Boston Harbour

Rare sailor's song (forebitter) about a rotten old ship with a no-good captain. May the devil have his soul!
The concertina is a Wheatstone Aeola 1939. I got the instrument as well as the song from the Dutch musician Bert Aalbers (who got it again from the Waterson family - I mean the song)

From Boston Harbour we set sail
When it was blowing a devil of a gale.
With the ring-tail set all abaft the mizen-peak,
And the "rule Brittannia" plowing at the deep.
With a big bow-wow..etc.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• boston
• harbour
• harbor
• sailor
• sailor's
• song
• shanty
• forebitter
• peer
• burgh

[bonitchka]

For the last month I have not been able to access this video. I keep getting the message "An error occurred, please try again later." Please fix this so that I can enjoy your song again!

[petraki53]

Hello bonitchka, I don't know what happened, and i can't fix it.

But I uploaded the same old video under the same name. Better quality too!

Enjoy.

[HolyCrapItsALion]

I love these old songs. Great work with the squeeze box too!

[chengloki]

Just wondering, did he serve under Capt. Richard T. Write, as well??? (Or as we called him, Capt. "Shaky Jake WRong). =Stefan=

[jojotrad]

exellent

[hultonclint]

excellent! I like your voice.

[KenniGrr]

Cool

[astromusicorg]

komt er nog een nummerke met die mooie tricone?

[folkieman]

Well done!!