Robert Carr and the Seafarers’ Chorus

[1926, the Portsmouth Evening News] ‘Well rendered and clearly recorded,’ these shanties were performed by Robert Carr and the Seafarers’ Chorus. Including such classics as What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?, Whisky Johnny and Bound for the Rio Grand, the Portsmouth Evening News labels the shanties as ‘real masterpieces of their type.’

Robert Carr and the Seafarers’ Chorus were to release another record in January 1927, available at ‘only half-a-crown.’ The Leeds Mercury gives the following description of these ‘fine sea shanties:’

‘Clear the Track, Let the Bullgine Run’ is a rousing, rollicking shanty that goes with a swing and it is well-matched by the two little ones, ‘Santa Anna’ and ‘The Hog’s-Eye Man’ that accompany it. Rather more of the ballad type, but with a distinctive appeal, are the pair on the other disc, ‘Goodbye, Fare Ye Well’ and ‘We’re All Bound to Go,’ both by R.R. Terry.