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The Song Goes On
Self-Propelled Musc ASM106D
(2011)
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Opening with a stunning new arrangement of CYRIL TAWNEY's iconic Grey Funnel Line (popularized in a superb version by The Silly Sisters), travelling through calypsos to "work" shanties and songs from John Fogerty and The Kingston Trio; if this is the new direction of nautical song, be prepared to hang on tight(ly)! The compilation concludes with Mick Ryan's anthemic paean to the singing giants upon whose shoulders we all stand (The Song Goes On), and QFTRY's superbly innovative harmonic adaptation of an older Tom Lewis song (Swallow The Anchor).
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title to see the lyrics.
- Grey Funnel
Line (Cyril Tawney) The iconic anthem
from the man who “invented” Contemporary Nautical Song.
- Passage
To Grimsby (Trad.) A light-hearted ,
rollicking song; “collected” from the early repertoire
of the late, great Johnny Collins.
- Bimini (B.
Olofson / M. Mark McIntyre) The Kingston Trio
could really pick great, fun songs. They definitely
blazed a trail worth following.
- Spanish
Ladies (Trad.) I remember hearing this
tune being used as the theme for a radio series: “Green
Sailors” broadcast on BBC Radio’s: “Children’s Hour”;
circa 1952.
- Fair Winds – and
a Following Sea (Tom Lewis) Saying
“Goodbye” can be a sad occasion … but it doesn’t always
need to be.
- Proud Mary
(John Fogerty) Another iconic song, from the world
of American “inland waterways”.
- San
Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller) Far
from a classic “blues”, nonetheless this is a heartfelt
plea for another chance at love.
- All Coiled
Down (C. Fox-Smith / A. Fitzsimmons)
From the pen of Cicely Fox Smith, this is her poem: “So
Long”; set to a tune by Liverpool’s Alan Fitzsimmons.
- Anchor Song
(Rudyard Kipling / Peter Bellamy) Written in the
reign of Queen Victoria; Kipling evokes an earlier era,
and Peter Bellamy perfectly matches the spirit.
- The Last
Shanty (T. Lewis) That so many people
know this song gladdens my heart.
- Pay Me My
Money Down (Trad.) Originally from the
singing of stevedores around the Georgia Sea Islands, I
hear the relevance of unions whenever I sing this.
- The Song Goes
On (Mick Ryan) Sing in crowds … sing in
your bathroom … but SING; and never forget “we stand on
the shoulders of giants”.
- Swallow
The Anchor (T. Lewis) I’m hugely
complimented that my Polish friends wanted to record
this version.
