Thank you very much for your comments, John! As for what may have been new or rather uncommon in terms of repertoire in the performance - what had perhaps not been performed (i.e. aside from my youtubes) 'revived' before, or uncommonly performed - here is a sketch. Sally Brown - often been performed, of course, but curiously uncommon in today's chanty sings... curious because it is one of the all-time most important chanties. I don't understand why it is so neglected. Roll and Go - I did it on youtube, then it was done on Short Sharp Shanties project since it comes from John Short. Ride Down Trinidad - not previously 'revived', to my knowledge Mother Dinah - not often sung...I don't think I've ever heard it, at least. Sing Sally-oh - not previously revived, TMK Walkalong, You Sally Brown - not previously revived, TMK Rolling River - very common of course, but we 'restore' the 'correct' melody that RR Terry's presentation (I allege) sent off track Hilo Somebody Below - uncommon...or in a different form Hilo, Boys, Hilo - uncommon...not really done One Hundred Years and a Hilo - not previously revived, TMK Hilo John Brown, Stand to Your Ground - at one time common in revival, but we 'restore' what I think McColl sent off track Carry Him to the Burying Ground - common, but we eschew 'Great Big Sea' type default version and go back to some sources Stormalong John - sometimes sung, but not in this style Yankee John, Stormalong - I don't think many/any sing this nowadays Stormalong, My Stormy - I don't think I've ever heard it sung. Mister Stormalong - If any "stormalong" is sung, this is usually the one...yet still not sung enough IMO given the very weighty role of "storm along" chanties in the history of the genre Lowlands - My idiosyncratic take. Inspired in part by the description of it as "the most wild and mournful of the chanties" (paraphrase) in 1882, and my feeling that contemporary renditions do not usually exhibit anything I'd imagine as sounding "wild and mournful."
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