FTX-512 - BLOW THE WINDS-I-O

Songs of Storm & Shipwreck

In the "Ballads" series, this album features a variety of sea songs from around Britain and Ireland, that reflect the dangers of the deep. Singers come from the Orkneys in the North, to the Scillies in the South, from Ireland in the West, to Norfolk and Suffolk, in East Anglia. The Scillies come up with: MISTER PLIMSOLL and THE TITANIC, and Birmingham: an Irish version of MY BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN.

1. BLOW THE WINDS-I-O - Fred Smale, Hassocks, Sussex 1953 - 2'27"

2. THE BOAT THAT FIRST BROUGHT ME OVER - Thomas Moran, Mohill, Co Leitrim 1954 - 1'32"

3. THE BRIG COLUMBUS - Dorothy Fourbister, Flotta, Orkney 1955 - 2'32"

4. THE BARQUE, THE CAMPANERO - Bill Cameron, St. Mary's, Scilly 1956 - 0'48"

5. THE CAPTAIN'S APPRENTICE - Harry Cox, Catfield, Yarmouth, Norfolk 1953 - 3'02"

6. CAROLINE AND HER YOUNG SAILOR BOLD - Maggie Chambers, Tempo, Co Fermanagh 1952 - 3'37"

7. THE FEMALE CABIN-BOY - Charlie Wills, Morcombelake, Dorset 1968 - 2'59"

8. I'M A WEE ROVIN' LASSIE - Jessie Murray, Portknockie, Banffsh 1955 - 1'31"

9. THE LONDON STEAMER - Sam Larner, Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk 1958 - 2'10"

10. THE LOSS OF THE CAMPERDOWN - Leslie Bane, Cromer, Norfolk 1958 - 1'56"

11. THE LOSS OF THE RAMILLIES - "Velvet" Brightwell (91), Leiston, Suffolk 1956 - 2'20"

12. MY BARNEY IS OVER THE OCEAN - Cecilia Costello, Birmingham 1951 - 2'44"

13. MY LOVELY DINAH - Seamus Ennis (of Dublin) with banjo, bass & chorus, London 1959 - 1'49"

14. NANCY OF YARMOUTH - Fred Ling with chorus, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1958 - 3'30"

15. ANDREW ROSS, THE ORKNEY SAILOR - Ethel & John Findlater, Dounby, Orkney 1955 - 2'16"

16. PADDY WEST - Paddy Walsh, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon 1960 - 2'16"

17. PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL - Charlie Jose & chorus, Boscastle, Cornwall 1975 - 3'59"

18. THE POOR SMUGGLER'S BOY - Angela Brazil (English gipsy from Gloucester, aged 15) Blairgowrie, Perthsh 1955 - 2'27"

19. SCARBOROUGH BANKS - Willie Mathieson, Turiff, Aberdeensh 1951 - 2'26"

20. THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED - Alec Bloomfield, Benhall, Suffolk 1950 - 2'14"

21. HERE'S SUCCESS TO MR. PLIMSOLL - Bill Cameron, St Mary's, Scilly 1956 - 1'01"

22. SWEET WILLIE - Lal Smith (tinker from Co Waterford) Belfast 1952 - 2'23"

23. THE TITANIC - Clifford Jenkins (with accordion), St. Mary's, Scilly 1956 - 2'04"

24. THE WRECK OF THE NORTHFLEET - Harry Upton, Balcombe, Sussex 1963 - 4'35"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1978.

#1 - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #169 - HUGILL SS 1961 pp409-410 - COPPER S&SB 1973 pp232-233.

#2 - MORTON FSU 1970 p29 "That dang boat that first"

#4 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p471 - McCOLL-SEEGER Ben Bright p16 "The Handy Barque" -- Stan HUGILL with "York & Albany" Crew & Geof ROSE (acc) rec by PK, London 1962: FTX-035

#5. SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 p300 - JFSS 8 1906 pp161-2 - JFSS 4:17 1913 pp335-6 - JFSS 7:27 1923 p4-5 & pp 66-67 - JEFDSS 1958 p147 Cox - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FSEC 1907 pp26-29 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p14.

#6 LAWS #N-17 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p469 6var - O'LOCHLAIN MISB 1965 #39 p78 - FMJ 2:4 1973 p283 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 pp58-9 -- Sarah MAKEM rec by PK, Keady, Co Armagh 1952: FTX-161 - Mrs Lily COOK rec by Bob Copper, Sussex 1954: FTX-417.

#7 LAWS #N-13 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p486 3var "Handsome CB" - ORD BB 1830 p160 8v w/o "HCB" - HAGGARD IWBN 1935 p148 w/o - KARPELES CSC 1974 #217 pp80-81 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p32 - DUNN FOS 1980 p79 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #97 p202 John Clare Ms -- James FORMAN, Leith & Jimmy CRONIN, London (shantymen) rec by James Carpenter: FTX-141 - Cecilia COSTELLO rec by PK, Birmingham 1951: FTX-098 - Jeannie ROBERTSON rec by PK 1953: FTX-186 "HCB"

#8 Blanche WOOD, of Portnockie, Banffsh, rec by Alan Lomax, Edinburgh 1951: FTX-515 - Isabel SUTHERLAND with John COLE (harmonica) rec by PK, London, 1959: FTX-062

#9. GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p75 3var - JFSS 4:17 1913 p331 RVW & Butterworth - SEEGER- McCOLL SI 1960 p62 Sam Larner 1958.

#10. According to the song "The Victoria" sank 22nd June 1893 on coast of Tripoli when two ships collided.

#11. LAWS #K-1 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p68 w/o - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 pp292-3 - JFSS 3:13 1909 pp286-7 - TOCHER 3 1971 p90 Peter Pratt, Toab, Orkney - PURSLOW CL 1972 p56 - PALMER RVW 1983 #61 pp97-9.

#12. HENRY SOP #7 - JEFDSS 1953 p104 - CRAY Bawdy Ballads 1969 p23 "My God how the money rolls in" - PAGE SB World War p178 "Laying eggs in the sky" p 110 "The Second A I F".

#13. "The Sailor's Farewell" or "Fine Girl, You Are" - BARING GOULD SOW #38 - LEWIS Flint 1914 p38 - JFSS 1 p24 Kate Lee from Coppers - JFSS 30 p309 Tune from Isle of Man - JFSS 32 p96 Cornwall - HUGILL 1961 p431 2var - PURSLOW MB 1965 p85 Gardiner 1905 "Swansea Town" - O'LOCHLAINN MISB 1965 #97 p192 "The Holy Ground" -- Stan HUGILL with York & Albany" Crew & Geof ROSE (acc) rec by PK, London "(Old) Swansea Town": FTX-035.

#14. LAWS M-38 - CHRISTIE TBA 2 1881 p282 m/o - ASHTON RSS 1891 #64A w/o "The Constant Lover's Garland" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #135 1 pp522-3 - JFSS 3:11 1907 p101-3 Hammond - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 p272 RVW - JFSS 6:21 1918 p37 - WILLIAMS #678 w/o - STUBBS LOM 1970 p60 - PURSLOW FD 1974 pp71-2 Hammond.

#15. GREIG-DUNCAN 1981 1 #6 Towers, Orkney - PALMER OBSS 1986 #115 p236 from Colcord - ED&S Mag Oct 1989 p2 --- COLCORD 1924 p81 - PEACOCK SNO 1965 pp825-6 Mrs Mary Ann Galpin, Nfl 1960 "The Ordeal of AR"

#16. REEVES EC 1960 p199 Bumboat lady "Old Mrs Crawley" - HUGILL 1961 p335 & 1969 p208-10 - McCOLL-SEEGER Ben Bright p8 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #113 p232 from Walsh -- Commander R F P HALLIDAY rec by PK, Jersey Channel Islands 1957: FTX-205.

#17. GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p143 14var - JFSS 27 1923 p57 Hammond - WILLIAMS #466 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p80 Hammond - PALMER 1986 OBSS #82 pp177-8 Moeran - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p82 Geoff Ling, Blaxhall, Suffolk w/o "The Larks" -- Arthur SMITH rec by PK, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1953: FTX-036 - Edgar BUTTON rec by PK, Thebburton, Leiston, Suffolk 1956: FTX-040.

#18. ASHTON MSB 1888 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 p670 - HAGGARD IWBN 1935 p24 Norfolk w/o -- Harry COX rec by PK, Sutton, Norfolk 1953 FTX-033 - Bob ROBERTS rec PK, Pinmill, Ipswich, Suffolk 1956: FTX-047 - Herbert LAST rec PK, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1955: FTX-099.

#19 - LAWS #K-18 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p40 12var - KIDSON TT 1891 pp112-3 - BARING GOULD SOW 1895 #32 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #57 - ORD BB 1930 pp332-3 (w/o) - PURSLOW CL 1972 p24 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p107 --- WARNER TAFS 1984 #151 pp346-7 C K 'Tink' Tillett "S Sand" -- Harry COX rec PK London 1953/ rec PK Catfield Norfolk 1956: FTX-033 - "Velvet" William BRIGHTWELL (age 91) rec PK Leiston Suffolk 1956 & Annie MARKWELL accomp by her husband, John (mel) rec PK Lowestoft 1956: FTX-099 --- Tink TILLETT rec Warners, Wanchese, NC 1940: FTX-926.

#20. Comp by Henry Clay Work 1865 - LAWS #D-27 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p54 --- JAFL 28 1915 6v (NC) - SANDBURG AS 1927 pp146 6v/m Ky - SPAETH WSM 1927 p138 --- EDWARDS OSB 1966 pp283-4 Australia -- Harry UPTON with sister Edith & her husband Jack Wheatland rec PK Balcombe Sussex 1963 (last v & ch only): FTX-101 --- Lena Bourne FISH rec Warners 1940: FTX-922.

#22 - LAWS #K-12 - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 pp74-5 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #301 pp320-3 6var - GREIG FSNE 1906-14 #64 10v - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 p153 1v/m "The Jacket Blue" - HENRY SOP #89 "Early early" 3v only - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp112- 113 Belfast 1912 - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p28 - MORTON FSU 1970 pp11-12 Co Tyrone - McCOLL-SEEGER 1977 pp122-6 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 p271 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1971 pp90-91 - KARPELES FSNFL 1971 #43 pp159-160 - WARNER TAFS 1986 p149 Lena Bourne Fish -- Ben PHILLIPS rec Seamus Ennis, Pembrokesh 1952: FTX-052 - Sheila SMITH rec PK Sussex 1952: FTX-140 - Harry COX rec PK London 1953 & Norfolk 1956: FTX-033 - Charlie SCAMP rec PK Kent 1954: FTX-140 - Lucy STEWART rec PK Aberdeensh 1955: FTX-365 - Robert CINNAMOND rec Belfast 1955: FTX-159 - Clifford YELDHAM, rec Essex 1962: FTX-040 - John CORRY rec Co Tyrone 1986: FTX-178 --- Monroe PRESNELL rec Warners, NC 1941: FTX-923 - Lena Bourne FISH rec Warners, East Jaffray, NH 1940: FTX-922 - Mrs Donald SHELTON (Emma Hensley) rec Maud Karpeles, Alleghany, NC 1955: FTX-907.

#23. LAWS NAB 1964 5var: #D-24 pp172-3, p264 & p276 - SANDBURG AS 1927 p254 7v/ch/m - WHITE 1929 p347 - BROWN NC 1952-62 2 p666 - HENRY 1938 p427 - RANDOLPH 1946-50 4 p145.

#24. JFSS 2:8 1906 pp191-2 RVW: Sussex - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp86-7 Harry Upton - PALMER OBSS 1983 #126 p253 - ED&S 56:2 Summer 1994 "The Ballad and the story" contrib by George Frampton.