Chants de Marins IV
Ballads Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais
1984 - Le Chasse-Marée SCM 005 (2) LP

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Side 1 - Songs of the Whalemen

The Bonny Ship the "Diamond" - A.L. Lloyd

The Greenland Whale Fishery - The Watersons

The Coast of Peru - A.L. Lloyd

Tom's Gone to Hilo - Bob Davenport [1]

Talcahuano Girls - A.L. Lloyd

The Weary Whaling Grounds - A.L. Lloyd

The "Balaena" - A.L. Lloyd

Off to Sea Once More - A.L. Lloyd

Side 2

The Candlelight Fisherman - Bob Roberts

The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl [2]

Drops of Brandy - Sean Mac Aloon

Cod Banging - Bob Hart

Stormy Weather - Bob Roberts

The Oyster Girl - Harold Covill

Boston Harbour - The Watersons

Step Dance Yarmouth Breakdown - Percy Brown

Henry Martin - John Wright

Maggie May - Stan Kelly

Side 3 - Songs from the Packet Ships

Blood Red Roses - A.L. Lloyd

Blow the Man Down - Harry M. Corbett

Off She Goes - Walter & Daisy Bulwer, Reg Hall

The Black Ball Line - Ewan MacColl [2]

Row Bullies Row - Ian Campbell [3]

The Plains of Mexico - The Watersons

Shallow Brown - Bernard Wrigley

Strike the Bell - Roy Harris

Reuben Ranzo - A.L. Lloyd

The Dreadnought - Ewan MacColl [1]

Goodbye Fare Thee Well - Louis Killen [3]

Side 4 - Ballads of Nelson's Navy

Nelson's Victory at Copenhagen - Martyn Wyndham-Read

The Banks of the Nile - A.L. Lloyd

The Gipsy Hornpipe - John Wright

Here's the Tender Coming - Frankie Armstrong

The Seventeen Bright Stars - A.L. Lloyd

Auld Swaara - Tom Anderson, Aly Bain

Brave Wolfe - The Watersons

Nelson's Death - A.L. Lloyd

Credits

Musicians:
A.L. Lloyd: vocals
Alf Edwards: concertina
Alistair Anderson: concertina
Aly Bain: violin
Bernard Wrigley: lead vocals
Bob Davenport: lead vocals
Bob Hart: vocals
Bob Roberts: vocals & diatonic accordion
Bobby Campbell: violin
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle
Ewan MacColl: vocals
Frankie Armstrong: vocals
Harold Covill: harmonica
Harry M. Corbett: lead vocals
Ian Campbell: vocals
John Wright: vocals & violin
Louis Killen: concertina & vocals
Martin Carthy: mandolin
Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals
Notts Alliance (Ian Stewart, Roger Grims, Laurence Platt): concertina, guitar
Percy Brown: diatonic accordion
Reg Hall: melodeon
Roy Harris: vocals
Sean Mac Aloon: Uillean pipes
Stan Kelly: vocals & accordion
The Watersons: vocals
Tom Anderson: violin
Walter & Daisy Bulwer: banjo & piano

Notes

4 Much of the above information comes from Reinhard Zierke's "Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music" website. See Norfolk for more information on this recording …