The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119776   Message #2608322
Posted By: curmudgeon
09-Apr-09 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Some additions and clarifications. It was MacColl who sang Hilo John Brown on the Sailor's Garland, not Lloyd. And if memory serves me, he did not include the "O" after Way,Hey, Sally! Unfortunately the LP player is covered with stuff right now.

When Terry was collecting, he was learning from old sailors. He found that many of the younger ones had trouble differentiating Dorian and Mixolydian, and thus deferred to the interpretation of the older men.

It's taken me over twenty years to find a copy of Part Two; for a while, I doubted if it had been printed. Further, Terry, in the intro to that volume promises still another collection of which I know nothing else.

On the other hand there is the possibility of a reprint of both tomes. When I get the copy I ordered, I'll post info here for others - Tom