Description
DESCRIPTION
Not confined to land, Collector Records' series on industrial folklore and folksong includes Steady as She Goes, an album dedicated to workers on the sea. During a time when a captain's reign could be tyrannical, the work tough, and the sea unkind, the men maintained that "a song is as good as ten men." Often used in the manner of a work song in the fields, these shanties tell the tales of loneliness, families left behind, and the daily hardships of nautical life, but also about raising anchor with certain knowledge that you are heading home.
TracksCredits
1 Paddy Lay Back
2 Bold Riley
3 Rolling Down to Old Maui
4 Jolly Roving Tar
5 Topman and the Afterguard
6 Off to Sea Once More
7 Strike the Bell
8 Ship in Distress
9 Blow the Man Down
10 The Coast of Peru
11 All for Me Grog
12 Shallow Brown
13 Bring 'Em Down
14 Away Rio
