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SFW40053_101
Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama)
Track Artist
The X Seamen’s Institute
Country(s)
United States
Language(s)
English
Duration
3:04
Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists
SFW40053
More than just sea chanteys, maritime musical tradition encompasses an ocean of songs from people who have lived and worked on the water. Onboard are Folkways favorite singers-Dave Van Ronk and the Foc’sle Singers, Lead Belly, and Paul Clayton and many more. Classic Maritime takes you from the folk songs of Martha’s Vineyard down to the Bahamas and beyond. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. Extensive liner notes, a whopping 32 tracks, 68 minutes of music!
Country(s)
United States
Language(s)
English
Year of Release
2004
Record Label
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits
Produced by Jeff Place ; Liner Notes by Jeff Place ; Mastered by Pete Reiniger
Download Liner Notes
101
Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama)
The X Seamen’s Institute
3:04
102
Shenandoah
The X Seamen’s Institute
3:31
103
Clear the Track and Let the Bullgine Roll
Sam Eskin
1:37
104
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Stuart Gillespie
2:16
105
Paddy Doyle’s Boots
Alan Mills and the Shantymen
0:42
106
The Black Ball Line
The Foc’sle Singers
1:04
107
The Sloop John B.
The Dicey Doh Singers
2:14
108
Tommy's Gone to Hilo
Stuart M. Frank
1:03
109
Lord Franklin
The Gold Ring
2:17
110
The Handsome Cabin Boy
Stuart Gillespie
2:28
111
Rio Grande
The Foc’sle Singers
2:49
112
Run Come See
The X Seamen’s Institute
2:46
113
Ten Penny Bit (Instrumental)
Ellen Cohn
1:33
114
South Australia
Stan Hugill
3:10
115
Haul Away Joe
Lead Belly
2:54
116
Blood Red Roses
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus
1:39
117
All for Me Grog
Louis Killen, Jeff and Gerrett Warner and Fud Benson
3:09
118
Haul on the Bowline
The Foc’sle Singers
1:23
119
Bully in the Alley
Morrigan
1:45
120
Chesapeake Born
Tom and Mark Wisner
4:19
121
A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd and Chorus
1:55
122
Dredgin' is My Drudgery
Tom and Mark Wisner
2:32
123
Liverpool Judies (Instrumental)
Stuart M. Frank
1:11
124
Santiano
The X Seamen’s Institute, Lou Killen and Stan Hugill
1:48
125
Reuben Ranzo
The X Seamen’s Institute
1:31
126
The Girls Around Cape Horn
Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski
2:24
127
Adieu My Lovely Nancey
Morrigan
2:25
128
The Dreadnaught
Tom Sullivan
3:33
129
Married to a Mermaid
Tom Goux and Jacek Sulanowski
1:36
130
Boney
The X-Seamen’s Institute
1:12
131
Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe (Instrumental)
Tom Sullivan
1:58
132
Homeward Bound
Stuart M. Frank
2:31
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