An interesting version of ROLLING HOME can be found in "Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors." The song is shown in 3/4 time here.

ROLLING HOME
Walton, I.H., editor, 2002, Windjammers, Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors
Capstan shanty

When the Mate calls up all hands
To man the capstan, Walk 'er round!
We'll heave 'er up, lads, with a will
For we are homeward bound!

Chorus:
Rolling home, rolling home
Rolling home across the sea
Rolling home to old Chicago
Rolling home, old town, to thee

We'll leave the ladies now, my lads
Them and our money both forsake
We'll weigh the anchor cheerily
And steer for the open lake

Oh, we'll steer for the rolling lake
And lads, we'll set the flowing sail
And to the town of Buffalo
We'll show the old ship's tail

Then we'll gather in the fo'c'sle
Then "off watch' we plough along
We'll have 'er going smoothly, lads
And sing a jolly song

Oh, we'll beat the length of Erie
With Long Point on our lee
We'll hail a tug 'neath Passage Light
Or tow from Point Pelee

Up the river on a towline
Past the city of Detrite
The cinders fall upon the deck
All day and half the night

We'll drag the length of steep St. Clair
And at Port Huron we'll let go
Hoist the canvas on the forestick
On the main and mizzen, too

Up the length of old Lake Huron
With all our canvas at her best
We'll drive across the pounding bay
With a wind from out of the west

Through the straits, a beat to windward
Far astern, the Isle Bob-Lo
Then southward down Lake Michigan
To the town of Chicago

Soon, my friends, our trip is over
And I got no more to say
We'll go to Old Black Pete's, my lads
And spend our whole trip's pay!


Notes from the book: This capstan chantey is more formal than most, telling as it does the chronological story of a vessel's passage. The names of port towns might easily be changed – and often were – to suit the particular voyage at hand. This is a localized version of a song imported from deep water. It was recalled by [Robert] Collen. (Robert Collen, one of Professor Ivan H. Walton's best informants. Walton met Collen at a Chicago sailors' union hall).