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14 indexed tunes online from Stan Hugill (1977). Newest additions: Rude Boreas, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Jean François de Nantes, Wat Wi Doht.
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Based on both firsthand experience and historical research, Songs of the Sea surveys the working songs of sailors from the Age of Sail, explaining how different types of shanties coordinated shipboard labour and tracing their origins across British, American, Caribbean, and other maritime traditions.
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Drawing on decades as a working shantyman and folklorist, Shanties from the Seven Seas is a large, detailed collection of sea shanties and sailors' songs, presenting lyrics, melodies, variants, and commentary on how the songs were actually sung aboard working ships.
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14 indexed tunes online from Stan Hugill (1977). Newest additions: Rude Boreas, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Jean François de Nantes, Wat Wi Doht.
Based on both firsthand experience and historical research, Songs of the Sea surveys the working songs of sailors from the Age of Sail, explaining how different types of shanties coordinated shipboard labour and tracing their origins across British, American, Caribbean, and other maritime traditions.
Indexed tunes
Drawing on decades as a working shantyman and folklorist, Shanties from the Seven Seas is a large, detailed collection of sea shanties and sailors' songs, presenting lyrics, melodies, variants, and commentary on how the songs were actually sung aboard working ships.
Indexed tunes