NEW  ZEALAND
FOLK * SONG		 Sea Shanties
and songs of the sea
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1. Songs handed down from old times
Toia Mai (Ancient) - MP3
hauling-ashore chant
Te Ngahuru's Lament for His Canoe (c.1800)
wrecked on rocks at Whangmata
Davy Lowston (1815) - MP3
Sealers marooned in Fiordland
Blood Red Roses (1820s)
Old whaling shanty
Come All You Tonguers (1830s)
Old shore-whaling shanty
Across The Line (1850s)
Memories of voyages right round the world
2. Recent songs about about old times
Ko'rareka
"You're a hell-hole for the missionaries"
I Only Spoke Portuguese
Bill Worsfold's ancestor jumped ship.
The Philomena D - midi
A 2-year-long whaling cruise to New Zealand
Mahurangi Regatta
Written for the centennary of the regatta by Jim Cardow
in about 1991, while he was a member of Twisty Willow.
The Orpheus - midi
It was wrecked on the Manukau bar
Crossing the Kaipara Bar
"The Sailors Graveyard."
Auckland to the Bluff - midi
In shanty style. Bemoaning a rough voyage
3. Recent songs about recent experiences
Send the Boats Away (1980s)
Protest boats to the French nuclear tests
Ghost Gulls Of Picton (1980s)
Travelling at night on the interisland ferry
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