Thanks for giving the link to the one in my first post, Masato.

Titles for the song include "Rio Grande," "Bound for the Rio Grande," Away for Rio," Oh, Ate, Rio," and "Rolling Rio," there are others. Haven't found anything in the broadside sites yet.

Stan Hugill, in "Shanties from the Seven Seas," gives several "Rio Grande" songs, including one which is a bridge to the chantey "A Long Time Ago;" "Oh, Aye, Rio." These, with 'hay ho' or 'heigh ho' in the chorus, remind of the chorus in the text from "Carmina Princetonia," given above. I will reproduce that one here, but those interested in other versions of "Rio Grande" should get Hugill's books.

OH, AYE RIO

Oh, lady have you a daughter fine?
Ch: Oh, aye, Rio!
Oh, lady have you a daughter fine,
Fit for a sailor that's crossed the Line?
Ch:Tim-me way, hay, ho, high, a long time ago,
To me way, hay, ho, high, a long time ago!

Oh, yes, I have a daughter fine,
Ch. Oh, aye, Rio!
Oh, yes, I have a daughter fine,
Fit for a sailor that's crossed the Line.
Ch: To me way, hay, ho, high, a long time ago!
    To me way, hay, ho, high, a long time ago!

But madam, dear madam, she is too young,
But madam, dear madam, she is too young,
She's never been courted by anyone.

Oh, sailor, oh, sailor, I'm not too young,
Oh, sailor, oh, sailor, I'm not too young,
I've just been kissed by the butcher's son.
etc.

With music, p. 87, "Shanties From the Seven Seas," collected by Stan Hugill, 1961 and reprints, American edition pub. by Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT.