FTX-515 - THE BOATIE ROWS

Coastal Songs & Forebitters

A varied selection of 28 ballads by traditional performers in England and Scotland, from Orkney & Shetland in the North to Cornwall and the Channel Islands in the South. Most of them are concerned with the fishing industry including whaling, and the many hardships at sea, but, in addition, with how Jack also finds troubles ashore. Singers include Bristol shanteymen, Stanley Slade and Tom Purvis, and the Thames Barge skipper, Bob Roberts, the Hastings fisherman, Old Joe Spice, and retired shellback, Paddy Walsh, at Devonport.

1. THE BOATIE ROWS - Jessie Murray, Portknockie, Banffsh 1951 - 0'56"

2. BOBBY SHAFTO - Ernest Peachey (11) Thornley, Durham 1953 - 0'25"

3. THE BOLD FISHERMAN - Alfred Barker, Burgh-next-Aylsham, Norfolk 1952 - 2'12"

4. THE CANDLELIGHT FISHERMAN (comp P Hamond) - "Bob", A.W. ROBERTS with melodeon & chorus, Pinmill, Suffolk 1956 - 1'49"

5. CAPTAIN NIPPER - Tom Purvis with accordion & chorus, Bristol, 1951 - 2'56"

6. CODLINGS I' THE MORNING - "The Fisherman's Wife" Jimmy Wiseman, Banff 1951 - 1'19"

7. COULD YOU WASH A SAILOR'S SHIRT ? - "The Brisk Young Sailor Bold" Henry McGregor, Perth 1955 - 2'58"

8. CRUISING ROUND YARMOUTH - Harry Cox, Catfield, Norfolk 1953 - 3'35"

9. THE DOCKYARD GATE - Sam Larner, Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk 1959 - 1'44"

10. FAREWELL TO STROMNESS - Johina Leith, Stenness, Orkney 1955 - 1'05"

11. THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE - "Awa' to the scap i' the mornin'" Jimmy McBeath, Aberdeen 1953 - 0'26"

12. GO TO SEA NO MORE - Paddy Walsh, Devonport 1960 - 2'01"

13. THE GREENLAND WHALEFISHERY - Phil Hamon, Sark, Channel Islands 1957 - 3'00"

14. HEAVE ON THE TRAWL - Joe SPICE, Hastings, Sussex 1963 - 1'51"

15. I'M A YOUNG BONNY LASSIE - Blanche Wood, Portknockie, Banffsh 1951 - 1'13"

16. JACK TAR ON SHORE - Harry Cox - 2'21"

17. THE KNICKERBOCKER LINE - Sam Larner - 1'53"

18. THE LIVERPOOL PACKET - Bill Barber, Cadgwith, Cornwall 1956 - 0'52"

19. MAGGIE MAY - Commander R.W.P.Halliday, St. Helier, Jersey, C I 1957 - 3'00"

20. THE NOBLE FLEET OF WHALERS (The Balaena) - Bruce Laurensen, Lerwick, Shetland 1952 - 2'34"

21. THE NORN BOAT SONG - John Stickle, Lerwick, Shetland 1952 - 0'32"

22. THE OAK AND THE ASH - "Home dear home" Charlie Wills, Morcombelake, Dorset 1968 - 3'25"

23. ON BOARD OF THE KANGAROO - Stanley Slade (with acc & ch), Bristol, 1942 - 2'35"

24. PULL THE STRING - George Maynard, Copthorne, Sussex 1956 - 1'04"

25. RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY - Jim Baldry, Melton, Suffolk 1956 - 3'44"

26. ROSEMARY LANE - Bruce Laurensen - 1'48"

27. WAITING FOR THE DAY - "Bob", A.W. Roberts (with melodeon) - 1'58"

28. WINDY OLD WEATHER - "The Fishes" Sam Larner - 2.00"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1979.

#1. Burns said this was composed by John Ewen (1741-1821) - JOHNSON SMM 1896 5 p438.

#2. The Shafto family lived in Durham City - HALLIWEWLL NR & NT 1843 #161 p42 "Wooley Foster" - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp12-13 - HOLST-RVW YOL 1961 p5 Northumberland 1906 "Willy Foster" -- Isla CAMERON with Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec by PK: FTX-330.

#3. LAWS #O-24 - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 p110 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 1 #48 pp222- 229 - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #179 - JFSS 1:3 1901 p138 - GILLINGTON EHFS 1907 p3 Hampsh "The Young F" - JFSS 7:26 1922 pp21-2 & - JFSS 7:27 1923 pp21-22 Moeran: Harry Cox - PURSLOW MB 1965 p3 - STUBBS LOM 1970 p14 George Maynard & p254 from cousin of George Maynard - COPPER SESB 1971 pp254-5 - DAWNEY PG 1977 p10 Butterworth & Jekyll - PALMER RVW 1983 #22 pp37-8 -- Harry COX, rec PK 1953: FTX-033 - Bob & Ron COPPER rec by PK, Sussex 1955: FTX-082.

#4. Comp by Major Philip Hamond (assigned to Folktrax) - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #219 p499 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #144 p254 Bob Roberts (via PK & Hamond) -- Phil HAMOND (voc/ mel) rec by PK, Morston, Norfolk 1952: FTX-021.

#5. BECKETT 1914 p12 - GUNDRY NSB 1945 #9 p18 "Captain Brewser" slightly modernised version -- Mountford SCOTT with Tom PURVIS (male ch) & Phil GREEN (p- acc) rec Bristol 1943: FTX-515.

#7. GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p132 "Tailor & Sailor" - JFSS 3:11 1907 pp105-6 - HAMMOND FSOD 1908 - PURSLOW FD 1974 p10 Hammond.

#8. SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p55 Sam Larner - HUGILL 1961 "Ratcliffe Highway" --- COLCORD 1924 p58 - DOERFLINGER 1951 p114 -- Tom BROWN (of Norfolk) rec by PK, Devon 1979: FTX-133.

#9. KIDSON EPS 1929 - JFSS 2:4:9 1906 p265 - JFSS 3:1:(10) 1907 p37-38 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p26 - PALMER 1986 OBSS #126 p270.

#11. TOCHER 20 1975 p147 Hamish Henderson from Jimmy MacBeath.

#12. LAWS #D-7 - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 #62 p69 A L Lloyd (no source given) - HUGILL SSS p582 "Shanghai Brown" - PALMER OBSS 1986 #124 p250 from Lloyd --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp255-6 w/o - DOERFLINGER 1951 p107 -- John VASS (shantyman), rec by James Carpenter, Shandwick, Invergordon, E Ross, Scotland: FTX-141 - Commander R F P HALLIDAY rec by PK, Jersey 1957: FTX-205.

#13. LAWS #K-21 - ASHTON RSS 1891 #83A - ASHTON MSB pp265-7 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p9- 23 (23 var) - WHALL 1910 p71 - BARING GOULD GCS 1895 pp56-7 "The GF" - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 2 pp294-6 - JFSS 1:3 1901 pp101-2 - JFSS 2:9 1906 p243 - JFSS 8:35 1931 Harry Cox - PURSLOW FD 1974 p37 --- SHARP FSSA 2 #292 - LOMAX OSC 1941 p214 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp9-11 Ships log 1849 w/o - PEACOCK SNO 1965 p147 - KARPELES FSFN 1971 #42 pp157-8 -- HARRY COX rec by PK, Sutton, Norfolk 1953: FTX-033.

#14. ED&S 30:1 1968 p9 Charlie Geering, Hastings - PALMER OBSS 1986 #135 p269 Sam Larner -- Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk) rec by PK, Devon 1979 FTX-133.

#15. Jessie MURRAY of Buckie Banffsh rec Edinburgh 1951: FTX 512 - Isabel SUTHERLAND with John COLE (harmonica) rec by PK, London, 1959: FTX-062.

#16. LAWS #K-39 - SR #919 - ASHTON RSS 1891 p48 w/o "Jack's Disaster" - SEEGER- McCOLL SI 1960 p67 Sam Larner - PALMER RVW 1983 #81 pp125-7 --- BARRY 1929 p61 - CREIGHTON-SENIOR 1940p168 (2var) - ECKSTORM p96-7 - GRAY p38-9 - LOMAX FSUSA 1960 p172 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp344-6 Tink Tillett "The Prince Boys".

#17 SHARP Ms #2620 John Bradley, Shipton, Cheltenham, Gloucestersh 1911 - GRAINGER #216 Charles Rosher, Chelsea, London 1907 - ED&S 24:1 1960 p38 Slade - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #323 pp707-8 Slade - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p12 R J Sharp: Sussex "Littlehampton Collier Lads" --- CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 p228 "Brigantine Sinorca" - LAHEY 1965 p60 "The Great Northern Line" - LOMAX ABFS 1934 "The Great Lakes Canal Song" - MEREDITH-ANDERSON Australia 1967 p195 "I took a trip to Bristol in the train that's run by steam".

#18. BONE CB 1931 p118 "Liverpool Girls" - HUGILL SSS 1961 p142 "Heave ho & bust her" & p466 - HUGILL 1969 p161-3 - PALMER OBSS #102 p211 from Bone.

#19. HUGILL SSS 1961 p404 - McCOLL-SEEGER Ben Bright p12 - PALMER EBBB1980 #74 pp157-8 --- LAKEY GAFS 1965 p40 -- Bob ROBERTS (voc/ mel) rec by PK, Pinmill, Ipswich, Suffolk 25/10/53: FTX-047 & FTX-208.

#20. SPIN mag vol 2 #7 p12-13 "The Dundee Whalers" contrib Stan Hugill - ED&S Mag Winter 1967 History of whaling etc - BUCHAN-HALL p125 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #134 p267 from previous -- FOWKE TSSO 1965 p48 Ont.

#22. LAWS #K-43 - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 456-8, 782-4 - BRUCE-STOKOE 1882 - SMITH MOW 1886 - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 - STOKOE-REAY 1899 - DUNCAN Minstrelsy of Scotland 1909 - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 #178 2var - GREIG FSNE 1914 #135 3var - COLCORD R&G 1924 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p498 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p42 - STUBBS LOM 1970 p54 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p38 -- William RENNIE, Sunderland & James FORMAN & Ch, Leith, rec by James Carpenter: FTX-142 - Edgar BUTTON, rec by PK, Thebburton Leiston, Suffolk 1956: FTX-040 - Bob ROBERTS rec by PK 1958: FTX-208.

#23. SHARP Ms CF 2 p321 (frag) "My true love she is beautiful" - HUGILL 1961 p474 "Aboard the K" -- MEREDITH Australia 1967 p60 "Ilford Bay" - Elizabeth CRONIN, Macroom, Co Cork 1951: rec 1952: FTX-160.

#24. LAWS #K-40 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 1 #183 pp694-5 - JFSS 2:6 1905 pp38-40 - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp54-5 Sharp: Louis Hooper - SHAY 1925 p35 "Doo me ama" w/o - COPPER S&SB 1973 pp260-1 Ben Butcher - FMJ 3:2 1976 pp111-2 Butterworth & Jekyll --- KARPELES FSNFL 1971 p149 - PEACOCK NFL 1965 p288 3var -- Bob COPPER (unacc from Ben Butcher): FTX-239.

#25. MAYHEW London Labour 4 p228-9 has descr of dancing houses on The Highway - JFSS 2:8 1906 p172 RVW Norfolk - HUGILL 1961 p200 & 1969 p211-3 - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 p85 RVW - PURSLOW CL 1972 p75 - PALMER EBBB 1980 #75 pp159-160 - PALMER 1986 OBSS #94 p197 --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 p263 ships log 1847 w/o "Down Wapping" -- John Ferrier, South Shields, Durham rec by Carpenter: FOLKTRAX 142 - Stan HUGILL rec by PK, London 1954: FTX-035.

#26. LAWS #K-43 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #178 pp671-9 - JFSS 6:21 1918 pp1-3 - JEFDSS 1949 p18 Laurensen - PURSLOW WS 1968 p99 - PALMER SOM 1972 p24 - PALMER EBBB 1980 #78 pp164-5 - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 pp166-7 - GARDHAM ERS 1982 p33 - McCOLL-SEEGER 1986 p217 Belle Stewart - PALMER OBSS 1986 pp179-180 - TAWNEY GFL 1987 pp126-7 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p114 Charlie Stringer --- GARDNER Mich 1939 p403 (Canadian) -- Bob ROBERTS (mel) rec PK Pinmill Suffolk 1958: FTX-208 - Frank PURSLOW & John PEARSE (gtr) rec by PK, London: FTX-219.

#28. STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 - WHALL 1910 p96 - JFSS 18 p34-5 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p198 2var - COPPER S&SB 1973 p204 Noah Gillette Sussex - ED&S 42:2 1980 p15 - ED&S 47:2 1985 p15 Wm Fender - PALMER OBSS 1986 #70 p157 --- COLCORD SAS 1938 p188 - CREIGHTON-SENIOR TSNS 1950 p232 - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 pp144-5 & FSSNB 1971 #112 pp218-19 - PEACOCK NFL 1965 p859 -- Wm FENDER, rec by Carpenter, Barry, S Wales 1928: FTX-143 - Harry COX rec by PK, Norfolk 1953: FTX-034 - Noah GILLETTE rec by Bob Copper, St Leonards, Sussex 1954: FTX-417 - Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk) rec by PK, Devon 1979 FTX-134.