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fave it Traditional Folk | Children's Storytelling
13 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Mulesong
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 Here's the Tender Coming lyrics BUY MP3 02:39 Here's the Tender Coming lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:39 Here's the Tender Coming
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 The Gallant Yankee Ship lyrics BUY MP3 04:01 The Gallant Yankee Ship lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:01 The Gallant Yankee Ship
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 Constitution and Guerriere lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 Constitution and Guerriere lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 Constitution and Guerriere
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 The Flash Frigate lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 The Flash Frigate lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 The Flash Frigate
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Battle of the Shannon and Chesapeake lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Battle of the Shannon and Chesapeake lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Battle of the Shannon and Chesapeake
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 The Tacking of a Full-Rigged Ship Offshore lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 The Tacking of a Full-Rigged Ship Offshore lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 The Tacking of a Full-Rigged Ship Offshore
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 Shipboard Tunes: Nancy Dawson, Off She Goes, Drops Of Brandy lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 Shipboard Tunes: Nancy Dawson, Off She Goes, Drops Of Brandy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 Shipboard Tunes: Nancy Dawson, Off She Goes, Drops Of Brandy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:29 The Port Admiral lyrics BUY MP3 05:29 The Port Admiral lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:29 The Port Admiral
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:14 Perry's Victory lyrics BUY MP3 05:14 Perry's Victory lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:14 Perry's Victory
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:50 The Dartmoor Prison Break lyrics BUY MP3 02:50 The Dartmoor Prison Break lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:50 The Dartmoor Prison Break
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 The Wasp and the Reindeer lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 The Wasp and the Reindeer lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 The Wasp and the Reindeer
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 The Constellation and L'Insurgente lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 The Constellation and L'Insurgente lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 The Constellation and L'Insurgente
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:34 Old Ironsides/Hull's Victory lyrics BUY MP3 02:34 Old Ironsides/Hull's Victory lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:34 Old Ironsides/Hull's Victory
British and American songs from the age of fighting sail
Bio / Background
Singer:
A lifelong collector and performer of traditional songs, George Ward draws on the rural singing tradition of the American Northeast for his main inspiration. Ancient ballads migrant in the New World, songs of the rural home and .
Composer:
George’s writing includes contemporary songs, often in traditional style, dance tunes and other explorations for a variety of traditional instruments and soundtracks for a number of film and television productions. He is best known for traditional and original music soundtracks for no less than four productions telling the story of the Erie Canal, created over a twenty-five year span of waterways research.
Folklorist:
A folklorist by academic training, George and his wife, Vaughn Ward, have been active for over thirty years in the documentation and public presentation of source artists, the true tradition-bearers within whose families and communities traditional arts are carried on.
↓ more ↓The Wards’ productions of recordings, concerts, exhibits and festivals of traditional artists earned them one of only two Evergreen Lifetime Achievement Awards ever given by Traditional Arts of Upstate New York.
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