Bryan Ferry & Antony: Lowlands Low

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006. Buy CD: =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=musicqid=1223919205sr=8-1/webmasterwolf Antony is Antony Hegarty from Antony and the Johnsons featuring Kate St. John on oboe Explanatory liner notes by record label ANTI-: This is a classic halyard chantey once popular in the West Indies. Many of the verses are direct references to getting the sails aloft. The “lowlands“ was originally a reference to the Netherlands. And Hulton Ranzo Clint ( ) adds: This is a direct copy/cover of the recording by Ian Campbell, not the of tradition generally. Basically, Stan Hugill learned it from a chanteyman named Tobago Smith, and he printed it in his 1961 book. Campbell, pr