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Captain Kidd Captain Kidd
A confessional ballad meant to entertain, tell a story and educate one on life lessons.

Irish Rover Irish Rover
A traditional Irish wit, deception and nonsense story telling of an unlikely ship, with a strange crew and an unusual cargo .

Golden Vanity Golden Vanity
Lowlands Low, Sweet Trinity and Sir Walter Raleigh Sailing on the Lowlands

Old Maui Old Maui
A focasale or fore bitter shanty related to whaling in the north Pacific Ocean and Bering Straits/Artic grounds in the 1840s-1850s



Old John Web Old John Web
Old John Webb Possibly tainted history but based on some historic fact and a 1730s broadside, this political, social ballad of Salem, MA definitely has its origins

Roll the old Chariot Along Roll the old Chariot Along
Another shanty song by the Jolly Rogues




Farwell to Nova Scotia Farwell to Nova Scotia
