Julia L., in which Dana work is "Off She Goes" documented?

It appears to be indicated in the manuscript that is the subject of the Stuart Frank volume I cited above, as well as in another source, but I have not seen it (or indeed, other instrumental playing) in _Two Years Before the Mast_.


A great portion of the tunes played on sailing ships from the 1840s forward were from minstrel songs.

Aside from Fisher's Hornpipe, I recognize few tunes so far listed here as ones that have come up in my readings of 19th century shipboard music-making.

It is fair-play, however, to suggest that any tune that was contemporaneously played on the fiddle might have been played, though they have not been documented as such. It depends on one's goals/purposes. A big difference between "What tunes make current English audiences imagine the sea" and "What tunes were played at sea among working men of the 19th century." Either can be valid.