Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land
Charles Godfrey Leland
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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 (4 hr 16 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 8:30 | Read by Stephen Christie |
| The Old Tavern | 3:25 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| El Capitan General | 4:01 | Read by Stephen Christie |
| Uncle Sam | 2:54 | Read by Jude |
| Mother Carey | 2:45 | Read by Jude |
| The Bird Crew | 1:58 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| Davy Jones | 1:39 | Read by Tony Scheinman |
| The Devil’s Pot | 2:26 | Read by zgorelick |
| One, Two, Three | 3:11 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| La Bella Strega | 2:39 | Read by Sonia |
| The Beautiful Witch | 2:41 | Read by Sonia |
| The Witch’s Box | 4:23 | Read by Stephen Christie |
| The Mermaid | 2:48 | Read by Tony Scheinman |
| The Merman | 5:17 | Read by Hilary Busby |
| The Wizard Finn | 3:57 | Read by Stephen Christie |
| Charley Buff | 2:13 | Read by zgorelick |
| Bold Robin Rover | 3:09 | Read by Jude |
| Time for Us to Go | 3:55 | Read by MonkofHunk |
| Rolling Over | 4:01 | Read by MonkofHunk |
| The Musquito | 2:07 | Read by MonkofHunk |
| Stand from Under! | 5:20 | Read by Emma Charlotte |
| Near Havanna | 2:46 | Read by Emma Charlotte |
| The Three Dead Men | 2:23 | Read by Tony Scheinman |
| The Lady-Sailor | 1:19 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| The Spanish Sailor’s Song | 1:33 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Lover to the Sailor | 1:23 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| Green Corn and Potatoes | 2:03 | Read by Jude |
| The Sailor’s Farewell | 3:01 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Mackerel Signs | 1:29 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| True Blue | 2:33 | Read by AlexandraWilhelmina |
| The Story of Samuel Jackson | 6:47 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| The Dandy Ship | 1:40 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Jack of all Trades | 2:23 | Read by Robert Robinson |
| The Girl Wind | 2:14 | Read by Tony Scheinman |
| The Rise and Fall of Gloryville | 10:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| In the Wrong Box | 4:46 | Read by erinbrooke |
| Zion Jersey Boggs | 7:46 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| The Ballad of the Green Old Man | 6:58 | Read by Robert Robinson |
| Carrying Coals | 1:56 | Read by Jude |
| Carey, of Carson | 5:23 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Josephi in Benicia | 5:33 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Story of a Lie | 2:49 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Legend of Saint Anthony | 4:10 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| A Russian Lyric | 4:25 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
| Melodramnation | 4:52 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Tale of Idaho | 3:21 | Read by Eris Bueller |
| A Californian Romance | 5:05 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Story of Mr. Scroper, Architect | 3:58 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| That Interestin’ Boy | 1:18 | Read by boilingforest |
| Miss Miles, the Telegraph Girl | 6:30 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| An American Cock-Tale | 7:32 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Judge Wyman | 5:28 | Read by Robert Robinson |
| In Nevada | 8:10 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Philanthropic Club | 4:33 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Coloured Fortune-Hunter | 0:59 | Read by Jude |
| Penn | 3:35 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Ballad of the Foxes | 5:05 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Est Modus in Rebus | 5:15 | Read by Linda Olsen Fitak |
| The Masher | 8:11 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Arizona John | 3:25 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Ballad of Charity | 4:45 | Read by ShamaAbbasi |
| Multum in Parvo | 1:13 | Read by ToddHW |
| The Organist of Bergamo | 7:49 | Read by ToddHW |
| The Goth and the Pigeon | 5:36 | Read by ToddHW |
| Reflections in a Printing-Office | 0:54 | Read by Larry Wilson |