ESSCD5001 MUSICAL EVENINGS ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND SEA SHANTIES

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Roast Beef of Old England “Traditional Sailor Songs from Jack Aubrey’s Navy” Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess
		ESSCD 5001
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		In addition to at least 13 songs specifically identifiedfrom references in the novels, there are nearly a dozen more which might have been heard on board a British man-of-war at the beginning of the 19th Century. A fascinating addition to our collection of authentic music from the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O’Brian: Shanties, ballads, airs and hornpipes - all in the traditional style (unaccompanied singing, fiddle and pennywhistle hornpipes etc.)

1] Spanish Ladies
2] A Jolly Sailor’s Treu Description
3] Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy
4] St. Patrick’s Day
5] Warlike Seamen
6] The First of June
7] Drops of Brandy
8] Roast Beef of Old England
9] Heart of Oak
10] Nancy Dawson
11] Ben Backstay
12] Sailor’s Hornpipe/Rickett’s Hornpipe

13] Bay of Biscay-o
14] The Battle of the Nile
15] Nelson’s Victory/Hull’s Victory
16] The Banks of the Nile/Sailors Cravat
17] A New Sea Song (Sweethearts and Wives)
18] Pleasant & Delightful
19] Captain Barton’s Distress on the Lichfield
20] Chevy Chase
21] The Shannon and the Chesapeake
22] Distressed Men-of-War
23] Sailer’s Jacket
24] Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate