I had a little problem buying all three of these CDs in the U.S., although I know that CAMSCO carries them. I bought on CD from Jeff Warner when he came through on a house concert, and another from Keith Kendrick. I was missing Volume 2, so I downloaded it from emusic.com. The album notes are available from Wild Goose Records.

I found a very nice page with the biography of John Short [aka "Yankee Jack"] at www.everythingexmoor.org.uk

Reinhard Zierke has lots of information on the Short Sharp Shanties Project


Seems to me that Cecil Sharp's transcripts of John Short's singing should be available somewhere. Can anybody direct me to them? Seems to me most of them must be in Sharp's English Folk-Chanteys, but I'm not sure.

-Joe-