Grateful Dead Family Discography: Handsome Cabin Boy

Handsome Cabin Boy

Composer: Traditional

Handsome Cabin Boy was performed by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman in the 1990's. The version on the Been All Around This World album is an instrumental with the title Handsome Cabin Boy Waltz. The tune of the song was introduced by Jerry Garcia into some Grateful Dead jams.

The notes in the Shady Grove booklet credit the mandolin accompaniment (by Ralph Rinzler) on the original A.L. Lloyd version of the song, released on Blow Boys Blow, as the inspiration behind the Garcia/Grisman version

Jerry Garcia recordings

Shady Grove, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, 1996
Been All Around This World, Garcia / Grisman, 2004
Been All Around This World: Deluxe Edition, Garcia/Grisman, 2021
Shady Grove: Deluxe Edition, Garcia/Grisman, 2020

Other recordings

The Blackball Line, A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl and chorus with Alf Edwards, 1957
Blow Boys Blow, A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl, 1960
no info Folk Songs Of Britain, Vol. 6: Sailormen and Servingmaids, Various Artists, 1962
Off to Sea Once More, A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl, 1963
no info A Hundred Years Ago EP, A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl, 1963
no info Martin Carthy, Martin Carthy, 1965
no info Sweeney's Men, Sweeney's Men, 1968
no info Tune For November, Gordon Bok, 1970
no info Sea Songs and Shanties: Topic Sampler No 7, Various Artists (A.L. Lloyd & Ewan McColl), 1972
no info Them Liverpool Judies, Craig Morton, 1973
no info Mellow with Ale from the Horn, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, 1975
no info Cruising 'Round Yardmouth, The Starboard List, 1977
no info Sea Chanties and Forecastle Songs at Mystic Seaport, Stuart M. Frank, Stuart Gillespie and Ellen Cohn, 1978
no info 7" Single (Hounds of Love / The Handsome Cabin Boy), Kate Bush, 1986
no info 12" Single (Alternative Hounds of Love / Jig of Life / The Handsome Cabin Boy), Kate Bush, 1986
no info This Woman's Work, Kate Bush, 1990
no info Over the Hills and Far Away, David & Ginger Hildebrand, 1990
no info The Best of Irish Folk, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1992
no info Stark Raven, Stark Raven, 1995
no info A Taste of Tradition, Vol. 3, Various Artists (A.L. Lloyd & Ewan McColl), 1996
no info Songs of the Tall Ships/Cruising 'Round Yardmouth, The Starboard List, 1996
no info A Collection of Irish Classics, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1996
no info The Best of Irish Folk, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1997
no info The Queen Among the Heather: The Alan Lomax Portait Series, Jeannie Robertson, 1998
no info Change of Habit, The Poor Clares, 1998
no info Milkman, Phranc, 1998
no info The Transatlantic Story, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1998
no info Legends of Ireland, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1998
no info Celtic Roots, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 1998
no info Little Hinkley Yawl, Steve & Laurie Keith, 1999
no info Sweeney's Men/The Tracks of Sweeney, Sweeney's Men, 2000
no info McGuinn's Folk Den, Vol. 1, Roger McGuinn, 2000
no info A World Without Horses, Walter Pardon, 2000
no info Turn to Me, Bill Jones, 2000
no info The Irish Folk Collection, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 2001
no info The Nightingale, Tramps & Hawkers, 2003
Reason And Rhyme, Kathy Kallick, 2004
no info Legend of Sweeney's Men: Anthology, Sweeney's Men, 2004
no info Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Various Artists (Stuart Gillespie), 2004
no info Wind Shall Blow for Ever More, Iron Horse, 2004
no info Captain Billy's Privateers, Jolly Rogues, 2004
no info The Seadogs Present the Paddy West School of Seamanship, The Seadogs, 2005
no info A Bloody Show: John Wesley Harding & Friends Live at Bumbershoot 2005, John Wesley Harding & Friends, 2006
no info The Rocky Road to Dublin: The Best of Irish Folk, Various Artists (Sweeney's Men), 2006
no info Ballads to Broadsides, Shannon Jones, 2006
no info Set of the Sail, William Pint and Felicia, 2007
The Book Of The Dawg: Dawg Roots, David Grisman, 2021