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Bob Roberts

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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.

Top songs

  1. The Fish and Chip Ship
  2. The Worst Old Ship (Waiting for the Day)
  3. Windy Old Weather
  4. Stormy Weather Boys
  5. The Ghost That Never Walked
  6. The Candlelight Fisherman
  7. High Barbaree
  8. Maggie May
  9. While Gamekeepers Were Sleeping
  10. Haul Away Joe
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  1. Little Boy Billee
  2. Johnny Todd
  3. The Bold Princess Royal
  4. Mister Stormalong
  5. Whisky Johnny
  6. The Smuggler's Boy
  7. Can't You Dance the Polka?
  8. fUck that city
  9. Hanging Johnny
  10. Koslo's Song (9 to 47 to 55)
  11. Coming Home (Powerstroke To The Cummins)
  12. Haul Away Joe (Shanty)
  13. The Little Ball of Yarn
  14. Whiskey Johnny
  15. Mister Stormalong (Shanty)
  16. Ragtime Cowboy Joe
  17. The Grey Hawk
  18. The Single Sailor
  19. While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
  20. Young Collins
  21. The London Waterman
  22. The Foggy Dew
  23. Mari Fach Fy Nghariad
  24. Leave Her, Johnny
  25. Time For Us to Leave Her
  26. Waltz With Me
  27. Hanging Johnny (Shanty)
  28. The Collier Brig
  29. Bell Bottom Trousers
  30. The Oily Rig (Recitation)
  31. The Black Shawl
  32. Bob Robert's Waltz
  33. Can't You Dance the Polka? (Shanty)
  34. Persian Lamb Rag
  35. Whisky Johnny - Shanty
  36. Haul Away Joe - Shanty
  37. Whisky Johnny (Shanty)
  38. Can't You Dance the Polka
  39. Everybody Works But Father (1905)
  40. I May be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool
  41. Whisy Johnny (Shanty)
  42. Mister Stormalong - Shanty
  43. By The Sycamore Tree
  44. Marriage is Sublime (1903)
  45. Everybody Works But Father
  46. Now What Do You Think of That (1905)
  47. Teasing
  48. Time For Us to Leave
  49. Hanging Johnny - Shanty
  50. Marriage is sublime
  51. Who's There (1905)
  52. Uncle Quit Work Too (1903)
  53. A Rare Old Bird (1905)
  54. Holiday for Strings (Live)
  55. No Wedding Bells For Me
  56. Nothin' from Nothin' Leaves You (1905)
  57. Taint de Kind of Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home
  58. Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree
  59. I May Be Crazy But I Ain't No Fool
  60. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do
  61. The Woodchuck Song
  62. Why Don't You Write When You Don't Need Money
  63. Alexander Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1904)
  64. The Oily Rig
  65. I've Got a Little Money and I've Saved It All for You Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1905)
  66. Don't Take Me Home
  67. International Rag
  68. Whisky Johnny [Shanty]
  69. Uncle quit work too
  70. My Name Is Morgan But It Ain't JP Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1906)
  71. Alexander
  72. Teasing Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1904)
  73. Complain
  74. The Fish & Chip Shop
  75. Everloving Spoony Sam Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1907)
  76. An Interrupted Courtship on the Elevated Railroad Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1904)
  77. Sweet Italian Love Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1910)
  78. He's a cousin of mine
  79. All Night Long
  80. There's A Dark Man Coming With A Bundle
  81. Haul Away Joe [Shanty]
  82. I Want to Live
  83. Mister Stormalong [Shanty]
  84. Can't You Dance the Polka? [Shanty]
  85. I Love My Wife but Oh You Kid Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1909)
  86. Everybody Works but Father Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1905)
  87. Blitz and Blatz at the Seashore Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1909)
  88. Now What Do You Think of That
  89. Persian Lamp Rag
  90. Marrage Is Sublime Comic Ragtime Song (Recorded 1910)

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