Here is the first volume of Shanties and Sea Songs for the Bundanoon Shipmates Shanty Group.
Volume OneRecordings will be added over time to help shipmates learn the tunes and words.
As the change-over to steam driven ships moved on with the imperatives of speed and reliability, the sailors that sang the work-songs of the sailing ships became elderly and if it weren't for the work of folk song collectors their songs would have died with them.
The best known sea shanty collectors include: