Roll the Woodpile Down [160-161] (127-128)

Hugill:"This was the sea version of the Negro song Haul the Woodpile Down. It was popular right to the end of sail...it is fairly obvious it originated in either the West Indies or the Southern States of America, most probably in the latter, being, perhaps, one of the many rivermen songs that reached deep-water."

capstan chantey

I recently visited Florida inland country but I didn't see anyone rolling logs. ;)
Instead, here is a shot frpm the vessel Joseph Conrad at Mystic Seaport (Conn.)

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Music

Tags:

• shanty
• chantey
• sea
• song
• capstan
• florida
• georgia

[hultonclint]

Thanks, friend! A capella is not so hard, but singing ALONE is hard!

[coach4u]

acapella version is always hard...greate job my friend. take care!

[hultonclint]

Thank you, friend.

[Krzysztex]

Great song.

[hultonclint]

You are very kind, thank you! I do love the song, but it is not so effective singing it by myself! I will give you two other links to maybe more exciting performances. One is on Youtube, partway through this video:

/watch?v=OyEriHYTl_s

Another by Joe Stead-- I can't post the link, but go to his site and go to the "recordings" page. best regards

[darkelfmerc7]

AWESOME! I love this song! I've heard a snatch of it before, but had no idea what it was called. Then, I run into it by pure coincidence. Excellent singing too by the way! It's going on my MP3 player.