Ewan MacColl & A. L. Lloyd - The Banks of Newfoundland

A sea shanty from the singing of Ewan MacColl with A L Lloyd on "Blow Boys Blow" on the Tradition label. This song is considered to be a local version of the English transportation song "Van Dieman's Land". "Packet ships" used to carry mail from Britain to America. "Fo'c'sle" is a contraction of "fore castle" (fore = foreward), the living quarters inside the hull of a ship. "The Hook" is a reference to Sandy Hook in the Long Island sound