Title: Foc'sle Songs and Shanties Artist: Paul Clayton Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070242920 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the Foc'Sle Singers: Dave Van Ronk, Bob Brill, Roger Abrahams, and Bob Yellin. Most of their repertoire comes from BBC field recordings of English shantymen.
Tracks: 1.1 Ratcliffe Highway 1.2 Rio Grande 1.3 Haul on the Bowline 1.4 Maggie May 1.5 Haul Away Joe 1.6 Do My Johnny Booker 1.7 Roll the Cotton Down 1.8 Haul Boys Haul 1.9 Leave Her Johnny 1.10 Paddy Lay Back 1.11 Fire Down Below 1.12 A Hundred Years Ago 1.13 Santy Anno 1.14 Captain Nipper 1.15 Hanging Johnny 1.16 Banks of the Sacramento 1.17 Won't You Go My Way 1.18 Good Bye Fare Thee Well 1.19 All Bound to Go 1.20 The Black Ball Line
