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Bob Roberts Songs from the Sailing Barges Label: Topic Records The accordion, particularly the button melodeon, was an important British folk and popular instrument from the mid-19th century on. Accordions were also sailors' instruments. Roberts, who worked on sailing cargo wherries much of his life, was a fine melodeon player and a singer with a very varied repertory: a hilarious epic about a North Sea oilrig; "The Grey Hawk," of Renaissance origin; "The Foggy Dew" in an eastern English version; shanties and more. John Storm Roberts, Original Music, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Candlelight Fisherman 2 Grey Hawk 3 Stormy Weather 4 Boys 5 Waltz with Me 6 Haul Away, Joe 7 Oily Rig 8 Little Ball of Yarn 9 Single Sailor 10 Young Collins 11 Fish and Chip Ship 12 While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping 13 Windy Old Weather 14 London Waterman 15 Bob Roberts' Waltz 16 Whisky Johnny 17 Foggy Dew Traditional 18 Bell Bottom Trousers 19 Black Shawl 20 Little Boy Billy 21 Collier Brig 22 Leave Her Johnny Releases: Year Type Label LP Topic Records

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