The songs and shanties on this album are all sung, without exception, by men who used them in the days of sail. With the advent of steam and the end of sail, any practical use for these sea songs disappeared, and they survived only in the memory of old-timers. The old-timers themselves have passed on, leaving these recordings as their legacy. This CD reissues the first published recordings of these sea songs and shanties.

21 tracks on the cd include:

Haul the Bowline; Blow, Boys, Blow; The Drunken Sailor; Reuben Ranzo; A-Roving; Heave Away; The Sailor's Alphabet; Paddy Doyle; Paddy, Get Back; The Dead Horse; Johnny Boker; When Jone's Ale Was New; Blow the Man Down (I); Blow the Man Down (II); So Handy, Me Boys, So Handy; A Long Time Ago; Rio Grande; Whisky Johnny; Roll the Cotton Down; Rolling Home; Homeward Bound

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Product #: 21202084