04
Mar
Bare Bones of Winter
1 min read
Worksongs
21
Mar
Beanhole Beans
1 min read
19
Jan
Boston Harbor
The Song
This is a classic sea shanty that taps into a universal topic in worksongs - calling out a
3 min read
19
Mar
Cambric Shirt
A version of the ancient riddling ballad also known as 'Scarborough Fair' (Child Ballad 2). Two lovers test
2 min read
05
Mar
Cape Cod Girls
2 min read
04
Mar
Chinquapin Hunting
Chinquapin Hunting0:00/01×
Recording is from my album In the Field, In the Dusk, In the Summer.
20
Mar
Come Pretty Love
25
Mar
Dip Pull Swing
Video by Atlantic Challenge USA Director Arista Holden
A simple rowing chant I use, built around the three-part stroke rhythm:
1 min read
27
Mar
Essequibo River
Essequibo River 0:00/220.9921×
The other day at Bagaduce Music I had the good fortune of a student
3 min read
21
Mar
Farthest Field
Composed by David Dodson, Camden, Maine
Led here by Mia Bertelli at the Winter Northeast Organic Farmer's conference
1 min read
05
Mar
General Taylor (aka Stormy aka Walk Him Along)
DECDF Workshop 20260:00/01×
I sing this slower while rowing than I do in a pub session on account
1 min read
04
Mar
God Speed the Plough
2 min read
21
Mar
Groundhog
Appalachian old-time modified for the garlic patch
Led by Bennett Konesni with Edith Gawler, Shepsi Eaton, Harbor Eaton, Noah Fishman,
2 min read
21
Mar
Hal an Tow
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
21
Mar
Hog's Eye Man
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
04
Mar
Huckleberry Hunting
1 min read
21
Mar
Jordan Road
Dan Emmett (1853), recorded by Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers (1927)
The song was originally written by Dan
2 min read
05
Mar
One More Day
3 min read
05
Mar
Reuben Ranzo
3 min read
21
Mar
Roll and Go
2 min read
05
Mar
Roll Boys Roll - Sally Brown
2 min read
20
Apr
Roll the Old Chariot Along
3 min read
05
Mar
Roll The Woodpile Down
1 min read
21
Mar
Rolling Home to Old New England
1 min read
21
Mar
Row On
1 min read
20
Mar
Ruby Sugaroo
Collected all over North America, notably on Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine near Acadia National Park. This song
1 min read
21
Mar
Run Run
DECDF Workshop 20260:00/01×
By Bennett Konesni
An original running song by Bennett Konesni, written during the pandemic with
1 min read
21
Mar
Santyanna
1 min read
05
Mar
Satisfy Yourself
1 min read
21
Mar
Simple Gifts
The beloved Shaker hymn by Elder Joseph Brackett Jr. of Maine, written in 1848.
1 min read
21
Mar
Sing Round
A Maine lumberjack song following timber from forest to mill to payday.
2 min read
21
Mar
Sowing Grain
1 min read
04
Mar
Stormalong And Around We'll Go
1 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
20
Mar
Walk Along Talk Along
A walking song / sea shanty from Carrie Grover, who walked from Halifax to New Brunswick to Maine with her father
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
2 min read
04
Mar
Western Wind
1 min read
20
Mar
When Them Taters Are All Dug
A Maine potato harvest ballad collected in Aroostook County from a migrant farm worker who had no money at the
2 min read