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Santy Anno
Composer: Traditional

Santy Anno was played by Bob & Jerry (Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia) at a private function in May 1961.

This sea shanty dates back to at least 1850. The title is derived from the Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna and the song usually refers to the conflicts between Mexico and the US with varying degrees of historical accuracy.

This song occurs with various titles including Santianna, Santiana, Santy Anna, Santayana and Santiano. A variation also occurs as The Plains Of Mexico. The song Round The Bay Of Mexico is derived from Santy Anno but is not included on this page.

The title Santy Anno is used here as this was the title used on the Before The Dead release and in general is the most commonly used title on US recordings of the song.



Bob & Jerry recordings

info Before The Dead, Jerry Garcia, 2018

Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Who Built America: American History Through Its Folksongs, Bill Bonyun, 1950
no info Sings Ballads And Blues, Odetta, 1956
info The Singing Sailor, Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Harry H. Corbett, 1956
no info Sings Down To The Sea In Ships, Burl Ives, 1956
no info Whaling And Sailing Songs: From The Days Of Moby Dick, Paul Clayton, 1956
no info Row Bullies Row, A.L. Lloyd / Ewan MacColl, 1957
no info Songs Of The Sea, Alan Mills And The Shanty Men, 1957
info Odetta, Odetta, 1957
no info The Kingston Trio, The Kingston Trio, 1958
no info Haul on the Bowlin' and Other Chanteys and Fo'c'sle Songs Volume 1, A.L. Lloyd / Ewan MacColl, 1958
no info Tom Dooley EP, The Kingston Trio, 1959
no info Casey Sings Out, Casey Anderson, 1959
info Tin Angel, Odetta, 1959
no info Foc'sle Songs And Shanties: Sung By, Paul Clayton And The Foc'sle Singers, 1959
no info Pickin' And Singin' With The Raunch Hands, 1960
no info A Pinch of Salt: British Sea Songs Old and New, Various Artists (Steve Benbow), 1960
no info Kingston Trio Encores, The Kingston Trio, 1961
no info Sea Shanties, The Men Of The Robert Shaw Chorale, 1961
no info Introducing The Travellers, 1961
no info Odetta At Town Hall, Odetta, 1962
no info A Concert Of Welsh Songs, Meredydd Evans, 1962
no info The Wandering Minstrel, Roy Guest With Steve Benbow And His Folk Four, 1962
no info The Coast of Peru EP, A.L. Lloyd / Ewan MacColl, 1963
no info Big Band Hootenanny, Les & Larry Elgart, 1963
no info Single (Santy Anna / The River And I), Shenandoah Trio, 1963
no info Cheer Up Me Lads, The Outsiders, 1963
no info Popular American Songs, Roy Guest With Steve Benbow And His Folk Four, 1963
no info On The Move, The Bondsmen, 1964
no info The Big Hootenanny, Various Artists (Shenandoah Trio), 1964
info Let's Sing Out, Various Artists (The Travellers), 1964
no info Sings Folk Songs, Casey Anderson, 1965
no info The Watersons, The Watersons, 1966
no info Men at Work: Topic Sampler No 3, Various Artists (A. L. Lloyd & chorus), 1966
no info Hard Cases, The Four Folk, 1966
no info Shanties, The Twelve Buccaneers With Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart, 1967
no info Sing Of The Sea, The Clancy Brothers, 1968
no info Going Places With The Countrymen, 1969
no info Sea Songs and Shanties: Topic Sampler No 7, Various Artists (The Watersons), 1971
no info The Essential Odetta, 1973
no info Marske Fishermen's Choir, Marske Fishermen's Choir 1974
no info ... Live, Bill Schustik, 1975
no info Sing Songs Of The Tall Ships, The Spinners, 1978
no info The Shanty Men, Various Artists (Matt Armour), 1978
no info Sea Songs Seattle, Louis Killen/Stan Hugill/The X Seamen's Institute and Friends, 1979
no info Aboard the Cutty Sark, Stan Hugill, 1979
no info In Concert at Mystic Seaport, Stan Hugill, 1979
no info Catch Ya' Later, Much!, The Hilltones, 1979
no info Where Am I To Go?, The Woods Tea Co., 1983
no info Liverpool, Stormalong John, 1991
no info The Wilson Family Album, The Wilson Family, 1991
no info Chants des Marins Anglais, Stan Hugill & Stormalong John, 1992
no info Raised By Humans, John Koerner, 1992
no info The Kingston Trio / ... From The "Hungry i", The Kingston Trio, 1992
no info Sailing Days, Stan Hugill & Stormalong John, 1993
no info Wasn't That A Time, The Weavers, 1993
info Folk Song America, A 20th Century Revival, Vol. 3, Various Artists (A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl), 1994
no info West By Northwest, Hank Cramer, 1996
no info The EP Collection, The Kingston Trio, 1998
no info John Stewart & Darwin's Army, John Stewart & Darwin's Army, 1999
no info Wild Mountain Thyme, The Yetties, 1999
no info The Kingston Trio / From The "Hungry i", The Kingston Trio, 2001
no info Keelhaulin', The Keelers, 2001
no info 22nd Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport, Various Artists (Liam Clancy), 2001
no info Disgwyl Rhywbeth Gwell i Ddod, Meic Stevens, 2002
no info The Tradition Masters, Odetta, 2002
no info Sailors' Songs & Sea Shanties, Various Artists (A. L. Lloyd & chorus), 2004
no info Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Various Artists (Louis Killen/Stan Hugill/The X Seamen's Institute), 2004
no info Triple Echo, Coope Boyes & Simpson, 2005
no info On Step Ahead Of Hell, The Killigans, 2007
no info Sackcloth And Ashes: The EPs, Volume 2, Meic Stevens, 2007
no info Four Years Before The Mast EP, Sharks Come Cruisin, 2008
no info Live at the Zoo Bar, The Killigans, 2008
no info Plastic Cod'eads, The Young'uns, 2008
no info Gwymon (CD bonus track), Meic Stevens, 2008
info Jefferson's Tree of Liberty, Jefferson Starship, 2008
no info Cross The Sea EP, Haunted Stereo, 2009
no info Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta, Various Artists (Haunted Stereo), 2009
no info Still Spinning, Mick Groves, 2010
no info A Folk Song a Day: March, Jon Boden, 2011
no info Short Sharp Shanties Vol. 2, Sea Songs of a Watchet Sailor, 2011
no info Salty Sea Chanties, Jacques Belasco & The Revelers, 2011
no info Sailing Ships And Sailing Men, Evans & Doherty with Jimmy Sweeny, 2012
no info Gambit, Ollie King, 2014
no info She Rises, The Salts, 2015
no info Proper Job, Fisherman's Friends, 2015
no info Strange Country, Kacy & Clayton, 2016
no info The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, Various Artists (Watersons), 2016
no info The Albums Collection 1954-62, Odetta, 2019
no info Between Wind and Water, The Longest Johns, 2021
no info Liverpool, Shane Parish, 2022

 
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