We thought we'd show off a bit, and list how many songs we know. Turns out it's quite a few! So thought we'd better do some homework and find out where they're all from. So see if you're favourites are here. If not, drop us a line and make a suggestion of a new one for us to learn :-) New one's are being added all the time. Better keep this list updated........
Song | Category | Composer | Date (approx.) |
If known, or 'Traditional'. | |||
A Seeking, Downalong | Maritime Folk | Jarvis-Stephens | 2015 |
Aboard the Kangaroo | Music hall song | Harry Clifton | 1856 |
All for me Grog | Folk Song | Trad. | Unknown |
All Things Must Pass | Maritime Folk | Jarvis-Stephens | 2015 |
Barrett's Privateers | Sea Song | Stan Rogers | 1976 |
Ben Backstay | Sea Song | Charles Dibdin | ~1700's |
Black Velvet Band | Folk Song | Traditional | late 1800's |
Blow the man Down | Halyard Shanty | Trad. | 1820s |
Blood Red Roses | Halyard Shanty | Trad. | 1850s |
Bonnie Ship the Diamond | Sea song | Trad. | 1830s |
Botany Bay | Burlesque show song | Stephens and Yardley | 1850s |
Brian The Optimistic Pilot | Maritime Folk | Jarvis-Stephens | 2015 |
Bristol Channel Jamboree | Capstan Shanty | Trad. & Erik Illot | 1860s |
Cadgwith Anthem | Maritime Folk | Rev George Googenough | 1906 |
Cape Cod Girls | Capstan Shanty | Trad. | 1800 |
Chicken on a Raft | Modern Shanty | Cyril Tawney | 1967 |
Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates | Maritime Folk | Trad. | 1800-1810 |
Donkey Riding | Maritime Folk | Trad. | 1857 |
Doodle Let Me Go | Maritime Folk | Trad | 1914 |
Down Trinidad | Cargo loading Shanty | Trad. Barbados | 1870s |
Drop of Nelson Blood | Stomp-and-go shanty | Trad. Afro American | 1850s |
Drunken Sailor | Stomp-and-go shanty | Trad. Irish tune | 1820s |
Dundee Whalers | Sea Song | Trad. | 1890's |
Eliza Lee | |||
Fiddlers Green | Ballad | John Conolly | 1966 |
Flaxen Shroud, The | Maritime Folk | Jarvis-Stephens | 2015 |
Grey Funnel Line, The | Folk Song | Cyril Tawney | 1959 |
Haul Away Joe | |||
Haul on the Bowline | Short Drag Shanty | Trad. | 1600s |
Hooker John | Cotton-stower's shanty | Trad. | 1931 |
Huckleberry Hunting | Pumping shanty | Trad | |
Itches in me Britches | Folk song | Trad | 1800's |
Jamestown Homeward Bound | Sea Shanty | Trad | 1861-65 |
John B Sails | Bahamian Folk | Trad | 1916 |
John Browns Daughter | Capstan Shanty | Trad. | 1890 |
John Kanaka | Halyard shanty | Trad. | 1927 |
Johnny Come Down To Hilo | Capstan Shanty | Trad. Afro American | Unknown |
Leave Her Johnny | Pump Shanty | Trad. | |
Lowlands Away | Capstan Shanty | Trad | 1862 |
Maid of Amsterdam | Sea Shanty | Trad. | 1600s |
Maid on the Shore | Ballad | Trad. / Arr. Stan Rogers | 1977 |
Merry Fellows, The | Ballad | Trad. | 1600's |
Mingulay Boat Song | Folk Song | Sir Hugh S Robertson | 1930's |
Mobile Bay | Sea Shanty | Trad | ?? |
Never Wed and Old Man | Folk Song | Trad | ?? |
North Sea Ground | Nautical poem | Cicely Fox Smith | Poem 1915, arr. 1998 |
Northwest Passage | Maritime Folk | Stan Rogers | 1981 |
Paddy Lay Back | Capstan Shanty | Trad. | Mid 1800s |
Padstow's Farewell | Farewell Shanty | Trad (Mervyn Vincent) | Nobody knows |
Pay me the Money Down | Deepwater Shanty | Trad. | 1800s |
Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth | Maritime Folk | Trad (Fay Heild arrangement) | 1880's earliest |
Raglan Road | Folk Song | Patrick Cavanagh and Luke Kelly | 1946 (poem) 1986 (released on an album as a song) |
Randy Dandy O | Capstan Shanty | Trad | 1800s |
Rio Grande | |||
Robert Whitworth | Maritime Folk | Kimbers Men | 1990's |
Rolling Down The River | Capstan Shanty | Jack Forbes | 1982 |
Rolling Down to Old Maui | (Whaling) Sea Song | Trad. | 1858 |
Sacramento | Capstan shanty | Trad. | 1860s |
Sailing Over the Dogger Bank | Fisherman Shanty | Trad. | 1890 |
Santy Anno | Capstan shanty | Trad. | 1956 |
Seeking Down Along | Maritime Folk | Jarvis-Stephens | 2015 |
Shallow Brown | Pumping Shanty | Trad. West Indian | Unknown |
Shenandoah | American Folk Song | Trad. | 1800's |
South Australia | Outward Bounder | Trad | 1888 earliest mention |
Spanish Ladies | British Naval Ballad | Trad. | 1790s |
Aul' Triangle, The | Folk Song | Dominic Behan | 1954 |
Leaving of Liverpool, The | Capstan Shanty | Trad. | 1870s |
Man Who Hates Beer, The | Folk Song | Poxy Boggards | 1990's |
Parting Glass, The | |||
Three Score and Ten | |||
Tow Rope Girls | Folk Song | Cicely Fox Smith | 1920 |
Walk Him Along Johnny | Pulling Shanty | Trad (Disc Sharp) | 1914 |
Wild Goose Shanty | Halyard Shanty | Trad. | Unknown |