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Lyric Library

Here's a non-exhaustive collection of some of our favourite folk songs.
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The Ballad of The James Craig

Verses by Bill Edmunds, Music and Chorus by Emma Korell

The Ballad of William Oxley

Written by Henry Beissel

The Bay of Suvla

Song by The Dreadnoughts

The Cable Shanty

Written by Dan Schneider

The Crime

Written by Dan Werndly

The Essex

Written by Robert Boddington

The Good Ship Pasha Bulker

Written by Sarah W and Zack Schofield

The Iron in Her Heart

Written by Mythborne

The Last Shanty

Tom Lewis

The Last Sydney Pirate

Jake Nelson

The Lonesome Sea

Written by Brodie Buttons

The Maiden and the Selkie

Written by Heather Dale

The Manchester Rambler

Written by Ewan MacColl

The Mary Ellen Carter

Written by Stan Rogers

The Old Hotel McCain

Written by Henry Biessel

The Queen of Argyll

Written by Silly Wizard

The Reluctant Shanty

Written by Robert Boddington and Jack Ballhausen

The Scimitar

Written by Cindy Tonkin

The Ship Sails Itself

Written by Callum Gough

The Spirit of Mother Jones

Written by Andy Irvine, revisions by Sarah W

The Wave-Soaked Maiden

Written by Ginny Di

The Whale

Written by Fred Dyer and Terry Fielding

The Wheel of Fortune

Trad.

The Wheel of Fortune (ZS Version)

New Lyrics by Zack Schofield, Original by John Tams

The Wild Rover

Trad.

The Wreck of the Dandenong

Trad.

There but for the Grace of God go I

Written by Emma Norton

There is No Ship

Written by Rose Betts

Tilbury Town (She Shanty)

Trad.

Toby's Holdin' On

Written by Josh Magee

Troy Story

Written by Zack Schofield

Twiddles

Written by Janie Meneely

Way Home

Written by Kip Elder

Whisky Jenny (She Shanty)

Trad.

Whisky Johnny

Trad.

Whistling in the Laundry

Written by Cindy Tonkin

White Collar Holler

Written by Nigel Russell, recorded by Stan Rogers

Whup Jamboree

Trad.

Wild Mountain Thyme

Trad.

Wild Rover Again

Written by Roaring Jack

Willy Wonka-wonka

Written by Jake Nelson

Yangtse River Shanty

Written by Hamish McLaren

You Might Be The Bad Guy

Written by Dan Schneider

Óró 'Sé do bheatha 'bhaile

Trad.

We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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