Robert Boddington (or Bod, as we call him), has penned these original songs:
- Ranting and Roaring and Rolling No More
- Captain O’Rourke
- The Essex
- Greenland (with Clayton Vickery)
- Shant Go Back to Shanty Club (with Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd)
- I do, I do (with Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd)
- Craneman
- Bootleg Gin
- No Man’s Homeland
- How’s Santa Claus gonna get on the ship
- Reluctant Shanty (with Jack Ballhausen) created for UNHCR
Bod was the face of shanties for a few years – see the opening song on the video accompanying this Guardian article from Covid-times.
Here is the Redfern Shanty Club singing at the Kangaroo Valley folk festival (yes, in the bar, just by the port-a-loos). Bod is the one with the sunglasses hanging on his striped shirt.
as sung at Redfern Shanty Club, Camperdown Shanty Club, Surry Hills Shanty Club. More info
Go to Randy Dandy Shanties main page
Click here for more Shanty originals from Randy Dandy Shanty Club.
Here is the official Shanties site. Please do not contact me about Shanty business – I’m a fan, not a captain. Talk to them on [email protected], Instagram, or their web page.
