About Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts (1907 – 1982) was a British folk singer, songwriter, storyteller, bargeman, author, and journalist. He was the last captain of a British commercial vessel operating under sail, and brought to an end a centuries-old tradition. Working as a bargeman during the 1950s allowed Roberts to collect songs from bargemen and others he met along the East Anglian coast, which he added to his repertoire of his own songs. From the 1950s onwards, Roberts appeared in folk clubs and festivals.
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Top Tracks
The Fish and Chip Ship
The Worst Old Ship (Waiting for the Day)
Windy Old Weather
Stormy Weather Boys
The Ghost That Never Walked
The Candlelight Fisherman
High Barbaree
Maggie May
While Gamekeepers Were Sleeping
Haul Away Joe
Little Boy Billee
Johnny Todd
The Bold Princess Royal
Mister Stormalong
Whisky Johnny
The Smuggler's Boy
Can't You Dance the Polka?
fUck that city
Hanging Johnny
Koslo's Song (9 to 47 to 55)
Coming Home (Powerstroke To The Cummins)
Haul Away Joe (Shanty)
The Little Ball of Yarn
Whiskey Johnny
Mister Stormalong (Shanty)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Grey Hawk
The Single Sailor
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
Young Collins
The Foggy Dew
Mari Fach Fy Nghariad
Leave Her, Johnny
The London Waterman
Waltz With Me
Time For Us to Leave Her
Hanging Johnny (Shanty)
The Collier Brig
Bell Bottom Trousers
The Oily Rig (Recitation)
The Black Shawl
Bob Robert's Waltz
Can't You Dance the Polka? (Shanty)
Persian Lamb Rag
Whisky Johnny - Shanty
Haul Away Joe - Shanty
Whisky Johnny (Shanty)
Can't You Dance the Polka
Everybody Works But Father (1905)
I May be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool
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