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Jack Horntip	Lyr Add: Every Good Ship Has a Mainmast (chantey) (39)	RE: Lyr Add: Every Good Ship Has a Mainmast (chantey)	10 Jun 25
Second ballad entry: https://balladindex.org/Ballads/Doe165.html Let Go the Reef Tackle DESCRIPTION: The ship sails out the channel as the sailor cries out, "Let go the reef tay-ckle, Let go the reef tay-ckle, Let go the reef tay-ckle, My sheets they are jammed." AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1945 (Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips) KEYWORDS: sailor work FOUND IN: US(MA) REFERENCES (3 citations): Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman, p. 165, "Let Go the Reef Tackle" (1 text, 1 tune) Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips, pp. 170-171, "Let Go the Reefy Tackle" (1 text, 1 tune) Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, p. 503, "Slack Away Yer Reefy Tayckle" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, p. 371] Roud #9145 CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "Let Go the Peak Halyards" (form) `File: Doe165` Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Song List Go to the Ballad Index Instructions Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography The Ballad Index Copyright 2025 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.

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Let Go the Reef Tackle