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Colonial and Revolutionary War Sea Songs and Shanties
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(Folkways Records, 1975), 46 mins

Sung by Cliff Haslam and John Millar in 1976 at Mystic Seaport, this album features traditional maritime songs from the 18th century. Mystic Seaport, a non-profit corporation, was formed in 1972 "for the purpose of developing a Colonial/Revolutionary period Seaport Museum on the historic waterfront of Newport, Rho...

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(Folkways Records, 1975), 46 mins
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Songs of a New York Lumberjack
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produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995 (Folkways Records, 1958), 49 mins
Folklorist Ellen Stekert collected the eighteen songs on this album from Ezra "Fuzzy" Barhight, a retired lumberjack in Cohocton, New York. Here, she sings a selection of songs that Fuzzy learned from his mother and from other lumbermen in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York.
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produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995 (Folkways Records, 1958), 49 mins
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