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Thread #119776   Message #2687144
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
25-Jul-09 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Here's an updated/corrected (hopefully) tally of Hugill's contributed by stated Caribbean informants. This applies to the abridged version of SHANTIES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS. (I don't own the unabridged version, but from my examination of the "limited preview" available on-line it shows no additional chanteys gathered in the Caribbean.)   This is just to list Hugill's cited sources, not to say that these chanteys are necessarily of Caribbean origin.

There are a total of 54 chanteys. That comes out of a text (abridged version) with approximately 279 songs-- 228 unique chanteys, by my reckoning.

From HARDING 'THE BARBARIAN' OF BARBADOS - 37 shanties:
Stormy Along, John
'Way Stormalong John
Stormalong, Lads, Stormy
Sally Brown
Randy Dandy O!
High O, Come Roll Me Over
Where Am I to Go, M'Johnnies
Roll, Boys, Roll
The Codfish Shanty
Ranzo Ray (C)
Hilo, Come Down Below
Hello Somebody
Shallow Brown (B)
Can't Ye Hilo?
The Gal with the Blue Dress
Johnny Come Down the Backstay
Rise Me Up from Down Below
John Kanaka
Hooker John
Haul 'er Away (A)
Old Moke Pickin' on the Banjo
Gimme De Banjo
Haul Away, Boys, Haul Away
Walkalong, My Rosie
Coal Black Rose
Bunch o' Roses
'Way Me Susiana
Do Let Me Lone, Susan
Doodle Let Me Go
Sing Sally O (Mudder Dinah) (A)
Sing Sally O (B)
Round the Corner, Sally
Essequibo River
Alabama (John Cherokee)
Dan Dan
Hilonday
Pay Me the Money Down

From "OLD SMITH" OF TOBAGO (6):
Lowlands Low
Walkalong You Sally Brown
Hilo Boys Hilo
Good Morning Ladies All (A)
Sing a Song, Blow Along (Dixie Land)
Tiddy High O

From HARRY LAUDER of ST. LUCIA (5):
Heave Away Boys, Heave Away (B)
Sister Susan (Shinbone Al)
Eki Dumah
Bulley In the Alley
Pay Me the Money Down

From TRINIDAD, anonymous (3):
Roller Bowler
Miss Lucy Long
Miss Lucy Loo

From ST. VINCENT, anonymous (1):
Heave Away Boys, Heave Away (A)

WEST INDIES in general, anonymous (5):
Roll the Woodpile Down
Tommy's on the Tops'l yard
Haul 'er Away (B)
Good Morning Ladies All (B)
Won't Ye Go My Way?