"The Last Leviathan" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1980s |
Genre | English folk song |
Songwriter(s) | Andy Barnes |
"The Last Of The Great Whales / The Last Leviathan" is an anti-whaling English folk song which has been recorded by Sheena Wellington, [1] Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers, [2] Louis Killen, [3] Danny Spooner, [4] Maz O'Connor, [5] Melanie Harrold, [6] Fraser Bruce, [7] and David Carroll. [8]
Andy Barnes has not spoken on record about what prompted the writing of this song, [9] though it is thought to have been inspired by Scott McVay's 1966 article in Scientific American. [10] [11]
Being a well-documented song publicised by Mudcat, [12] and Mainly Norfolk, [13] the song was recorded by Jon Boden and Oli Steadman for inclusion in their respective lists of daily folk songs " A Folk Song A Day" [14] and "365 Days Of Folk". [15]
https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/thelastleviathan.html
"The Last Leviathan" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1980s |
Genre | English folk song |
Songwriter(s) | Andy Barnes |
"The Last Of The Great Whales / The Last Leviathan" is an anti-whaling English folk song which has been recorded by Sheena Wellington, [1] Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers, [2] Louis Killen, [3] Danny Spooner, [4] Maz O'Connor, [5] Melanie Harrold, [6] Fraser Bruce, [7] and David Carroll. [8]
Andy Barnes has not spoken on record about what prompted the writing of this song, [9] though it is thought to have been inspired by Scott McVay's 1966 article in Scientific American. [10] [11]
Being a well-documented song publicised by Mudcat, [12] and Mainly Norfolk, [13] the song was recorded by Jon Boden and Oli Steadman for inclusion in their respective lists of daily folk songs " A Folk Song A Day" [14] and "365 Days Of Folk". [15]
https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/thelastleviathan.html