Worksongs

04
Mar

Bare Bones of Winter

1 min read
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 tyrannical
3 min read
19
Mar

Cambric Shirt

2 min read
05
Mar

Cape Cod Girls

1 min read
04
Mar

Chinquapin Hunting

20
Mar

Come Pretty Love

25
Mar

Dip Pull Swing

1 min read
27
Mar

Essequibo River

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

3 min read
21
Mar

Hal an Tow

2 min read
07
Mar

Haul on the Bowline

Haul on the Bowline0:00/01×NASC Workshop - Haul on the Bowline0:00/01× Lyrics Haul on the bowline, the
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

This is recorded with Edith Gawler, Elsie Gawler, and Ethan Tischler. February 2022 Huckleberry Hunting0:00/01× Oh, the boys
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
2 min read
05
Mar

One More Day

Led by Bennett Konesni Sung by the Gawler Family: Ellen, John, Molly, Edith and Elsie Gawler One More Day0:00/
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

Traditional In this recording I chat for the first two minutes about developing your inner foghorn, how tags work to
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

Traditional, Martha's Vineyard, Massachussets Lyrics Clouds are upon the summer sky, There's thunder in the wind,
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 originally for 350.org
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

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 I’
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