Eliza Carthy: Rolling Sea

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006. Buy CD: =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=musicqid=1223919205sr=8-1/webmasterwolf 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.