For enthusiasts of early banjo
THE WARD LINE.mov
African-American Great Lakes chantey collected by Ivan Walton in the early 20th century. It's a pretty free-wheeling banjo accompaniment - little of this and a little of that. According to Walton's source, the ship where he heard this song had a "house banjo" hanging up and sometimes one of the guys would play it to make the loading go a little faster. I only sang a few of the 20+ verses.
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Comment by Vince Abadie on March 2, 2011 at 12:42am
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Love it, Ian!
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Comment by Ian Bell on March 2, 2011 at 9:11am
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Thanks Vince,
I'm not sure how far the song itself goes back. The ship in the lyrics, the ""Black Sam" was actually the Samuel Ward which seems to have been launched in 1847. I don't know when she retired.
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Comment by Steve Jeter on March 2, 2011 at 12:33pm
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fantastic, your singing and playing , are so old time , my hats off to you,
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Comment by flatfoot johnny on March 2, 2011 at 2:12pm
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fantastic!
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