Shanties collected from John Short in 1914 This is the third of three CDs which record the repertoire of John Short a.k.a. Yankee Jack of Watchet, Somerset in England's West Country, who, in 1914, gave the folk-song collector Cecil Sharp nearly sixty shanties, several in early rare versions. John spent over fifty years working in sailing boats, much of his younger days in deep-water ships, sailing all around the world as a shantyman. The songs are performed with a variety of arrangements from full accompaniment to unaccompanied with a full chorus. Sung by: Jim Mageean, Jeff Warner, Keith Kendrick, Jackie Oates, Roger Watson, Sam Lee, Tom Brown, Barbara Brown, Doug Bailey. Also available WGS381CD Short Sharp Shanties Vol.1. WGS382CD Short Sharp Shanties Vol. 2.