The Sorrow Songs Band perform A Long Time Ago, a sea shanty.

Another clip from the book launch of Dr Mary L Shannon’s new scholarly work on Billy Waters, “Billy Waters is Dancing” (Yale University Press).
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne leads this shanty on his anglo concertina. The song names all the places in the world that a sailor has travelled, and maybe echoes the experiences as a Royal Navy able seaman of Billy Waters, the formerly enslaved African American London street musician, one of Britain’s earliest Black musical celebrities.
Concertina & lead vocals - Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Backing vocals - Hamilton Gross, Clarke Camilleri, Angeline Morrison.
#billywaters #billywatersisdancing #blackhistoryisbritishhistory

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Absolutely glorious ❤

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Thankyou so!

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when are you touring?

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We’re playing Sidmouth Folk Festival, 9th August 🌞