drunken sailor medley john baltzell
the song became popular on land in america well. catalogue of folk-songs midwest included in 1915, said sung while dancing sort of reel . more evidence of lands-folk s increasing familiarity drunken sailor comes in recording of drunken sailor medley (ca.1923) u.s. old time fiddler john baltzell. evidently tune s shared affinities anglo-irish-american dance tunes helped become readapted such, baltzell included among set of reels.
classical composers utilized song in compositions. australian composer percy grainger incorporated song piece scotch strathspey , reel (1924). malcolm arnold used melody in 3 shanties woodwind quintet, op. 4 (1943).
the glut of writings on sailors songs , published collections came starting in 1920s , supported revival of interest in shanty-singing entertainment purposes on land. such, r.r. terry s popular shanty collection, had begun serve resource renditions of shanties on commercial recordings in 1920s, evidently used robert shaw chorale 1961 rendition. norman luboff choir recorded song in 1959 yet uncharacteristic phrasing, ll do...?
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