Today's show starts with a 6 song sample of the songs Cecil Sharp collected in 1914 from the Watchet sailor John Short (aka Yankee Jack). Many of these songs are now part of the shanty repertoire for singers around the world.
| Poor Old Man Keith Hendrick - Short Sharp Shanties V.1 - Wild Goose '11 |
| Bony Was a Warrior Jackie Oates - Short Sharp Shanties V.2 - Wild Goose '11 |
| Rosabella Sam Lee - Short Sharp Shanties V.3 - Wild Goose '11 |
| Hanging Johnny Tom Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V. 1 - Wild Goose '11 |
| Huckleberry Hunting Barbara Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V.2 - Wild Goose '11 |
| Billy Riley Jeff Warner - Short Sharp Shanties V.3 - Wild Goose '11 |
| End of the sample of songs from the John Short shanty songs performed in a 3CD collection. |
| Dans les cachots Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps - Borealis '12 
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| The Barnacle Michael Ketemer - Yellow Stockings - self '05
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| Soldier, Soldier Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Myth America '03 |
| The Hills of Trencrom/Pedn Olva Jackie Oates - Saturnine - ECC '11 |
| Lord Douglas Jim Moray - Skulk - NIAG '12 
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| I Dyed My Petticoat Red Drumlin - Mackerel Skies - self '08
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| Fair Mary of Wallington James Findlay - Sport and Play - Fellside '11 |
| The Banks Hornpipe Ashley MacLeod - Hold Fast - self '06
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| The Earl of Totnes Jim Causley - Dumnonia - Wild Goose '11 |
| Langstrom Pony Dave Gossage - And the Celtic Mindwarp - self '09
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| Hares On The Mountain Mary Humphreys & Anahata - Floating Verses - Wild Goose '05 |
| Strathspeys & Reels Daimh - Moidart to Mabou - Goat Island '00 |
| Young Men All Mich Ryan & Paul Downes - Grand Conversation - Wild Goose '08 |
| Cheerly Man Barbara Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V. 1 - Wild Goose '11 |
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Opening today with a sample of the Short Sharp Shanties - the songs of John Short "Yankee Jack" collected by Cecil Sharp in 1914.
11:39 AM, January 27th, 2013