Row well, ye mariners was a popular tune from the late 16th to the early 18th centuries and is found in several sources, including all the editions of Playford’s The Dancing Master from 1651–1728. It needs to be played with a skipping two-in-a-bar pulse.
Selected from The Seafaring Fiddler. For this brand new collection of fiddle tunes from the golden age of sail Edward Huws Jones has researched and compiled an eclectic selection of sea shanties, ‘forebitters’, jigs, reels, hornpipes, songs and other melodies which were traditionally played as accompaniment to hard labour or times of recreation for sailors at sea.
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