Sing Sally O! (a.k.a. Mudder Dinah) [388-389] (296-297)

A capstan chantey, which Stan Hugill learned from the West Indian chanteyman Harding. It has that bit of a "minstrel" ring to it, what with the name "Dinah" (common in a lot of Southern Black songs) and the over-dialectized "mudder." The term "high brown," too, puts it in the middle of the 19th century. As usual, however, there is a certain West Indian transformation of these Southern U.S. themes -- I'm not sure I could explain exactly what that is, except to say that the chanteys from Harding bear similarities to each other and differences from typical southern music as I know it.

Please check out the whole chanteys project playlist, at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=58B55DD66F22060C

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rum
• yum
• chantey
• tum
• shanty
• bum
• terbacca

[philipsmovies]

Wonderful! The three voices blend together beautifully.

[hultonclint]

Thank you, phillip! It was fun to make.

[geoff1945]

Strangely, I was going to comment on the last song that we could see more of your clever video work. I thought you'd been banished to the woodshed.... and then you come up with this 'crew of three'

Well done, matelot

[hultonclint]

Ha, thanks! Well, I'm challenged in my present situation to find people to sing with me. On some shanties it's not an issue, but others really need more than one voice to make the "chorus" part readily distinguished from the solo. Also, sometimes the parts need to overlap. Some I was driven to this doubling/tripling gimmick through necessity! :)