Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari
John Kanaka naka, tulai e
Stan Hugill la imparò da “Harding delle Barbado” che “sang it with many falsetto yelps and hitches almost…
Tag: Hulton Clint
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…
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…
The Dead Horse (Poor Old Man) sea shanty: Working off the Dead Horse
Leggi in italiano “Paying off the Dead Horse” perhaps derives from a custom in negotiations between breeders: once…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk
Roll the Cotton Down – Moses! Sea shanty
Questa shanty si presenta in due versioni una per gli alaggi e l’altra per il sollevamento dell’ancora (con…
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…
Pubblicato inEMIGRATION SONG/Canti sull'emigrazione, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music
Banks of Newfoundland sea shanty
There are several sea songs entitled "the Banks of Newfoundland", not to be properly considered variations on the…
Pubblicato inEMIGRATION SONG/Canti sull'emigrazione, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music
On the Banks of Newfoundland
Ci sono parecchie sea songs dal titolo "the Banks of Newfoundland", da non considerarsi propriamente come variazioni su…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
The Saucy Sailor Boy
The nineteenth-century image of sailor is rather stereotypical: Jack Tar is a drunkard and a womanizer, perhaps a…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
The Good Ship Kangaroo
A sea shanty from the music hall composed by Harry Clifton (1824-1872) and published in 1856 as On Board…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk
A bordo del Kangaroo
Una sea shanty nata per il music hall composta da Harry Clifton (1824-1872) e pubblicata nel 1856; Stan…
Lucy Long sea shanty
Derivata da una minstrel song in voga nel 1842, la versione sea shanty è al contrario piuttosto rara.
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk
Run, Let the Bulgine Run, sea shanty
Bulgine Run (Let the Bulgine Run) è una sea shanty meno conosciuta di Eliza Lee con la quale…
Pubblicato inFOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk
Lize Lee: Yankee John Stormalong
Appartentente alla "Stormalong family", un vasto gruppo di halyard shanties d'origine afro-americana, Lize Lee (Yankee John, Stormalong) è classificata…
