Johnny Collins (born May 10, 1938, died July 6 2009) was a London-based fo… Read Full Bio ↴Johnny Collins (born May 10, 1938, died July 6 2009) was a London-based folk singer specializing in traditional shanties and maritime music. Joined the British Army in 1956, where he learned to play the guitar while posted in London. Was posted to Singapore in 1959 where he began performing in bars and cabarets in his off hours. Was posted to Hong Kong in 1965 where he began performing large concerts with other folk performers in the British and U.S. military. He also performed on television and radio (including the "Voice of America in East Asia") and played venues like the Hong Kong Hilton. In 1967 he was posted again to Singapore where he began his own folk club at the Anophel Inn. Tom Lewis and Pam Ayres performed there, among others. He was demobilized in 1968, and he began to perform full-time.

In 1983 he and Jim Mageean, performing as a duo, won the Intervision Song Contest in Rostock, in East Germany. Later, in 1987, they were invited by the East German government to perform at a sea shanty festival in Berlin commemorating the city's founding. Although recent heath problems have slowed him down, Collins continues to tour and perform worldwide including in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and France as well as making frequent appearances in his native country at Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, and maritime festivals at Hull, Lancaster, Bristol, Dundee, Maldon, Portsmouth, Gosport, Greenwich and Chatham.

Partial discography

* Traveller's Rest (1973)
* Johnny's Private Army (1975)
* Make the Rafters Roar (1979) with Jim Mageean
* Free and Easy (1982)
* Live at Herga! (1982) with Jim Mageean
* Strontrace (1983) with Jim Mageean
* Pedlar of Songs (1993)
* Coming of Age (1996)
* Shanties and Sea Songs (1996)
* Now & Then

Shallow Brown
Johnny Collins Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Shallow Brown' by these artists:

June Tabor Bound away to leave you Shallow oh shallow brown Bound awa…
Sean Dagher Bound away to leave you, Shallow, O, Shallow Brown. Bound aw…
Sean Dagher Nils Brown Clayton Kennedy David Tinervia & David Gossage Bound away to leave you, Shallow, O, Shallow Brown. Bound aw…
Sean Dagher, Nils Brown, Clayton Kennedy, David Tinervia & David Gossage Bound away to leave you, Shallow, O, Shallow Brown. Bound aw…
Sting Fare thee well, me Juliana Shallow, oh shallow brown Fare th…
The Love Hall Tryst Shallow Brown, you're going to leave me Shallow, Shallow Bro…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Johnny Collins:

Leave Her Johnny oh the work was hard and the wages low. Leave ger Johnny,…

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Phin Mileski

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This song is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard and is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever. This rendition will always be near to my heart, I hope more people find this song.