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Bold Reilly (or Riley)
These guys (@pressgangmutiny9639 ) are after some more subscribers, if you like shantys please consider helping them out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6x6SCCIxbA
This song was sung by David Jones at about 17 minutes in the video above.
The history of the shanty is murky,
https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/boldriley.html
Given the references, I suspect it might be a post 1900s creation.
I found the link to Eleanor Rathbone (and her story) fascinating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Rathbone
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2016/03/08/international-womens-day-remembering-eleanor-rathbone/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-38256111
There are many many recordings of this song, but Kate Rusby does my favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQn9c_u5aQ
Mudcat discussion on the origins:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=50732
Purchase my music:
Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/
#Shanty #Sufferage
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