Research containing notes, sheet music; music scores, songs and images, collated by Mr Roy Palmer relating to seventeeth century sea songs.

Contains sixteenth century research, music, songs and image, collated by Mr Roy Palmer. Provides supplementary research notes, music scores, sheet music, copies of original manuscripts, ephemeral items for sea songs numbers 1 to 9 from THE OXFORD BOOK OF SEA SONGS (published 1986), choosen and edited by Roy Palmer.

Contents includes lyrics and sheet music to the shanty ‘John Dory’; notes on shanties about Sir Francis Drake; notes and lyrics to songs about the Armada and a selection of songs about the taking of Cadiz.

Record Details

Item reference: PMR/1/1; REG14/000580.1 PMR/1
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1500-1600; circa 16th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London