Collected by James Madison Carpenter, Royal Alfred, Belvedere, 1928
James Madison Carpenter Collection – sound recording (JMC/1/11/78)
Whiskey Johnny
Collected by James Madison Carpenter, Royal Alfred, Belvedere, 1928
James Madison Carpenter MSS Collection (JMC/1/5/4/A, JMC/1/1/1/A)
Stormalong
Collected by James Madison Carpenter, Royal Alfred, Belvedere, 1928
James Madison Carpenter MSS Collection (JMC/1/1/4/C)
Blow the Man Down
Collected by James Madison Carpenter, Royal Alfred, Belvedere, 1928
James Madison Carpenter Collection (JMC/1/5/4/A, JMC/1/1/4/A)
There are surviving cylinder recordings of the shanty, which can be heard via the VWML Archive Catalogue:
- Disc Side 076
JMC/1/11/76
https://www.vwml.org/record/VWMLSongIndex/SN17665
(starts at 04:47)
JMC/1/11/77
https://archives.vwml.org/songs/VWMLSongIndex/SN17664
(continuation)
- Cylinder 036
JMC/1/10/35
https://archives.vwml.org/songs/VWMLSongIndex/SN19877
(starts at 03:20)
The two recordings are in different keys, but in other respects appear to be the same.
None of the recordings includes the Humpty Dumpty verses transcribed by Carpenter. The words are also completely different to those which Carpenter noted from “The Bo’sn” – see ‘Blow The Man Down‘.