Nick,

Another recording of "real" voices is "Sea Songs & Shanties: Traditional English Sea Songs & Shanties from the last days of sail", on Saydisc Records. All tracks were recorded between 1950 and 1960 by Peter Kennedy, and feature Bob Roberts (the last of the sailing barge captains), Harry Cox, Bob and Ron Copper, and the Cadgwith Fisherman. Not pretty, but pretty authentic sounding.

Jerry