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Artist: Sam Eskin
Author: traditional
Label: Folkways
Year: 1951
On lp Sea Shanties And Loggers' Songs (see also: Clear The Track, Let The Bullgine Roll). Roud #481. Mid 19th century sea shanty, either about the Peruvian port of Ilo (to pick up nitrite), or the Hawaiian port of Hilo (to drop off missionaries).
Covers:
Paul Clayton [as Johnny's Gone To Hilo]
Alan Mills [as Tom's Gone To Hilo]
Cyril Tawney [idem; Peter Kennedy recording]
Robert Shaw Chorale [idem]
Peggy Seeger & A.L. Lloyd [idem; in film Whaler Out Of New Bedford]
A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl [idem on lp A Sailor's Garland]
Bob Davenport [als Tom's Gone To Hilo]
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem [as Johnny's Gone To Hilo]
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Lily Lanken & Chaim Tannenbaum [as Johnny's Gone To Hilo on The McGarrigle Hour]
Jon Boden [the McGarrigle version]
Gavin Friday & Shannon McNally [as Tom's Gone To Hilo on Son Of Rogues Gallery]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)