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Johnny Collins

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Johnny Collins (born May 10, 1938, died July 6 2009) was a London-based folk singer specializing in traditional shanties and maritime music. Joined the British Army in 1956, where he learned to play the guitar while posted in London. Was posted to Singapore in 1959 where he began performing in bars and cabarets in his off hours. Was posted to Hong Kong in 1965 where he began performing large concerts with other folk performers in the British and U.

Top songs

  1. Summer: Bonny Hawthorn
  2. The New Year: The Oxplough Song
  3. Autumn: Harvest Song
  4. Leave Her Johnny
  5. Leave Her Johnny (sea chantey)
  6. All Among The Barley
  7. South Australia
  8. Old Billy Riley
  9. Blow the Man Down
  10. South Australia (sea shanty)
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  1. Eliza Lee (Capstan Shanty)
  2. Nelson's Victory at Copenhagen
  3. Boys Of Killybegs
  4. Down in the Mine
  5. Green Grows the Laurel
  6. Haul Boys Haul
  7. Hard On The Beach Oar
  8. Shallow Brown
  9. Fire Marengo
  10. Blow The Man Down (Halyard Shanty)
  11. Blood Red Roses
  12. Farewell Shanty
  13. I Can Hew
  14. Eliza Lee
  15. Goodbye Fare Thee Well
  16. I'm Going Home To Georgia
  17. Sailor Town
  18. Dogger Bank
  19. Maui
  20. Old Brown's Daughter
  21. Down the Bay to Juliana
  22. The Wild Goose
  23. Sailor's Prayer
  24. Blow the Man Down (Flying Fish Sailor)
  25. The Oxplough Song
  26. Free & Easy
  27. Bold Reilly-O
  28. Leave Her Johnny Shanty
  29. Wind and the Rain
  30. Roll The Wood Pile Down
  31. When All Men Sing
  32. The Devil in York
  33. Randy Dandy (Capstan Shanty)
  34. The Penny Wager
  35. We Sing Hallelujah
  36. Strike the Bell Landlord
  37. Blow the Man Down/Blood Red Roses
  38. South Australia (Pump Shanty)
  39. Parting Song
  40. Sporting Dogs
  41. Thomas Hanley
  42. Jutland
  43. Cleveland Steel
  44. The Leaf
  45. Eliza Lee (The Bulgine Run)
  46. The Blacksmiths Son
  47. Smugglers Song
  48. What Will Become Of England
  49. No More Fish
  50. Crossing The Water
  51. Hard On The Beach Oar (Riverboat Song)
  52. Too Far From She
  53. The Mare & the Foal
  54. Sheffield Apprentice
  55. Go To Work On Monday
  56. The North Wall
  57. Farewell To The Fiddle
  58. Randy Dandy
  59. The Centurion
  60. Maui (Sea Song)
  61. Misty Mourne Shore
  62. Leave Her Johnny [Pum Shanty]
  63. Bonny Hawthorn
  64. Haul Boys Haul (Sea Song)
  65. Fire Marengo (Hauling Shanty)
  66. Goodbye Fare Thee Well (Hauling Shanty)
  67. South Australia [Pump Shanty]
  68. She Stands On The Quay
  69. Roll The Woodpile (Capstan Shanty)
  70. Goodbye Fare Thee Well (Haulin
  71. Sailor's Prayer (Sea Song)
  72. Martin Luther King
  73. River Days
  74. English Ale
  75. Diggery Venn The Raddle Man
  76. Sea Shanties 20 Farewell Shanty (Sea Song).
  77. Randy Dandy O
  78. Haul Boys Haul [Sea Song]
  79. Fire Marengo [Hauling Shanty]
  80. The Shepherd's Daughter
  81. Peter's Private Army
  82. Tenting Tonight
  83. Blood Red Roses (halyard shanty)
  84. Dogger Bank [Sea Song]
  85. Randy Dandy-O
  86. Old Billy Riley [Halyard Shanty]
  87. Down The Road
  88. Matt Hyland
  89. The Key Above The Door
  90. Oxford & 'Ampton Railway

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