FIRE DOWN BELOW

Created on 27/12/2022
Latest update on 27/12/2022

Artist: John Goss & the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
Author: traditional
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1927

Sea shanty about the dangers of fire on board of a wooden ship and of venerial diseases in the midst of an ocean. No wonder a diseased prostitute was nicknamed Fire Ship.

Covers:

1951:

Cisco Houston

1957:

Alan Mills

1959:

Paul Clayton

1977:

Mike & Peggy Seeger

2006:

Nick Cave [on Rogue's Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys]

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