Dan Milner- Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs Of The Sea (CD)
Pirates, shanghaiers, slavers, and smugglers are just some of the central characters in this album of lusty, authentic maritime songs; others are ardent patriots, hard-pressed immigrants, and weathered sailors sheltering in the taverns of the seven seas. Their compelling stories of bold adventure are excitingly re-told here by an all-star crew of Irish singers and musicians led by New York based celtic folk vocalist/author Dan Milner. A detailed 40-page booklet tells the whole story.
Tracklist:
- Ten Thousand Miles Away
- Ballad of O Bruadair/Out on the Ocean, The
- Saucy Ward
- Captain Coulston
- Granuaile
- Get Up, Jack, John, Sit Down/Miss Thronton's
- Flying Cloud, The
- Larry Maher's Big 5-Gallon Jar
- Bold McCarthy (The City of Baltimore)
- All for Me Grog/Parnell's March
- Castle Gardens (Sixty Years Ago)
- Lowlands Low, The
- River Lea, The
Pirates, shanghaiers, slavers, and smugglers are just some of the central characters in this album of lusty, authentic maritime songs; others are ardent patriots, hard-pressed immigrants, and weathered sailors sheltering in the taverns of the seven seas. Their compelling stories of bold adventure are excitingly re-told here by an all-star crew of Irish singers and musicians led by New York based celtic folk vocalist/author Dan Milner. A detailed 40-page booklet tells the whole story.
Tracklist:
- Ten Thousand Miles Away
- Ballad of O Bruadair/Out on the Ocean, The
- Saucy Ward
- Captain Coulston
- Granuaile
- Get Up, Jack, John, Sit Down/Miss Thronton's
- Flying Cloud, The
- Larry Maher's Big 5-Gallon Jar
- Bold McCarthy (The City of Baltimore)
- All for Me Grog/Parnell's March
- Castle Gardens (Sixty Years Ago)
- Lowlands Low, The
- River Lea, The