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I know it’s a bit unconventional, but I sing in the car. I was once stopped by a couple of police officers worried I was crazed by drink or drugs, but I’m unrepentant about my technique for relieving the nearly unbearable tedium of driving: it keeps me cheerful and it’s a darn sight better than … Continue reading “Short Sharp Shanties volume 1 is out”
The first of three CDs presenting the entire collected repertoire of the legendary Somerset shanty singer John ‘Yankee Jack’ Short will be launched at the end of May this year. The songs were collected from the deep water sailor by the great folklorist Cecil Sharp in 1914. In all, Yankee Jack gave Sharp a total … Continue reading “First of three Yankee Jack shanty CDs about to be launched”
An illustration by George Cruikshank from the book Songs, Naval and National by Thomas Dibdin, published in London, England in 1841. Taken from the Wikipedia These are some of our favourite boating and maritime tunes, sea songs and videos online, including shanties. All For Me Grog from the post Two sea shanties for singing sailors South … Continue reading “Songs, tunes and videos”