The Curse of the Somers

Victory at Sea

The second collection of maritime music from this big shanty chorus (including The Cutters). This is a soundtrack album from the History Channel documentary of the same name. The story concerns the notorius U.S. Brig Somers, the ship that inspired Herman Melville's last novel, Billy Budd.


Contact: Philip Morgan
Phone: (206) 285-6861
Email: morgan@seanet.com

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  1. The Press Gang
  2. Yankee Doodle
  3. The Somers Curse (T. Morgan)
  4. Shenandoah
  5. Icelandic Hymn (T. Sigurbjornsson)
  6. New York Gals
  7. Haul Away for Rosie
    Sample: Streaming Audio or Download it (175K)
  8. Burial at Sea (P. Morgan)
  9. Tom's Gone to Hilo
  10. Rogue's March
  11. Roll Alabama, Roll
  12. Shenandoah (instr.)
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  13. Santy Anno
  14. Philip Spencer
  15. Shallow Brown Medley
  16. Sugar in the Hold
  17. Away Rio
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  18. The Gal I Left Behind Me
  19. Shallow Brown
  20. Ballad of the Somers (P. Morgan)
(all songs traditional except as noted)

The musicianship is exquisite... The recording and production efforts are excellent... In the traditional folk category, this album is Grammy material, period.

John McClure, Lark in the Morning, Seattle, WA

Songs like this make a lad from the desert southwest want to ship out to sea.

D. Alloway, KTEP Radio, El Paso, TX

The interpretation of sea songs and shanties is the best I've heard.

Ben Seymore, WNCW Radio, Tryon, NC
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