Recording Details

SFW40053
Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists


Notes - More than just sea chanteys, maritime musical tradition encompasses an ocean of songs from people who have lived and worked on the water. Onboard are Folkways favorite singers-Dave Van Ronk and the Foc’sle Singers, Lead Belly, and Paul Clayton and many more. Classic Maritime takes you from the folk songs of Martha’s Vineyard down to the Bahamas and beyond. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. Extensive liner notes, a whopping 32 tracks, 68 minutes of music!

Country(s) - United States

Language(s) - English

Year of Release - 2004

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Produced by Jeff Place ; Liner Notes by Jeff Place




Tracks -
101 Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama)
The X Seamen’s Institute
Duration:3:04




102 Shenandoah
The X Seamen’s Institute
Duration:3:31




103 Clear the Track and Let the Bullgine Roll
Sam Eskin
Duration:1:37




104 Greenland Whale Fisheries
Stuart Gillespie
Duration:2:16




105 Paddy Doyle’s Boots
Alan Mills and the Shantymen
Duration:0:42




106 The Black Ball Line
The Foc’sle Singers
Duration:1:04




107 The Sloop John B.
The Dicey Doh Singers
Duration:2:14




108 Tommy's Gone to Hilo
Stuart M. Frank
Duration:1:03




109 Lord Franklin
The Gold Ring
Duration:2:17




110 The Handsome Cabin Boy
Stuart Gillespie
Duration:2:28




111 Rio Grande
The Foc’sle Singers
Duration:2:49




112 Run Come See
The X Seamen’s Institute
Duration:2:46




113 Ten Penny Bit (Instrumental)
Ellen Cohn
Duration:1:33




114 South Australia
Stan Hugill
Duration:3:10




115 Haul Away Joe
Lead Belly
Duration:2:54




116 Blood Red Roses
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus
Duration:1:39




117 All for Me Grog
Louis Killen, Jeff and Gerrett Warner and Fud Benson
Duration:3:09




118 Haul on the Bowline
The Foc’sle Singers
Duration:1:23




119 Bully in the Alley
Morrigan
Duration:1:45




120 Chesapeake Born
Tom and Mark Wisner
Duration:4:19




121 A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus
Duration:1:55




122 Dredgin' is My Drudgery
Tom and Mark Wisner
Duration:2:32




123 Liverpool Judies (Instrumental)
Stuart M. Frank
Duration:1:11




124 Santiano
The X Seamen’s Institute, Lou Killen and Stan Hugill
Duration:1:48




125 Reuben Ranzo
The X Seamen’s Institute
Duration:1:31




126 The Girls Around Cape Horn
Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski
Duration:2:24




127 Adieu My Lovely Nancey
Morrigan
Duration:2:25




128 The Dreadnaught
Tom Sullivan
Duration:3:33




129 Married to a Mermaid
Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski
Duration:1:36




130 Boney
The X-Seamen’s Institute
Duration:1:12




131 Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe (Instrumental)
Tom Sullivan
Duration:1:58




132 Homeward Bound
Stuart M. Frank
Duration:2:31