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Title | Credit | Source | Places | Nautical | Chantey | Chorus | A Cappella | Concertina | Vulgar | Ribald |
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Barrett’s Privateers dt wp mb | Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1976) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Sherbrooke Halifax Montego Bay United States |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Being a Pirate dt mb (You Can’t Be a Pirate) |
Don Freed wp mb (w&m, 1985) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb | Canada | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Big Strong Man dt wp mb (My Brother Sylveste) |
[trad.] (w&m) | The Press Room sessions |
United States Ireland Canada Italy Japan |
✓ | ✓ | |||||
Come, Love, Come dt mb (Come, My Love, Come) (Nancy Till) |
[trad.] (w&m) | The Press Room sessions |
Ohio Tennessee Vernon Wanchese |
✓ | ✓ | |||||
Farewell to Nova Scotia wp dt mb (Nova Scotia Farewell) |
Robert Tannahill wp mb (w) [trad.] (w) [trad.] (m) |
Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Nova Scotia Scotland |
✓ | ✓ | |||||
From Dover to Calais h mb | Howard Kaplan h mb (w&m, 1988) | Finest Kind h wp mb |
Toronto Dover Calais |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire dt wp mb (The Old Barbed Wire) |
[anon.] (w&m) | Gloucester chantey sing |
England Paris Canada United States |
✓ | ||||||
The Idiot dt wp mb | Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, c. 1980) | Stan Rogers h wp mb | Canada | ✓ | ||||||
Lady Franklin’s Lament dt wp mb (Lord Franklin) (The Sailor’s Dream) |
[trad.] (w, c. 1850 & m, pre-1582) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
England King William Island Ireland |
✓ | ||||||
The Mary Ellen Carter dt wp mb | Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1979) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Canada | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
The Night Paddy Murphy Died dt wp mb (The Night Pat Murphy Died) |
Johnny Burke wp mb (w&m, pre-1925) | Great Big Sea wp mb |
Newfoundland Ireland |
✓ | ||||||
Northwest Passage dt wp mb | Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1981) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Canada | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
The Old Black Rum mb |
Bob Hallett mb (w, pre-1995) [trad.] (m) |
Great Big Sea wp mb | Newfoundland | ✓ | ||||||
Old Brown’s Daughter wp mb |
G. W. Hunt wp mb (w, pre-1871) Ron Hynes wp mb (m, pre-1999) |
Great Big Sea wp mb |
Newfoundland England |
✓ | ||||||
The Old Figurehead Carver mc mb |
Hiram Cody wp mb (w, 1925) Dick Swain mb (m, 1966) |
San Francisco chantey sing h | New Brunswick | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Peggy Gordon dt wp mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Culann’s Hounds h fb wp mb |
Nova Scotia United States Ireland |
✓ | ✓ | |||||
River Driver | Great Big Sea wp mb | Newfoundland | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Spanish Ladies wp mc (Rant and Roar) (The Ryans and the Pittmans) |
Great Big Sea wp mb |
Spain Toslow |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Thomas and Nancy | Finest Kind h wp mb | Sally’s Cove | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Twelve Apostles (Come and I Will Sing You) |
Great Big Sea wp mb | Newfoundland | ✓ | |||||||
Wave Over Wave dt | Jim Payne h wp (w&m, 1983) | Great Big Sea wp mb | Newfoundland | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
White Squall mc wp mb | Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1983) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Wiarton Sault Ste. Marie |
✓ |