Shanty For The Arethusa

The Decemberists – Shanty For The Arethusa from Her Majesty (2003) /neo-folk/
((“We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea-leaves.We’ve emptied out all the bars and the bowery hotels.Tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight.”
The salt and the air buffeted their backs as they leapt from the rolling deck and slid down to the rowboats below. Oars pumped, and the depthless dark black sped under them, towards orange and crimson lights that danced in rows of windows and shed out into the dirty streets.))