Harmonica Songbook: Shanties & Songs of the Sea (Songbooks for Harmonica)

Thomas Balinger
Harmonica Songbook
Shanties & Songs of the Sea

A collection of shanties and songs of the sea, arranged for easy Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter) in C. You’ll find the „classics“ like Banks of Sacramento, Good night, ladies or What shall we do with the drunken sailor, but you’ll also encounter songs not as common and maybe even some you might never have heard before.
This book is aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. The songs have been transposed and arranged for easy playing – you can play all of them without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: these songs you can play right away.
All songs feature additional harmonica tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play, making it ideally suited for beginners and players who don’t read standard notation.
Plus chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams. If you happen to have any guitar playing friend(s), you can start playing these songs together right away!

Songs

1. A drop of Nelson’s blood
2. All for me grog
3. Banks of Sacramento
4. Banks of the Ohio
5. Blow the man down
6. Boney was a warrior
7. Boston Harbour
8. Botany Bay
9. Bound for South Australia
10. (Bound for the) Rio Grande
11. Bully in the alley
12. Cape Cod girls
13. Essequibo river
14. Good night, Ladies
15. Handsome Molly
16. Harbour Grace
17. Haul away, boys
18. Jack the Sailor (Jackie Monroe)
19. John Kanaka
20. Lowlands away
21. Maggie May
22. Miss Lucy Long
23. Molly Malone
24. My Bonnie lies over the ocean
25. New York girls
26. On board of the Kangaroo
27. Paddy lay back
28. Roll, Alabama, roll
29. Roller Bowler
30. Sailor on the deep blues sea
31. Santiana (Across the plains of Mexico)
32. Shenandoah
33. Spanish Ladies
34. The bottle-o
35. The coast of High Barbaree
36. The dead horse
37. The flying durchman
38. The forsaken mermaid
39. The Glendy Burk
40. The John B. sails
41. The mermaid
42. The Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire
43. What shall we do with the drunken sailor
44. Whip Jamboree
45. Whiskey Johnny