And, for the record, "Hilo" in shanties generally refer to Ilo, on the west coast of Peru. I was greatly disappointed to learn that, after I'd moved to Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii and would stand on the shores of Hilo Bay imagining those great ships approaching the pier with the shantyman belting out the verses to "Leave Her, Johnny"...oh, well, another fantasy bites the black sand. (The whalers did go to Hawaii, but they tied up at Lahaina, on Maui.)

Aloha,
Mark