AoS Playlist 1: English sailors, American navyboys and gay pirates (again)

And now for something completely different! venusinfurs90 and I have been exchanging Age of Sail related music for a while now and thought it would be fun to share some of it with you guys :)

Some of these songs are contemporary with the period, others are more modern but in the spirit of the tradition. All the songs here are in the English folk tradition (and we're talking proper hand-knitted finger-in-the-ear folk music here ;) so I haven't included any of the wonderful classical music including Britten's Peter Grimes and Billy Budd and Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, but don't let that stop you from listening to them! The songs I've chosen aren't supposed to be "representative" of anything in particular, they just happen to be songs I'm very fond of. However you'll notice one or two obvious omissions, most notably Hearts of Oak. I'm sorry but I just can't find a version online that doesn't make me cringe :(

( Hope you enjoy! )

Cross posted to following_sea and anything_aos