
Poles Apart
Self-Propelled Music. ASM105D (2001)
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Northwest Passage (Stan Rogers) A Canadian National Anthem for folks like us.
Saltpetre Shanty (Trad.) A capstan shanty, from the South American guano trade.
Rio Grande (Trad.) A capstan shanty and outward bound song, referring to Rio Grande do (del) Sul, Brazil.
Randy Dandy O! (Trad.) "...a capstan and pump song, heard mainly on the old Cape-Horners." (Hugill)
Round the Corner, Sally (Trad.) This song is mentioned in Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast".
"The Transports" Shanty (Peter Bellamy) From the ballad opera THE TRANSPORTS by an icon of the British Folk Revival.
Heave Away, M'Johnnies (Trad.) The great-great-aunt of our friend (and tireless researcher) Bob Webb, of Maine; emigrated from Liverpool to New York in 1862, aboard the ship William Tapscott.
Liverpool Judies (Trad.) "A capstan song (of Irish origin) in Liverpool shops, popular in the Western Ocean Packets." (Hugill)
Stormy/Walk Him Along, John (Trad.) One of the many variants of this pumping shanty.
Roll the Woodpile Down (Trad.) "...one of many (southern U.S.A.) rivermen songs that reached deep-water." (Hugill)
The Wreck of the Nancy Lee (A. LeClerq) A music-hall song, popular in the first half of the 20th Century.
Bear Away, Yankee (Trad./C. Edwards) Based on Roger Abram's: Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore. We're indebted to Craig Edwards, of the group Forebiter, for this piece.
Marchin' Inland (Tom Lewis) From an idea given to Tom by Homer - NOT Bart's Dad!
Get Up Jack, John, Sit Down (E.Harrigan/D.Braham) This song reflects the way land-sharks treated poor sailors.
One More Day (Trad.) "...sung at both windlass and pumps ...a favourite with Yankee crews." (Hugill)
Leave Her Johnny (Trad.) A song for warping the ship alongside or for the final pumping out of the bilges, prior to paying-off. The order: "That'll do!" signaled the end of all work and permission to leave the ship.
THAT'LL DO!