Jolly Sailors Bold, Stuart Frank, 2010

Chapter One — Classical Songs of the Sea:
An Eighteenth-Century Garland 1
1. Black-Eyed Susan [Dark-Eyed Susan] 2
2. Tom Bowling [Poor Tom] (Dibdin) 5
3. Bay of Biscay O 7
4. The Storm [Cease, Rude Boreas] 8
5. Henry Martin [Salt Sea] (Child #250) 10
6. The Bold Trinity (Child #286) 13
7. High Barbary (Child #285; Laws #K-33) 16
8. Spanish Ladies [Farewell and Adieu] 18
Chapter Two — The Girl I Left Behind Me:
Songs About Women 21
9. The Girl I Left Behind Me 23
10. The Lily of Lake Champlain 25
11. The Norfolk Girls 28
12. My Dream 30
13. My Wife—A Song 31
14. Lines to Mary 33
15. The Carpenter and the Maid 34
16. The Milking Maid 36
17. Frozen Limb 37
18. Can Ladies Be Compared to Man ? 38
Chapter Three — The Sailors' Farewell:
Songs of Parting 39
19. The Lowlands of Holland 40
20. The Nantucket Mother and Daughter 43
21. The Banks of the Schuylkill 45
22. West's Farewell 47
23. The British Man-of-War
[The Yankee Man-of-War] 48
24. The Captain Calls All Hands 51
25. Farewell, Charming Nancy (Laws #K-14) 53
26. Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy 55
27. My Mary Ann [Mary Ann] 57
28. Outward Bound 59
29. The Sailor Boy's Farewell 60
30. The Ship Is Ready 62
31. Caledonia [Jamie Raeburn's Farewell] 64
Chapter Four — Jolly Sailors Bold:
Deepwater Songs and Ballads 66
32. Jolly Sailors Bold [Sailors' Come-All-Ye] 67
33. Boston ['Twas on the Twenty-First of May] 71
34. Captain Avery 74
35. The Brooklyn 75
36. The Dreadnought (Laws #D-13) 77
37. Eighteen Hundred Forty-Nine 80
38. Unmooring [The Boatswain's Call] 81
39. The Loss of the Ramillies (Laws #K-1) 84
40. Prince Edward's Isle 86
41. Homeward Bound 88
42. We'll Soon Be There 89
43. Sweet America 90
Chapter Five — Heave Away, My Hearties:
Deepwater Chanteys 91
44. The Sailor's Alphabet 92
45. Goodbye, Fare Ye Well 95
46. Heave Away [We're All Bound to Go] 97
47. Reuben Ranzo 99
48. Old Horse 101
49. Homeward Bound and Outward Bound 104
50. Homeward Bound (II) 107
Chapter Six — Battle Pieces:
Naval, Military, and Patriotic Ballads 109
51. Paul Jones's Victory (Laws #A-4) 110
52. Constitution and Guerriere (Laws #A-6) 113
53. Columbia's Ships 115
54. The Sinking of the Commodore 117
55. The Hills of Chilia 118
56. The Somers 119
57. The Monitor and the Merrimac 122
58. Lee's Invasion of Maryland 125
59. Florida's Crew [The Florida's Cruise] 127
60. Navy Song [We Ride Head to Wind] 130
Chapter Seven — A Bonny Bunch of Roses:
Napoleonic Songs and Ballads 131
61. Bonaparte Crossing the Alps 132
62. Bonaparte on the Isle of St. Helena 133
63. Bonny Bunch of Roses O (Laws #J-5) 135
64. The Drummer Boy of Waterloo (Laws #J-1) 137
65. Napoleon's Dream [Bonaparte's Dream] 139
66. The Green Linnet (O'Neill #1262) 142
Chapter Eight — Tarry Trousers:
Ballads of Lovers Lost and Lovers Spurned 145
67. Lady Franklin's Lament (Laws #K-9) 146
68. The Sailor Bride's Lament (Laws #K-10) 151
69. The Sailor Boy (Laws #K-12) 153
70. Mary's Dream (Laws #K-20) 156
71. The Maid on the Shore (Laws #K-27) 158
72. Green Beds [Young Johnny] (Laws #K-36) 160
73. The Sailor and the Country Girl (Laws #K-38) 162
74. The Maiden's Pride Punished 164
75. Bright Phoebe 165
76. Tarry Trousers [The Mother and Daughter] 166
Chapter Nine — Love Impeded:
Ballads of Family Opposition to Lovers 169
77. Early, Early in the Spring (Laws #M-1) 170
78. William and Harriet (Laws #M-7) 171
79. The Banks of Sweet Dundee (Laws #M-25) 173
80. The Bold Soldier (Laws #M-27) 177
81. Vilikins and His Dinah (Laws #M-31b) 179
82. The Constant Farmer's Son (Laws #M-33) 181
83. Edwin in the Lowlands Low (Laws #M-34) 183
Chapter Ten — Love Entangled:
Ballads of Lovers' Disguises and Tricks 185
84. Jack Munroe (Laws #N-7) 185
85. The Silk Merchant's Daughter (Laws #N-10) 188
86. The Handsome Cabin Boy (Laws #N-13) 193
87. The Noble Duke (Laws #N-15) 195
88. The Prince of Morocco
[The Sailor Boy's Trick] (Laws #N-18) 197
89. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Laws #N-35) 200
90. The Mantle So Green (Laws #N-38) 203
91. The Pride of Glencoe (Laws #N-39) 205
Chapter Eleven — The Jolly Roving Tar:
Ballads of Faithful and Unfaithful Lovers 207
92. Cuper's Garden [Cobit's Garden] 208
93. The Lass of Mohee (Laws #H-8) 211
94. The Jacket of Blue 215
95. Ellen the Fair (Laws #O-5) 217
96. The Sailor and the Shepherdess (Laws #O-8) 218
97. The Jolly Sailor 220
98. The Sailor's Return 221
99. Green Mossy Banks of the Lea (Laws #O-15) 222
100. The Bold Fisherman (Laws #O-24) 224
101. The Jolly Roving Tar (Laws #O-27) 225
102. The Bold Privateer (Laws #O-32) 226
103. William Riley 227
104. Jemmy on the Sea 229
105. The Sailor and the Tailor (Laws #P-4) 231
106. The Pride of Kildare (Laws #P-6) 232
107. The Rakish Young Fellow 234
108. Mary of the Wild Moor (Laws #P-21) 236
109. Caroline of Edinburgh Town (Laws #P-27) 237
110. Oxford City (Laws #P-30) 239
111. Jack Robinson 240
Chapter Twelve — Terra Incognita:
Comic and Convivial Songs 242
112. All Around The Room [Ellen Taylor] 243
113. Charming Jane Louisa 246
114. The Cove Wot Spouts 248
115. I Am One of the Boys [One of the Boys] 249
116. Sailors Ashore 251
117. He Is Only Gone Home with a Friend 252
118. Jayne's Hair Tonic [Dr. Jayne's Hair Tonic] 253
119. Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl 254
120. Lannigan's Ball [Lanigan's Ball] 255
121. The Wild Rover 257
Chapter Thirteen — Lubbers and Swabs:
Miscellaneous Songs and Curiosities 258
122. The Cobbler 259
123. Dick Turpin's Bonny Black Bess (Laws #L-9) 261
124. Dick Turpin and the Lawyer (Laws #L-10) 263
125. Johnny Sands (Laws #Q-3) 264
126. The Farmer's Boy (Laws #Q-30) 266
127. Doran's Ass 268
128. Limerick Races 270
129. The Pearl of the Sea 272
130. Et Tu Bruce 273
131. There's Changes in the Mill 275
132. Go Down Moses [Let My People Go] 276
133. The Parson's Narrative 278
Chapter Fourteen — There She Blows:
Classic Whaling Songs 281
134. The Greenland Whale Fishery (Laws #K-21) 282
135. Arctic Whaling Song 285
136. The Coast of Peru (Laws #D-26) 287
137. Diego's Bold Shores 291
138. There She Blows [The Wounded Whale] 293
139. Blow Ye Winds ['Tis Advertised In Boston] 296
140. The Bold Harpooner [Captain Bunker] 300
141. The Wonderful Whale [Jack and the Whale] 302
142. How to Catch a Whale 304
143. Rolling Down to Old Mohee 306
144. No Ke Ano Ahiahi [Hawaiian Song] 311
Chapter Fifteen — The Whaleman's Lament:
Original Whaling Songs 315
145. One Year in a Blubber Hunter 316
146. The Aurora's Whaling Song 318
147. The Schooner Varnum Hill 319
148. Stanzas from the Mermaid 322
149. On a Passage to the Crozet Islands 323
150. Cape Horn 325
151. Address to Young Sailors 326
152. The Lay System 327
153. Landsmen One and All 328
154. The Whaleman's Lament 329
155. I and Betty Martin 331
156. Indian Ocean Whaling Song 333
157. Bowhead Whaling Song 335
158. All the Whales Are Wild and Ugly 338
159. A Song of the Hatteras Whale 339
160. I Was Once a Sailor Lad 340
Chapter Sixteen — "Plenty of Music":
Two Voyages of the Bark Kathleen 342
161. A Voyage on New Holland 344
162. Song Composed aboard the Bark Kathleen 353
Chapter Seventeen — "Musick on the Brain":
Frederick Howland Smith's Tune List 357
163. Fisher's Hornpipe (O'Neill #1575, 1576) 359
164. The White Cockade (O'Neill #1803) 360
165. Zip Coon [Turkey in the Straw] 361
166. Rory O'More (O'Neill #856) 361
167. Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be? 362
168. Harvest Home Waltz 363
169. Soldier's Joy (O'Neill #1642) 363
170. Pop! Goes the Weasel 364
171. Yankee Doodle 365
172. Russian Waltz 367
173. The Poor Old Slave 367
174. Nelly Gray [Darling Nelly Gray] 369
175. Nelly Bly (Foster) 372
176. Augusta's Favorite 373
177. Oh! Susanna [Susanna] (Foster) 373
178. Fanny Elssler Leaving New Orleans 374
179. Off She Goes (O'Neill #914) 376
180. The Old Leather Breeches (O'Neill #167, 763) 377
181. Home, Sweet Home 378
182. Old Folks at Home [Swanee River] (Foster) 379
Chapter Eighteen — Hurrah For the Sea:
Parlor Songs of Ships and Seafaring 380
183. The Heart that Can Feel for Another 383
184. Bounding Billows, Cease Your Motion 384
185. Lashed to the Helm 385
186. Saturday Night at Sea [The Sailor Boy] 386
187. The Minute Gun at Sea 387
188. Steady She Goes 389
189. True Yankee Sailor [True British Sailor] 390
190. The White Squall 391
191. The Sailor's Consolation [Barney Buntline] 393
192. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea 395
193. The Sea [The Sea, the Sea, the Open Sea] 397
194. The Sailor Boy's Last Dream 399
195. Over the Mountain Wave 401
196. Poor Bessy [The Parting] 402
197. The Fisher's Wife [The Fisherman] 403
198. A Life on the Ocean Wave 405
199. The Sailor Boy's Carol 406
200. The Soldier's Tear 407
201. The Sailor's Tear 409
202. Hurrah for the Sea
[A Home on the Mountain Wave] 410
203. Away, Away o'er the Boundless Deep
[The Buccaneer's Bride] 413
204. I'm Afloat, I'm Afloat [The Rover of the Sea] 415
205. The Pirate of the Isles 417
206. The Robbers of the Glen 419
207. Pirates' Chorus (Balfe) 421
208. The Life of a Tar 421
209. Our Way Across the Sea 422
210. Jamie's on the Stormy Sea 423
211. Willie's on the Dark Blue Sea 425
212. Good News from Home 426
Appendix 1
Nature and Nancy: Dibdin's Songs 429
213. The Signal to Engage 430
214. Poor Jack 431
215. Saturday Night at Sea 433
216. Who Cares? 434
217. Nature and Nancy 436
218. The Lass that Loves A Sailor 437
Appendix 2
How Cheery Are the Mariners:
Sailors' Parlor Songs of Seafaring 439
219. The Sailor 440
220. How Cheery Are the Mariners 441
221. On New Year's Day 441
222. The Sailor Is a Wanderer Free 442
223. O Think of the Sailor 442
224. We're Bounding o'er the Dark Blue Sea 443
225. The Sailor on the Ocean Wide 443
226. The Mariner's Song [Gaily We Go] 444
227. A Seaman's Life 444
228. Farewell to the Arctic 445
Appendix 3
The King of the Boundless Sea:
Selected Whaling Poems 446
229. The King of the Southern Sea 447
230. The Sailor Boy's Dream 448