Jim Saville (Shantyfreak) and I have been working up a discography of recordings of Cicely Fox Smith poems adapted for singing, in connection with our forthcoming anthology of this poet's works. Note in this list there is no credit to whoever adapted the poem for singing; that information is provided in full with each poem in the Anthology. We would very much appreciate any suggestions for recordings we may have overlooked in our survey, or any corrections for what we have found. The list is sorted by CD publication date:

Breeze for a Bargeman, by Bob Roberts, © 1981

Race of Long Ago (Racing Clippers)


Port of Dreams, by William Pint & Felicia Dale, © 1991

Tow-Rope Girls


Making Waves, by Tom Lewis, William Pint & Felicia Dale, © 1992

Sou' Spain


Seaboot Duff & Handspike Gruel, by Pinch o' Salt, © 1995

Sou' Spain, Cooper Ore, Eight Bells, Hoodoo, The Tow-Rope Girls, Let Her Go (a Tramp Shanty), Lee Fore Brace, Shanghai Passage, The Cape Horner, Peaceable Mister M'Gee, Home for Christmas - Old Style, A Sailor's Delight, Follow the Sea, The Half Loaf, Merchantmen


Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer, by Tom Lewis, © 1995

150 Days Out from Vancouver


Round the Corner, by William Pint and Felicia Dale, © 1997

The Tow-Rope Girls, Blue Peter


Tomorrow's Tide, by Salt of the Earth, © 1998

A Wool Fleet Chorus, Copper Ore


Constant Lovers, by Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman, © 2000

Limehouse Reach


Bank Trollers, by Bob Webb, © 2000

150 Days Out from Vancouver


Never a Cross Word, by Danny & Joyce McLeod, © 2002

The Capehorner, Tryphena's Extra Hand, The Stately Blackwaller, Port o' Dreams, Lee Fore Brace, So Long


Away from It All, by Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman, © 2002

Race of Long Ago (Racing Clippers)


Full Sail: Inside the Lid, by Gordon Morris, © 2002

Port o' Dreams, Racing Clippers, Mainsail Haul, The Convalescent, Tom Pascoe (Told at the Pilchards), Sea Change, The Extra Hand, Admiral Dugout, Stately Blackwaller, Mariquita, The Shipkeeper, See You in Liverpool


Now & Then, by Johnny Collins, © 2002

Sailor Town


Around the Harbour Town, by Dick Miles and Friends, © 2003

Sailor Town


Tom Lewis 360º, by Tom Lewis, © 2003

Towrope Girls


Long Road Home, by Peter Massey and Gordon Morris, © 2005

Conversation Book, The Long Road Home, A Parting, Blue Anchor Lane


Uncommon Sailor Songs, by Charlie Ipcar, © 2004

Flying-Fish Sailor, Outward Bound, Shanghai Passage, Limehouse Reach, Port o' Dreams, Mariquita


More Uncommon Sailor Songs, by Charlie Ipcar, © 2005

Rio Grande, Lee Fore Brace, Lumber, Hastings Mill, Old Fiddle, Rosario, Pacific Coast, So Long


Rolling Down to Sailortown, by Roll & Go, © 2006

Outward Bound, So Long (All Coiled Down), Mariquita, Port o' Dreams


Sing the Sun into the Sky, by Two Black Sheep & a Stallion, © 2006

Homeward (Home, Boys, Home)


Closehauled on the Wind of a Dream, by Bob Zentz, © 2007

Ships & Folks, A Dog's Life, The Eternal feminine, The Blue Peter, Pictures, Sea Dream, Casey's Concertina, Ice: The Bosun's Story, The Tryphena's Extra Hand, The Portsmouth Road, Ships that Pass, The Red Duster, The Ballad of the Eatern Crown, Racing Clippers, The Tow-Rope Girls, Bill's Christmases, Eight Bells, Leave Her Johnny


Old Sailor-Poets, by Charlie Ipcar, © 2007

Sailor Town, Shipmates (1914), A Ship in a Bottle, The Long Road Home


Cheerily,
Charley Noble