Poles Apart
Self-Propelled Musc 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!
