07
Mar
Haul on the Bowline
One of the oldest and shortest of all sea shanties. "Haul on the Bowline" is a short-drag shanty,
2 min read
Bennett Konesni
05
Mar
Cape Cod Girls
A classic forebitter and capstan shanty celebrating the women of Cape Cod. One of the most popular and widely sung
1 min read
05
Mar
One More Day
A well-known pumping or capstan shanty. The crew sings about the prospect of just one more day before reaching port.
3 min read
05
Mar
Satisfy Yourself
An original song by Bennett Konesni
Edith Gawler, Vocals
Elsie Gawler, Cello & Vocals
Molly Gawler, Fiddle & Vocals
Satisfy
1 min read
05
Mar
Holy Order Song
A Shaker hymn from the United Society of Believers. This sacred song was used during worship meetings where believers would
1 min read
05
Mar
General Taylor (aka Stormy aka Walk Him Along)
I sing this slower while rowing than I do in a pub session on account of the timing of the
1 min read
05
Mar
Reuben Ranzo
Lyrics
Chorus after each verse: "Ranzo, boys, Ranzo"
1. Hoorah for Reuben Ranzo / Hoorah for Reuben Ranzo
2.
3 min read
05
Mar
Fisherman
Fisherman0:00/01×
By Bennett Konesni
Sung here by Jeff Lewis
From our band Free Seedlings
with David Lewis on
2 min read
05
Mar
Welcome Back
Welcome Back - The Bennett Brothers0:00/173.9232921×
By Bennett Konesni
September 2024
Welcome Back
Welcome Back
Welcome Back
1 min read
05
Mar
Roll Boys Roll - Sally Brown
Roll Boys Roll 10:00/162.7486621×
Roll Boys Roll (Sally Brown)
Oh! Sally Brown, she's the gal
2 min read
05
Mar
Roll The Woodpile Down
04
Mar
Chinquapin Hunting
Chinquapin Hunting0:00/01×
Recording is from my album In the Field, In the Dusk, In the Summer.
04
Mar
Footprints in the Snow
Written by Harry Wright around 1875–1880
But this is the Bill Monroe version
Footprints in the Snow0:00/01×
1 min read
04
Mar
Barnyard Polska
By Bennett Konesni
2009
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Mia Friedman, Fiddle
Jeff Lewis, Mandolin
Bennett Konesni, Tenor Guitar
Recorded by
04
Mar
Stormalong
Traditional Capstain or Windlass Sea Shanty
Storm Along and Around We'll Go0:00/01×
Storm along and around
1 min read
04
Mar
The Lesson
By Bennett Konesni
The Lesson0:00/01×
Key of F
Verse 1
Well I love to see you grinning, planting
2 min read
04
Mar
The Senses
By Bennett Konesni
2009
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Oh, my little darling, oh, my little darling girl
There's
3 min read
04
Mar
The Postcard
By Bennett Konesni
2008
Bennett Konesni In the Field In the Dusk In the Summer 05 The Postcard0:00/260.
1 min read
04
Mar
Oak Tree
By Bennett Konesni
3/17/2008
Oak Tree0:00/01×
Under an oak tree she was born
A sharecropper'
1 min read
04
Mar
Western Wind
Western Wind w Belfast Bagaduce Community Chorus0:00/426.9226671×
Western wind, when will thou blow
When will thou blow
1 min read
04
Mar
Embers in the Dark
February 2023
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Key of C
I = C major
IV = F major
V = G major
1 min read
04
Mar
God Speed the Plough
Traditional,
Adapted by Bennett Konesni
Verses 2, 3 and 4 by Bennett
2008
God Speed the Plough0:00/01×
Key
2 min read
04
Mar
Huckleberry Hunting
This is recorded with Edith Gawler, Elsie Gawler, and Ethan Tischler.
February 2022
Huckleberry Hunting0:00/01×
Oh, the boys
1 min read
04
Mar
I Love You Simply
By Bennett Konesni
March 2022
I adapted this from Pablo Neruda's poem "Sonnet XVII."
Key of
1 min read
04
Mar
Ghost Thunderbird
By Bennett Konesni
May 2022
Ghost Thunderbird0:00/01×
Key of Am | i = Am • iv = Dm • V = E • V7 = E7
2 min read
04
Mar
Love Is So Short
Love Is So Short0:00/01×
March 2022
The first two lines come from Chilean poet Pablo Neruda: "Love
2 min read
04
Mar
Waves Upon the Sand
January 2023
Belfast, Maine
Waves Upon the Sand MSTR0:00/188.2906121×
Empty I begin again
There's nothing
1 min read
04
Mar
Death of a Dream
May 2022
Death of a Dream0:00/01×
Death of a dream
I know we all have seen
Is it
1 min read
04
Mar
Bare Bones of Winter
I wrote this January 2022. Recorded with incredible vocalist Mia Bertelli, whose harmony makes the bare bones shiver.
Bare Bones
1 min read
04
Mar
Mountain Mover
May 2021
Schooner J&E Riggin
Penobscot Bay
Mountain Mover0:00/288.173561×
Chorus
The one who moves the
2 min read
19
Jan
After All is Said and Done
After All Is Said and Done Bennett Konesni0:00/2221×
After All is Said and Done
2020
Key of C
2 min read
19
Jan
Adam in the Garden (Forbidden Fruit)
Adam in the Garden0:00/158.2672111×
September 2022
Key of A
Verse 1
Well you and I don’t
2 min read
19
Jan
Boston Harbor
I learned this from Aidan Murphy (age 6) at Newfound Lake in 2007 and I imagine he learned it from
2 min read
17
Jan
Trials, Troubles, Tribulations
Trials, troubles, tribulations
Such as never been before
When the angels pour upon us
Their vows of dread forevermore
When
1 min read