Sea Shanties old & new - Free Streaming Music
Ballad of Shillelagh O'Toole
Someday, somewhere...
Ireland's cruelest pirate wreaks blackthorn havoc upon the high seas until one fateful day when he meets a man whose shillelagh is bigger than his. Herein lies a Karmic life lesson to which certain People in High Places these days would do well to pay heed.
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Bound for Jamaica's Shore
A mini history of sailing
A dreamy new sea shanty like memories of old-time sailing adventures and misadventures, and tropical isles with waving palms.
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Bound for the Rio Grande
New take on a classic favorite
This traditional song was often sung as a ship was departing. There are a number of variations on the lyrics... I've created one more to make it not only a sad song about departure, but also a hopeful song of returning home again.
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Cabin Boy
If I only knew then what I know now!
A comical ballad about the sad plight of a young lad who ran away to sea dreaming of a sailor's life of romance and adventure only to discover that reality falls short of youthful dreams - as it so often does!
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NEW - Cape Cod Girls
LATEST SINGLE!
Here's a sparse, primitive-sounding arrangement of a traditional American sea shanty. It might have been sung like this on shipboard back in the days of sail. There is only a banjo, voice, and a set of 6 antique brass door keys. The drum-like sound is tapping on the banjo head.
This was recorded in my home studio late one night when I couldn't sleep and was just fooling around. I just recently discovered it on an external drive. I remember I had been reading about the US opoid drug crisis created by big pharmaceutical companies, and evidently some disgust lingered in my consciousness, because a snide reference found it's way into one verse. I decided to leave it.
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