The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119776   Message #2660568
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
19-Jun-09 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Back to "Bully in the Alley" for a sec --
I just heard the version recorded by The Shanty Crew, and wanted to note that it's the only one I've heard that uses the chorus melody ~printed~ in Hugill's book. However, they also follow the popular but inauthentic practice of using the first verse as a repeated sort of grand chorus throughout.

I don't think I've posted a link to my try to represent the Hugill text-version. (With respect to form and melody only, of course -- the arbitrariness of the text called for more made-up verses).   HERE it is.