The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties

CONTENTS


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FOREWORD by Sir Walter Runciman iii

INTRODUCTION v

NOTES ON THE SHANTIES xiii


WINDLASS & CAPSTAN SHANTIES:

1 Billy Boy 2

2 Bound for the Rio Grande 4

3 Good-bye, fare ye well 6

4 Johnny come down to Hilo 8

5 Clear the track, let the Bullgine run 10

6 Lowlands away 12

7 Sally Brown 16

8 Santy Anna 18

9 Shenandoah 20

10 Stormalong John 22

11 The Hog's-eye Man 24

12 The Wild Goose Shanty 26

13 We're all bound to go 28

14 What shall we do with the drunken sailor? 30


HALLIARD SHANTIES:

15 Blow, my bully boys 32

16 Blow the man down 34

17 Cheer'ly, men 36

18 Good morning, ladies all 38

19 Hanging Johnny 40

20 Hilo Somebody 42

21 Oh run, let the Bullgine run 44

22 Reuben Ranzo 46

23 The Dead Horse 48

24 Tom's gone to Hilo 50

25 Whisky Johnny 52

26 Boney was a warrior 54


FORE-SHEET OR SWEATING-UP SHANTIES:

27 Johnny Boker 55

28 Haul away, Joe 56

29 We'll haul the bowlin' 58


BUNT SHANTY:

30 Paddy Doyle's boots 59


ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SHANTIES

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Billy Boy 2

Blow, my bully boys 32

Blow the man down 34

Boney was a warrior 54

Bound for the Rio Grande 4


Cheer'ly, men 36

Clear the track, let the Bullgine run 10


Dead Horse, The 48


Good-bye, fare ye well 6

Good morning, ladies all 38


Hanging Johnny 40

Haul away, Joe 56

Hilo Somebody 42

Hog's-eye Man, The 24


Johnny Boker 55

Johnny come down to Hilo 8


Lowlands away 12


Oh run, let the Bullgine run 44


Paddy Doyle's boots 59


Reuben Ranzo 46


Sally Brown 16

Santy Anna 18

Shenandoah 20

Stormalong John 22


Tom's gone to Hilo 50


We'll haul the bowlin' 58

We're all bound to go 28

What shall we do with the drunken sailor? 30

Whisky Johnny 52

Wild Goose Shanty, The 26