Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An English folk song likely from the late 18th to early 19th century about the Press Gangs. Ralph Vaughan Williams collected it in 1904 from Ted Baines of Lower Beeding, Sussex.

Performed by Jo Freya.

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'The Press Gang' by The Press Gang' byRobert Morley.

'Summer Time Through the Hayfield, Worcestershire' by Benjamin Williams Leader.

'A Sailor's Wife Awaits Her Husband's Return on a Stormy Day' by M.V. Wheelhouse.