Eliza Carthy: Rolling Sea

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI 2006. Buy CD: Explanatory liner notes by record label ANTI: This song is from the perspective of a woman ashore, waiting for her sailor (or any sailor) to return home (with prize money). The lyrics are from the Napoleonic period. Some verses are the voice of a wife or sweetheart.