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shipcmo James Madison Carpenter shanties (38) RE: James Madison Carpenter shanties 07 Jan 11


FOREBITTERS

Aboard the Handy Barque the Campanero
Benjamin Bright Page, 03583- 03584
I wasn't long ashore in the town of Baltimore
Recording        

According to the Act,
Mr Hill Page, 03135- 03136
Oh its come all ye lords and gentlemen
Music (Lime Juice Act)

(The) Alabama and the Kearsarge
Clinch, Edw., Page 03718- 03720
It was early Sunday morning
'Tune Warner's "According to the Act".'

Around Cape Horn
W. Ennis, Page 03593- 03594 Page 03595- 03596
Our ship she was inspected

Around Cape Horn
William Prosser, Page 03597- 03598
Our ship was called the Cullen Wood
Music

Around Cape Horn
George Simpson, Page 03599
Whilst sailing down the northeast trades
Recording:        The Sailor's Way

A Whaling
Captain Daniel Mullins, Page 03733
Tis advertised in Boston, New York and Buffalo

Banks of Newfoundland
William Prosser, Page 03601- 03602
You rambling boys of pleasure
Music

(The) Banks of Newfoundland
Mr Robinson, Page 03403
One night as I lay sleeping

(The) Banks of Newfoundland
James Henderson, Page 03606
Ye ramblin boys of pleasures
Recording        

Big Calibar
Reece Baldwyn, Page 03609- 03610
Come all ye jovial sailor boys

Bold Princess Royal
James Forman, Page 03615
On the fourteenth day of February we sailed from the land
Music
Recording        

Bold Princess Royal
James McLane, Page 03616- 03617
On the fourteenth day of February we sailed from the land
Recording        

Bold Princess Royal
Thomas Moore, Page 03618
On the 14 of February we sailed from the land
Music
Recording        

Bold Princess Royal
James Henderson, Page 03619
On the fifteenth of February we sailed from Graves end
Recording        

(The) Cumberland's Crew
Thomas Ginovan, Page 03633- 03634
Oh shipmates gather and join in my ditty
Music

(The) Cumberland's Crew
James Henderson, Page 03635
Come all lads assemble, and listen to my ditty
Recording        

Dark and Rolling Eye
William Fender, Page 03636
As I strolled out one evening, to take my night's career

Down in the lowlands a fisher boy did wander (first line)
James Forman, Page 03353

(The) Dreadnaught
Edward B. Trumbull, Page 03647
It's of a fine packet, a packet of fame
Music

(The) Dreadnaught
William Prosser, Page 03648
Oh its of a flash packet, a packet of fame
Music

(The) Dreadnaught
A. A. Foster, Page 03649- 03650
Tis of a flash packet, she's a packet of fame

(The) Dreadnaught
Robert Yeaman, Page 03653
I will sing of a packet, a packet of fame
Recording:        Bound Away in the Dread Naught

(The) Dreadnaught
James Henderson, Page 03654
Now then we are lying down in the Waterloo dock
Recording        

Female Cabin Boy
Jimmie Cronin, Page 03137
It's of a female cabin boy as you may understand
Music
Recording, (The Pretty Cabin Boy)

Female Cabin Boy
John Gregory, Page 03147
Tis of a pretty female, as you may understand

(The) Flying Cloud
Jack Frost, Page 03658- 03660
My name is Edward Halliahan, as you may understand

(The) Flying Cloud
Jack Frost, Page 03661- 03662
My name is Edward Hallihan, as you may understand

(The) Flying Cloud
Rees Baldwyn, Page 03663- 03664
There is gold and silver to be made my boys
Recording:        The Flying Cloud, Stately Southerner

(The) Girl with the Black Velvet Band
W. Rennie, Page 03152
While walking one day down from Balking
Recording (Ratcliff Highway)

Girls Around Cape Horn
James Thornton, Page 03586- 03590
Our ship she's called Cornwall
Music: Rounding Cape Horn

Harp Without a Crown
Benjamin Bright, Page 03669
She's an Irish ship with an Irish crew
Recording

Hawksbury Banks
William Prosser, Page 03671- 03672
One day as I strayed by those Hawksbury banks
Music: Maids of Australia

Hawksbury Banks
William Gaul, Page 03673
On those Hawksbury banks where I played my wild pranks
Music: Maids of Australia

His Jacket So Blue
Captain Charles B. Snellen, Page 03676
A ship's crew of sailors as you now shall hear
Music

I'll Go To Sea No More
Captain Daniel Mullins, Page 03686, 03612
One fine day in the month of May

Jackie Comes on Shore
Jack Murray, Page 03711- 03712
Jackie comes on shore with his gold and silver in store

Jog Along
James Forman, Page 03538
O the Coalhill girls they are so mighty fine
Music
Recording        

(The) Kearsarge and the Alabama
Frank Rhodes, Page 03716- 03717
It was on the eighteenth day of June

Lime Juice Act
Reece Baldwyn, Page 03722- 03723
Whilst walking out one morning
Music

Low Lands
Fender, Page 03352
There was a jolly privateer as ever sailed the sea
Music : The Golden Vanity
Music: The Lowlands
Recording        

Low Lands, Low
James Forman, Page 03353
Gane is the ship of the old dock tree
Music
Recording        

(The) Merhants' Shipping Act
Benjamin Bright, Page 03134
What's the use of growling

On the Banks of New Foundland
W. Rennie, Page 03605
You ramblin boys of pleasure
Music
Recording        

Our Anchor Is Up to the Bow Boys
Jimmie Cronin, Page 03138
I ne'er shall forget when we parted
Music
Recording

Paddy West
Thomas Ginovan, Page 03690- 03691
As I strolled down into Great Howard street
Music

Paddy West
Benjamin Bright, Page 03692
You have heard about the academy of Mr Paddy West

Powder Monkey
W. Rennie, Page 03389
Listen unto me and a story I will tell
Music
Recording

Powder Monkey
                Page 03389
Soon we'll be in London town

(The) Saucy Rosabella
John McPherson, Page 03153
I shipped on board the Rosabella
Recording (I Shipped on Board of Rosabella)

(The) Seamen's Alphabet
J. A. Ronaldson, Page 03564- 03565
A's for the anchor which we oftimes let go

Seamen's Alphabet
William Dixon, Page 03567
A is the anchor of our gallant ship
Music

Seamen's Alphabet (Parody)
W. Rennie, Page 03566
Our ship she's got a topmast, a good standing stick
Music
Recording        

She carried stuns'ls aloft (first line)
King, Page 03140
She carried stuns'ls aloft

(The) Ship That Never Returned,
James Dwyer, Page 03139
Twas a summer morn and the waves did ripple
Recording, James Dwyer, John McPherson

Sinbad the Sailor
Harry Bowling, Page 03572
'Twas like Sinbad the Sailor

Sons of the Ocean
Santa Curtis, Page 03705- 03709
Ye sons of the ocean, your attention is called

Spanish Ladies
Richard Warner, Page 03474
Fare well and adieu to you Spanish Ladies
Music

Spanish Ladies
Richard Warner, Page 03475
Fare well and adieu to you Spanish Ladies
Fair copy of p.03474
Music

Spanish Ladies
Stanton King, Page 03476- 03477
Farewell and adieu, to you fair Spanish Ladies
Music

Swansea Gals
Richard Warner, Page 03727- 03728
Come all who love your Nancy
Music

Swansea Gals
Hebron George Mathias, Page 03729- 03730
The stormy cloud is rising
Music

Ten Thousand Miles Away
Captain Lawson, Page 03157- 03158
I'll sing of the brave and the gallant bark

Virginia Low Lands Low
Albert Morris, Page 03149
Way down in old Virginia not many years ago
Music (Virginia Lowlands)

White Squall
Joseph Bound, Page 03156
The sea was bright and our bark rode well,
Music

Yo Heave Ho
James Cronin, Page 03132- 03133 :
My name it is Tom Tough,
Music
Recording, Royal Alfred Chantey Singer, Jimmy Cronin,


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