Sea Shanties: SALT
"Greenland Fisheries" (Alan Lomax 40/61, with original lyrics)
Watersons
"Blow Ye Winds of Morning" (J&A Lomax 130/144)
Almanac Singers (iTunes music store)
Supplements: see SSG for many recordings of the sea shanties. Here are some of my favorites:
A Yankee Ship Came Down the River
Lowlands
Santy Anno
The Blackball Line
Blow the Man Down Boys
Singers associated with the shanties:
Louis Killen
Jeff Warner
Ewan MacColl
The watersons
Sam Larner
Harry H. Corbett
A.L. Lloyd
And some key albums (cds):
Ewan MacColl & A.L.Lloyd Blow Boys Blow
Blow the Man Down (Collection)
Louis Killen: Steady As She Goes / Songs and Chanties from the Days of Commercial Sail
Lou Killen: A Seaman’s Garland (includes “Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her”)
Op de Wilde Vaart. From the Nederlands. Interesting that many are in English
The names themselves are evocative:
Wild Goose Shanty
Jack Tar
Whisky Johnny
Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her
Away Rio
South Australia
The Watersons. A group “…out of the English folk revival, The Watersons employed stark melodic scales along with stunning polyphonic harmonies, and outstanding song selection. Mike, Lal and Norma Waterson hailed from Yorkshire, and were originally joined by their cousin John Harrison, performing as an a capella quartet. The group's career spans from the early 1960s to the present day, where they are joined by fellow traditionalist, Martin Carthy, who married Norma Waterson in 1972.”
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