Raginscotsman Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Does anyone know where I can find a good book of shanty lyrics. I know a few, I would like to know alot more, if anyone could help me out I'd me much obliged. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 There's always the classic "Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill. I also have a fun one by Douglas Morgan called "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?" I love the quote on the cover: "Now seamen who spent their time in cargo-carrying sailing ships never heard a decent shanty; the words which sailor John put to them when unrestrained were the veriest of filth." -Master Mariner W. B. Whall There's also a few websites out there including the following: http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lists/alpha.html http://www.contemplator.com/sea/ http://shanty.rendance.org/ Hope this helps. Coastie She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raginscotsman Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Thank you all for the help, I do have the book by Stan Hugill, it is very informative, but, it's light on lyric. Those websites will be a big help, thanks Coastie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Stan's got several different shanty books out there, by the way. Some with more lyrics than others. William and Felicia's website www.pintndale.com, has a lot of lyrics, as does the Mudcat Cafe: http://www.mudcat.org/ If you email me your address offlist, I can send you a copy of "To Make the Welkin Ring", a book that we put together many, many years ago, full of lyrics. Fair winds, Trapper Captain of the Tinker's Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 There's a duo here in S. California that I occassionally play guitar with, Mallory and McCall. They've got a great songbook out, "Mallory and McCall's Irish Pub Songbook". Lots of good shanties in it. You can get it from: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. , #4 Industrial Drive, Pacific, MO. 63069-0066, 1-800- 8-Mel Bay, or they have a website (I haven't been to it), www.melbay.com, email: email@melbay.com Also, Christine Lampe who runs No Quarter Given has a songbook out with shanties. Just check out the site at www.noquartergiven.net Hope this info might be of some help to you. Rumba Rue ** ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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