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Bank Trollers

Bank Trollers Songs of the Sea Bob Webb Richmond Webb Associates RWA 0206 (CD, USA, 2000)

Recorded and mixed by John Etnier, Studio Dual, Cape Elisabeth, Maine;
Mastered by Toby Mountain, Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough, Massachusetts;
Designed by Helen Richmond Webb;
Cover: Armin Carl Hansen, Bank Trollers, oil on canvas, 1918

Musicians

Bob Webb: vocals, guitar, five-string banjo, duet concertina, banza, mandolin, harmonica
with
Ann Cook: violin [6], chorus [4, 13, 17];
Diana Hansen: chorus [4, 7, 13, 17];
Helen Richmond Webb: chorus [7, 13, 17];
Louis Killen, Dave Peloquin, Jeff Warner: chorus [3, 7, 12, 17]

Tracks

1. The “Lucy Foster” (3.35)
2. “Oda G” (2.14)
3. Ilo Man (Roud 481; Henry H53d) (2.04)
4. Towrope Gals (3.39)
5. Women’s the Joy and the Pride of the Land (1.55)
6. Believe Me, Dearest Susan (Roud 4689) (2.57)
7. Napoleon’s Farewell to Paris (Roud 1626) (3.44)
8. Bonaparte’s Retreat (Roud 17932) (2.47)
9. The Schooner (2.03)
10. “I’m Alone” (5.10)
11. Handsome Molly (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (2.15)
12. Dance Gals, Gimme the Bango (0.53)
13. Alabama John Cherekee (2.12)
14. Bank Trollers (3.36)
15. Protect the Innocent / Tilden (3.46)
16. Cape Town Bound (3.04)
17. 150 Days Out from Vancouver (2.50)

Track 1 James B. Connolly (1902), additional words and music Robert L. Webb;
Track 2 Stanley G. Triggs;
Tracks 3, 6-8, 11-12, 15a trad.;
Tracks 4-5, 9, 16 Robert L. Webb;
Track 10 Wade Hemsworth;
Track 13 trad., adapted and arr. Robert L. Webb;
Track 14 adapted from a poem by Bertrand W. Sinclair by Philip J. Thomas;
Track 15b Hank Bradley;
Track 17 lyrics Cicely Fox Smith, music Tom Lewis