTI DA OSTERIA, FOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk
Little Billee sea shanty
The maritime songs can express the biggest fears with a good laugh! This song was born in 1863…
