Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land, credited to Charles Godfrey Leland, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land by Charles Godfrey Leland. Read in English by Stephen Christie; Larry Wilson; Jude; AlexandraWilhelmina; Tony Scheinman; zgorelick; Sonia; Hilary Busby; MonkofHunk; Emma Charlotte; Diana Schmidt; Robert Robinson; Greg Giordano; erinbrooke; Mark Nelson; Son of the Exiles; Eris Bueller; boilingforest; Linda Olsen Fitak; ShamaAbbasi; ToddHW This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the volume contains the Lays of the Land, with poems focused on the things a seaman may encounter when he enters a port. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land
• Author credits: Charles Godfrey Leland
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 65
• Listed recording duration: 4:16:54

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• poem
• seafaring
• sea
• water
• mermaid
• 1895
• 2017

Opening tracks: first 24 of 65

1. 01 - Preface — 8:30
2. 02 - The Old Tavern — 3:25
3. 03 - El Capitan General — 4:01
4. 04 - Uncle Sam — 2:54
5. 05 - Mother Carey — 2:45
6. 06 - The Bird Crew — 1:58
7. 07 - Davy Jones — 1:39
8. 08 - The Devil’s Pot — 2:26
9. 09 - One, Two, Three — 3:10
10. 10 - La Bella Strega — 2:39
11. 11 - The Beautiful Witch — 2:41
12. 12 - The Witch’s Box — 4:23
13. 13 - The Mermaid — 2:48
14. 14 - The Merman — 5:17
15. 15 - The Wizard Finn — 3:57
16. 16 - Charley Buff — 2:13
17. 17 - Bold Robin Rover — 3:09
18. 18 - Time for Us to Go — 3:55
19. 19 - Rolling Over — 4:01
20. 20 - The Musquito — 2:07
21. 21 - Stand from Under! — 5:20
22. 22 - Near Havanna — 2:46
23. 23 - The Three Dead Men — 2:23
24. 24 - The Lady-Sailor — 1:19

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