Tunes for the sea

I came across some tunes for you old sailors. Some may know them, but some are new to me.

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Brings back some memories of nights down the mess.
Mind you theres also lots of ditties we sang that arent safe for work lol

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You should try listening to Shep Wooley, an ex matelot turned singer. Very famous amongst the Royal Navy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvIx4t0c6_Edfnv4A92Rw1w

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Here’s a Canadian hairybag ditty.

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How about? …
‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ – Gordon Lightfoot 1976

—mike :anchor:

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There’s an Alestorm version of that song.

Another, lesser known, Lightfoot nautical masterpiece: Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle.

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