Sailor Songs CD song list.
Drunken Sailor:
Pre 1839. Stamp and go, at the halyards a walk away or runaway shanty, and also a hand over hand work song. It is sung quickly. The origins are in a traditional Irish dance tune. |
Cape Cod Girls:
Thought to be written by a Yankee sailor on a trip to Australia.
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The Crew Of The Essex :
Written by Roger Chartier in 2000 inspired by several books on the subject
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Blow The Man Down:
Halyard shanty. Origins are many. There are many versions. Some of the lyrics are from "Ratcliffe Highway" The shanty is related to "Knock the Man Down" an earlier song sung by African slaves in America.
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Blow Ye Winds:
Often called the New Bedford Whaling Song. It has been called a capstan shanty. Sources differ.
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Fisherman's hornpipe:
It's a dance tune of Irish origin.
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Hieland Laddie:
It is of Scottish origin from a march and /or dance. It was sung by cotton loaders in the port of Mobile in the early 1830’s and 40’s then by sailors aboard ship as a work shanty. The reference to screwing cotton meant that they used a screw press to pack into the hold.
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Maggie May:
Capstan song and also a forebitter. It is of Liverpool origin. Sung today still as a skiffle song. The Beatles did a very short version of it. "The Home" is a sailors home in Canning Place, Liverpool
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The Ebenezer:
It's of Irish origin original melody from an old Irish tune.
It was sung at the pumps by Irish packet seamen. One version is a forecastle song from ships in the West Indies trade.
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All For Me Grog:
Probably a foc’sle song. Could have been used for work.and a favorite pirate song
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A Rovin':
Originally for the pumps and windlass. It was used on pump brakes or windlass levers where 3 or 4 men worked a brake or lever up and down with great physical labor. It was employed on the downtown pumps which were a flywheel pump manned by men using a long rope (a bell rope) with an eyelet on the end that was put over the end of each pump wheel handle they would pull as their respective handle would descend making the job much easier.
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Boney:
Based on episodes in Napoleon Bonaparte's life written at that time. 'Twas used as a halyard, short hawl or fore-sheet shanty.
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The Water Is Wide:
Trad British originally named "Waly Waly" with some small changes it became the Water Is Wide in the 1800’s.
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Leaving Of Liverpool: Old Trad. British
Spanish Ladies: A shanty of sorts. It was sung at the capstan, for the homeward trip. |
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Pay Me The Money Down:
'Twas said to be used at the pumps others say a halyard shanty.
It originated as a west Indian shore work song. First published in 1888.
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The Holy Ground:
An Irish version of "Old Swansea Town Once More" used at the capstan and also by dock hands. It is about an area known as the Holy Ground a fisherman’s part of town in the poor section of Queenstown (Cobh) Co. Cork.
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Green Grow The Rushes O: From the 1500’s in England.
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Hawl Away Joe:
A Tack and sheet shanty sometimes used as a halyard song or Haul away shanty
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On "Sailor Songs"Roger Chartier plays all of the instruments:
6 & 12 string steel string acoustic guitar, 6 string classical guitar, violin, mandolin, 5 string banjo, flute, harmonica, drum, and electric bass.
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"SAILING AWAY" CD Song List |
Going To The Island:
Multiple nylon string guitar tracks - percussion – bass - Roger Chartier
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Three Sheets To The Wind:
2:21
Roger Chartier vocals – harmonica – guitar – congas – keyboard
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Andrea Gail:
3:05 Roger vocals – 12 string guitar – fretless bass – violin
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Sloop John B:
3:52 Roger vocals – Hawaiian guitar – flute – bass Leo Dumas – vocal harmony – bongos – fish
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Message In A Bottle:
2:25 Roger vocals - guitar – keyboard (steel drums sound) – guitar - bass –congas – egg shakers - guiro
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Amigo:
2:53 Roger multiple guitars – bass – egg shaker – violin - electonic drum
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In The Summertime:
2:10 Roger – vocals – guitar – bass – harmonica – drums
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Shenandoah:
2:49 Roger vocals – piano – guitar – harmonica – synth
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Barnacle Bill The Sailor:
2:08 vocals Kate Sullivan and Roger Chartier Roger ukelele – bass - drums – keyboard
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Houseboat Katie:
1:08 Roger vocals – guitar – slide guitar - bass – harmonica – drums
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The Old Man Of The Sea:
2:04 Roger vocals and guitar
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Suntan Shoulders And Sand In Your Toes:
Roger vocals – guitar – bass – flute – Hawaiian guitar - egg shakers – high hat - congas
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Bar Sailing:
2:52 Roger vocals keyboard (steel drum sound) – guitar – bass – bell - glasses Leo Dumas background vocals bongos – wind chimes - Paulette Ponte – background vocals
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Fla:
2:43 (by Leo Dumas) Leo Dumas vocals and drums - handclaps.Roger Charter vocals - guitar – bass – Hawaiian guitar - hand claps |
It's A Sunny Day:
2:34 Vocals Roger and Grace Morrison Roger ukelele - bass – congas – harmonica
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Bip Bop:
2:04 Roger vocals – guitar- harmonicas - bass - congas
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All Those Fishermen:
2:42 Roger vocals – guitar – mandolin – accordion
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Day Cruise:
2:00 Roger vocals – guitar – bell –bass – congas
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Sailing Away:
2:29 Roger vocal parts – guitar – violin – doumbek – slim jimbe
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Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum: *
3:37 Roger vocal parts - 12 string guitar – fretless bass – violin
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Across The Western Ocean:
2:32 vocals Kate Sullivan and Roger Chartier Roger Guitar - Mandolin – harmonica – bass - tin whistle |
Leviathan (Song For The Whales)
2:09 balalaika – multiple fretless acoustic bass tracks – nylon string guitar multiple violin – tracks - floor tom
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