Frank,Stuart M. Sea Chanties & Forecastle Songs At Mystic Seaport CD

This album features classic sea shanties from the 19th century, "sung in the traditional manner, accompanied on historic 19th-century instruments, and recorded aboard historic sailing ships" at the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum. Shanties were sung to make the heavy labor aboard merchant sailing vessels more coordinated, efficient, and lighter. "To hear a good yarn, and sing out a lively, rowdy chorus, was far more pleasurable" than listening to the Bosun yelling orders. Liner notes include background on chanties, song lyrics, and black-and-white photographs of sailors.

1. Hanging Johnny 2. John Kanaka 3. Rueben Ranzo 4. The Wild Goose 5. Roll the Cotton Down 6. Blood Red Roses 7. A Hundred Years Ago 8. Tommy's Gone to Hilo 9. Haul Away for Rosie-O 10. Billy Riley / Sally Racket (Medley) 11. Goodbye, Fare Ye Well 12. Shenandoah 13. Santa Anna 14. Can Ye Dance the Polka 15. Sally Brown 16. One More Day 17. Paddy on the Railway 18. The Weary Whaling Grounds 19. The Balaena 20. The Handsome Cabin Boy 21. Liverpool Judies 22. Paddy and the Whale 23. Traditional Reel 24. Mystic River Hornpipe 25. Traditional Jig 26. The Bold Harpooner 27. The Coast of Peru 28. Blow Ye Winds Westerly 29. Maid of Amsterdam 30. Greenland Whale Fisheries 31. Ten Penny Bit 32. Belfast Hornpipe 33. The Forester 34. The Bold Benjamin