W. H. Angel, "The Clipper Ship Sheila" (London: Heath Cranston, 1919) [referring to 1877]:

                   "Reuben Rantzau""

Solo "Hurrah...for Reuben Rantzau!"
Chorus "Rantzau...boys... Rantzau."
Solo "Hurrah for Reuben...Rantzau!"
Chorus "Rantzau...boys...Rantzau."

Solo "Rantzau was...no...sailor,"
Chorus "Rantzau...boys...Rantzau."
Solo "Rantzau...was a...tailor."
Chorus "Rantzau..boys...Rantzau."

Solo " Rantzau...joined...the...Beauty,
And did not know his...duty."

N.B. — If not wanted, the chorus is left out of the rest.

Solo "The skipper was a dandy,
And was too fond of brandy."

Solo "He called Rantzau a lubber.
And made him eat whale blubber."

Solo "'The Beauty' was a whaler,
Rantzau was no sailor."

Solo "They set him holystoning.
And cared not for his groaning."

Solo "They gave him lashes twenty,
Nineteen more than plenty."

Solo "Reuben Rantzau fainted,
His back with oil was painted."

Solo "They gave him cake and whisky,
Which made him rather frisky."

Solo "They made him the best sailor,
Sailing in that whaler."

Solo "They put him navigating,
And gave him extra rating."

Solo "Rantzau now is skipper
Of a China clipper."

Solo "Rantzau was a tailor.
Now he is a sailor."

"This is a good hoisting shanty."

(The suspension points suggest that this was sung rather slowly - exactly as 1880s American chanteyman Stanton H. King noted
in 1918. Modern singers, perhaps starting with Lloyd, are in more of a hurry. I don't believe Hugill ever recorded it.)