How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Talcahuano Gals – Click To Play This is an alternative version of the English sea chantey “Spanish Ladies.” It refers to a ship off the coast of Chile. Camilla and i will be sailing on the Queen Mary 2 this month where I will be giving two lectures […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Miles High Maggie – Click To Play This is based on a bluegrass standard “Little Maggie” recorded by Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Lester Flatt, Ricky Scaggs and almost every banjo player in the world. I have fond memories of standing around the fountain in Washington Square Park in […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Marching To Pretoria – Click To Play This song was popular on both sides of the Boer War. It was originally in the Afrikaans language which is a sub language of Dutch. Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa. The Boers were settlers who had moved north […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Day Dah Light – Click To Play This is an old Jamaican folk song. It was first recorded on an British disc by Edric Connor “Songs From Jamaica” in 1952. Its origin is unknown but is believed to be a banana loaders song from the late nineteenth century. […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Amazing Grace – Click To Play John Newton, a former slave trader wrote “Amazing Grace” following Christian conversion after a near death experience during a sea voyage. Happy New Year 2019!!! Lyrics: Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: What Child Is This This was originally posted here in the Folk Den on December 1st, 1996. I’m on the road right now with Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” album. I hope you enjoy […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate – Click To Play This song was popular with the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Lyrics: Don’t forget yer old shipmate Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack. Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: A Begging I will Go – Click To Play An English broadside from the 1600s. Lyrics: A-begging I will go F Bb F C7 There was a jovial beggar, he had a wooden leg Dm (Gm) C7 F Lame from his cradle and forcéd for to beg Gm […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Foggy Foggy Dew – Click To Play “The Foggy Foggy Dew” is an English folk song describing the outcome of an affair between a weaver and a young lady he courted. Burl Ives made a version of it popular in the 1940s. He spent the night in […]

How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Lone Fish Ball – Click To Play “The Lone Fish Ball” is based on a true adventure. Harvard professor George Martin Lane (1823-1897) arriving in Boston after a journey, found himself hungry and had only 25 cents in his pocket. He needed to reserve half that money […]