The Stranger from the Sea, by Joe Hanson.

Several good songs, including the best translation from the Welsh of "Venture, Gwen" that I've ever heard. Hanson had a kind of "reedy" sounding tenor and he accompanied himself on the autoharp. "Obscurity" label, 10", LP.

A web search failed to turn up the record, but I learned that Joe (Joseph) Hanson was a gay writer of mysteries (hated the term "gay," preferring straight out "homosexual") with several books out. At one time, he had a radio program entitled "The Stranger from the Sea" on which he sang folk songs. I ran across the record in a record store back in the early 1950s, listened to it, but discovered I didn't have enough money on me to buy it. When I came back the following day, someone had beat me to it.

Good songs, a couple of war horses (he does "Greensleeves"), but a few songs I've never heard anywhere else. All well sung.

Don Firth