TomB.

It's fascinating to find that, of those shanties that Sharp/Terry published from John Short, which were not in other publications, Stan almost invariably a his own version either from 'Harding the Barbadian' or 'picked up in the West Indies'. Makes you wonder!

I too am very very fascinated by this.
More later, gotta go to work now (night shift).

Barry, Johnson Girls recorded "Walkalong Miss Sally Brown." It is different, but probably also could go in this category.

Gibb