''Sea Shanties'' is an album by Ian Giles, Spiers and Boden and Graham Metcalfe. Most of the tracks are sung as an unaccompanied quartet of male voices. The sound is so thick that there is probably only one microphone. There are two instrumental tracks. This appears to be the first ever recording of the tune " Ashley's Flag", printed about 1800. The album was available at UK tourist centres rather than high street music stores. Recorded and released in 2002.

Track listing

# ''Haul away the bowline'' (Trad) # ''Clear away the track'' (Trad) # ''Portsmouth/ Bonny Kate'' (instr) (Trad/Trad) # ''Bully in the alley'' (Trad) # ''All for me grog'' (Trad) # ''

Ten Thousand Miles Away ''Ten Thousand Miles Away'' is a sea shanty and bush ballad whose writing and composition are attributed to Joseph B. Geoghegan. Origins and variants In his ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'' Stan Hugill, Hugill says that this was originally a sh ...

'' (Trad) # ''The 24th of February'' (Trad) # ''The weary whaling ground'' (Trad) # ''Ashley's hornpipe/ Ashley's flag'' (instr) (Trad/Trad) # ''Nancy of Yarmouth'' (Trad) # ''Paddy Doyle's boots'' (Trad) # ''The bonny ship the Diamond'' (Trad) # ''The candlelight fisherman'' (Trad) # ''The gallant frigate Amphitrite'' (Trad) # ''Go to sea no more'' (Trad) # ''The Whitby lad'' (Trad) # ''A sailor's life'' (Trad)

Personnel

*Ian Giles - vocals and English concertina * John Spiers - voice and melodeon * Jon Boden - vocals, guitar and fiddle *Graham Metcalfe - voice {{Authority control Spiers and Boden albums 2002 albums