Haul Away Joe

The East Indiaman

South Australia

Farewell Shanty

This is a song that we have recently added to our repertoire with the kind permission of the writer's family. Leo Coyle worked in the Clyde shipyards and was for many years MC of the Star Folk Club. He wrote a number of songs which his son and daughter recorded under the name, Clydeborn, to celebrate his 70th birthday. Leo's songs are great and deserve to be better known, so we include their version of his song called Song o' the Yard. It is very evocative of its time.

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