Salt Water Ballads'

  1. Cape Horn Gospel
  2. Outward Bound / The Flying Cloud
  3. A Valediction
  4. Deadman's Chest / The Coolin
  5. The Turn of the Tide
  6. A Night Ashore / The Cuckoo's Nest
  7. A Night at Dago Tom's
  8. Spunyarn / The Oslo
  9. Cape St.Vincent
  10. Sea Fever
  11. Knot
  12. Pier Head Chorus
  13. Collision at Sea / The Kitchen Girl
  14. One of The Bosun's Yarns
  15. The Port of Many Ships

An entertainment which celebrates the sea poems of John Masefield, published in 1902 under the same title. At the time some critics argued that the poems were vulgar and lacked poetic quality, while others commended them for their insight into the seafarer’s life and a haunting quality which belied their apparent simplicity. Andy Kenna has set a number of the poems to music and by interspersing them with readings from the reminiscences of sea farers of the sailing ship era, invites the listeners to judge for themselves the artistic quality and authentic flavour of Masefield’s Work.

“The CD is essential listening for all Masefield fans.”

Peter Carter - Chairman of the John Masefield Society

The Sailor's Way

  1. Strike The Bell
  2. Goodbye Fare Thee Well
  3. The Balaena
  4. Showman's Fancy / Golden Eagle
  5. Paddy and the Whale
  6. Rounding The Horn
  7. Roll The Old Chariot Along / Ragtime Annie
  8. Paddy West
  9. The Sailor's Way
  10. Heave Away Me Johnnies
  11. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day / Planxty Irwin
  12. Da Slockit Light / the Flowing Tide
  13. The Candlelight Fisherman

Buy the CD

Both CDs are available either directly from Andy Kenna or from the Chantey Cabin.