From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006.
Buy CD: http://www.amazon.com/Rogues-Gallery-Pirate-Ballads-Chanteys/dp/B000GGSMD0/re...
Explanatory liner notes by record label ANTI-:
Stan Ridgway - vocals, guitar; Kate St. John - English horn; Rory McFarlane - bass; David Coulter - violin; Terry Edwards - flugelhorn; Joe Berardi - drums; Pietra Wextun - piano; Mary Margaret O'Hara - bkg vocals; Mocean Worker - percussion
Recorded in Los Angeles at NRG - Engineered by Eric Liljestrand, assisted by Dave Colvin.
A maneuver called swigging was sometimes used to give a last strong tightening pull on a halyard. This essentially involved one or more sailors reaching high and hanging on the line with their full weight-hence, the association with hanging at the halyards where this chantey was used.
The artist Edward Henry Richard Harcourt-Smith in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway
Artist's page:
http://www.stanridgway.com
Images: Chih-Han Hsu: Your Cold Feet Only Stirred Up Dark Ripples,
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=feet&w=32865537%40N08
Lyrics and annotations in
http://ismaels.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/rogue%e2%80%99s-gallery-the-art-of-th...
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What is the with pictures of the girl?
celtliam 3 months ago
Stan Ridgway RULES!!!
sidDkid87 9 months ago in playlist Sea Chanteys
Brilliant =O thank you for uploading
SuperHtwe 1 year ago
One of my favorite songs on the album.
Zartav 1 year ago