The Handsome Cabin Boy by Martin Carthy Song Details

Martin Carthy's ' "The Handsome Cabin Boy" was released on its scheduled release date, August 5, 2025. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:00. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Transform Me Then Into A Fish". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The Handsome Cabin Boy is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Handsome Cabin Boy by Martin Carthy having a BPM of 83 with a half-time of 42 BPM and a double-time of 166 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.358 dB
Acousticness
86%
Danceability
57%
Energy
30%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
12%
Valence
65%

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ISRC
GBVT92500006
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records