Various Artists - Classic Maritime From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

If you've ever found yourself as a lonesome sailor longing for the sea, this compilation of shanties should take you right back to the big blue. Stuart Gillespie, Nancy Morrigan and Leadbelly are just three of the voices that will serve as the sirens that will soothe your seaworthy soul. Album Tracks 1. Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama) 2. Shenandoah 3. Clear the Track and Let the Bullgine Roll 4. Greenland Whale Fisheries 5. Paddy Doyles Boots 6. The Black Ball Line 7. The Sloop John B 8. Tommys Gone to Hilo 9. Lord Franklin 10. The Handsome Cabin Boy 11. Rio Grande 12. Run Come See 13. Ten Penny Bit (Instrumental) 14. South Australia 15. Haul Away Joe 16. Blood Red Roses 17. All for Me Grog 18. Haul on the Bowline 19. Bully in the Alley 20. Chesapeake Born (Tom Wisner, Burmese Tunes, Bmi) 21. A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore 22. Dredging Is Drudgery (Tom Wisner) 23. Liverpool Judies (Instrumental) 24. Santiano Hugill 25. Reuben Ranzo 26. The Girls Around Cape Horn 27. Adieu My Lovely Nancy 28. The Dreadnaught 29. Married to a Mermaid 30. Boney 31. Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe (Instrumental) 32. Homeward Bound