Bold Reilly (or Riley)

These guys (‪@pressgangmutiny9639‬ ) are after some more subscribers, if you like shantys please consider helping them out:
   • Live at the Connecticut Sea Music Mus...  

This song was sung by David Jones at about 17 minutes in the video above.

The history of the shanty is murky,
https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/song...

Given the references, I suspect it might be a post 1900s creation.

I found the link to Eleanor Rathbone (and her story) fascinating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2016/03/...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-m...

There are many many recordings of this song, but Kate Rusby does my favourite:
   • Bold Riley - Kate Rusby  

Mudcat discussion on the origins:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadi...

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Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

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