Description
This collection tells the story of the eight wherries which sailed to the Solent in 1857 to act as work boats for the building of the new barracks at Gosport. The various songs are introduced by a narrator and include:
3. On board a wherry
5. I remember well the journey
7. They were never meant for sea
9. I never should have sold her
11. We were strangers
13. A big black sail
15. The Upton wherryman