1921        Terry, Richard Runciman. _The Shanty Book, Part I_. London: J. Curwen & Sons.

Terry's shanties were based on collected or remembered versions, from growing up around sailor relatives and fieldwork in NE England. However, his final versions are composites that mix verses and search for ideal forms. For his "Tom's gone to Hilo, he gives the source that informed the "core" of the version.

…I have chosen the version sung to me by Mr. George Vickers, although in the first chorus it differs somewhat from the version I learnt as a boy:…
I give Mr. Vickers's verses about 'The Victory' and 'Trafalgar,' as I had never heard them sung by any other seaman. I have omitted the endless couplets containing the names of places to which Tommy is supposed to have travelled.

24. Tom's gone to Hilo

1. Tommy's gone and I'll go too,

Away down Hilo.

Oh, Tommy's gone and I'll go too.

Tom's gone to Hilo.

2. Tommy's gone to Liverpool,


3. Tommy's gone to Mobile Bay.



4. Tommy's gone, what shall I do?


5. Tommy fought at Tráfalgár.

6. The old Victory led the way.
The brave old Victory led the way.



7. Tommy's gone for evermore.

Oh, Tommy's gone for evermore.