Shallo Brown
Posted in Folk Music on Jul 10th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a well known sea shanty. Charlotte Greig’s haunting rendition of the song is slower and more intimate than the customary masculine version. In the middle of the song she reverses the perspective to a woman’s and makes it a song of sad, tragic farewell, as the slave lovers are forced to part forever. For a fuller appreciation and the words see here.
