Songs of the sea and shanties

I have a fantastic suggestion:

The Coral. Ther debut album (eponymous) is about 50 percent sea shanties, and is rather enjoyable.

But don't take my word for it...
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"fisherman's blues" by the waterboys...

not sure if this is the exact genre you're looking for, but an excellent tune and the album also has a great version of van morrison's "sweet thing"

"Beyond the Shore." Deby Benton Grosjean on fiddle.
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Charlie

Stan Rodgers- late Canadian songwriter with many original songs about the sea. Wonderful baritone voice. Pbb- I thought you were form the "Great White North", you probably know him well.

Thanks. Looking for real traditional stuff. Got a CD called "Sea Songs & Shanties" on Saydisc from Amazon. Good stuff. Stan Rogers was a great singer. Died way too young on an Air Cnada flight to the States that had a fire on board. Funny thing is, he apparently wasn't a sailor or that clsoe to the sea. Looked the part and sounded the part though. I would certainly recommend the album "From Fresh Water" as well as "Between The Breaks.......Live". A great song of hope is on that record: "The Mary Ellen Carter" and love "Barrett's Privateers", any song that has mention of Sherbrooke and Halifax can't be all bad.