Title: In Port Artist: Cyril Tawney Label: Talking Elephant Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5028479018727 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2011-11-08 Number of Discs: 1
Digitally remastered edition of this 1972 album from the British Folk singer/songwriter. Born into a lower-deck Royal Navy family, he served in a variety of craft, but mainly submarines. His role as a Folksinger evolved out of his activities as a scriptwriter and performer in Naval entertainments. In Port features original Tawney songs focusing on the sea fill up this album. Many of his best-known appear on this album, including "Sally Free and Easy," "The Grey Funnel Line," and "The Ballad of Sammy's Bar." Talking Elephant. 2011.
Tracks: 1.1 Sally Free and Easy 1.2 A Lean and Unwashed Tiffy 1.3 The Ballad of Sammy's Bar 1.4 Stanley the Rat 1.5 Diesel and Shale 1.6 My Mother Came from Norway 1.7 Six Feet of Mud 1.8 In the Sidings 1.9 Five Foot Flirt 1.10 On a Monday Morning 1.11 Nobby Hall 1.12 Cheering the Queen 1.13 New Names for Old 1.14 Chicken on a Raft 1.15 The Grey Funnel Line
