Leviathan! Ballads & Songs of the Whaling Trade

~ Release by A. L. Lloyd (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1The Balaena
recording of:
The Balaena (The Noble Fleet of Whalers / Old Polina)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 285)
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A2The Coast of Peru
recording of:
The Coast of Peru
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1997)
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A3Greenland Bound
recording of:
Greenland Bound (Traditional whaling song starting "Again to Greenland we are bound")
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 970)
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A4The Weary Whaling Grounds
recording of:
The Wings of a Goney (The Weary Whaling Grounds)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2011)
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A5The Cruel Ship’s Captain
recording of:
The Cruel Ship’s Captain (The Captain's Apprentice)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 835)
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A6Off to Sea Once More
recording of:
Off to Sea Once More (aka Going to Sea No More)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 644)
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A7The Twenty-Third of March
recording of:
The Whale Catchers (The Twenty-Third of March)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3291)
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B1The Bonny Ship the Diamond
recording of:
Bonnie Ship the Diamond
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2172)
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B2Talcahuano Girls
recording of:
Spanish Ladies (minor-key “Yankee whalermen” version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Spanish Ladies (“British sailors” version)
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B3Farewell to Tarwathie
recording of:
Farewell to Tarwathie
lyricist:
George Scroggie
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2562)
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B4Rolling Down to Old Maui
recording of:
Rolling Down to Old Maui
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2005)
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B5The Greenland Whale Fishery
recording of:
Greenland Whale Fisheries
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 347)
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B6Paddy and the Whale
recording of:
Paddy and the Whale (Paddy O'brien / Paddy Maloney)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6342)
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B7The Whaleman’s Lament
recording of:
The Whaleman's Lament
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2000)
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B8The Eclipse
recording of:
The Eclipse
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5650)
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