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
All Songs
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
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
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
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
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
Embers in the Dark
February 2023
Embers in the Dark0:00/01×
Key of C
I = C major
IV = F major
V = G major
1 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mountain Mover
May 2021
Schooner J&E Riggin
Penobscot Bay
Mountain Mover0:00/288.173561×
Chorus
The one who moves the
2 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
The Senses
By Bennett Konesni
2009
The Senses0:00/01×
Oh, my little darling, oh, my little darling girl
There's
3 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
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
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
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