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Thread #135060   Message #3214959
Posted By: GUEST,Jan Weems
30-Aug-11 - 12:32 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Songs from 'The Gloucestermen'
Subject: RE: Origins: Songs from 'The Gloucestermen'
Hello Ernie -- I left a message on another thread, about the songs "Rummy", Nanny C. Bohlin, Wheels of Fire, and the other music from the old show The Gloucestermen, and lo and behold, here's a newer thread. So I will post again. I saw that show, many years ago, on an ancient TV, but did not own a tape player at the time, being a poverty-stricken young married student!   Parts of the songs and the lyrics stayed with me though, and over the years I have tried to find them, to no avail. I used to love to play guitar and sing, and collected folk songs and ballads for years, and I would love to have the music and lyrics to those. Is there any way you could share recordings of your singing those songs, perhaps on YouTube or some other site?

My dad's family came from the area, also from Cape Cod, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia and I grew up listening to him talk about his ancestors and how they followed the sea, etc. He also saw and enjoyed that show. Dad is gone now, but I would love to have those songs to share with my daughter and grandsons. I read on this site that the singer/songwriter was Rob Carlson, and I looked him up online and sent an email but I don't know if he will reply. Meanwhile, if anyone else on here can provide me with a tape, a CD, or a way to get a copy of that show, I would be very grateful! Thanks for reading this and hope you reply--Jan Whitehouse Weems, sabrakatz@hotmail.com