The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128220   Message #3471524
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
26-Jan-13 - 12:34 AM
Thread Name: The Advent and Development of Chanties
Subject: RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties
"Wild Goose Shanty" of AL Lloyd, a version of [HUCKLEBERRY HUNTING] or [RANZO RAY], appears to be developed from an item in W. Roy MacKenzie's _Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia_ (1928). MacKenzie collected it from Ephraim Tattrie of Talamagouche.

Did you ever see a wild goose floating on the ocean?
    Ranzo, ranzo, away, away!
It's just like the young girls when they take the notion
    Ranzo, ranzo, away, away!

Tune is given. The pitches are almost identical to Lloyd's rendition, but, unlike Lloyd's, the tune is in strict meter.