Sea Shanty Night at the Baltic Pub

Saturday we enjoyed an evening of Sea Shanty music at the Baltic Pub in Liverpool.  The Baltic is a historic pub that is a Grade II listed building.  Listed buildings cannot be demolished and must be kept original .  The pub was frequented by the seamen who worked on the docks when the many miles of working docks were active.  The pub brews their own ales in their cellar which has a tunnel connected to the building we live in but unfortunately the tunnel is blocked off. The pub looks much like it did during the period time when working dockers frequented it.

Prior to visiting the pub Joan and I were invited to a traditional Scottish dinner with friends.  They served haggis, neap, tatties and a lovely pudding which was topped up with a fine Single Malt Scotch.

It was the first time I tried haggis and I was a little skeptical about trying it but I absolutely loved it.
According to Wikipedia:

Haggis is a kind of savoury pudding containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion,oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.  

Also according to Wikipedia: 


A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scotspoems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known asRobert Burns Day or Burns Night (Burns Nicht), although they may in principle be held at any time of the year.

I am getting carried away as this blog was actually about our evening of Sea Shanty music so back to the pub.

Sea Shanty night at the Baltic is held the last Saturday of the month and various performers get together to sing traditional sea shanty's. In total there were 6 who sang during the evening.  A video with with photos and excerpts of some of the music is posted above.