The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82787   Message #1518602
Posted By: Lighter
08-Jul-05 - 10:42 PM
Thread Name: Book Question: Hugill: Sea Shanties
Subject: RE: Book Question: Hugill: Sea Shanties
Yes, the correct title is indeed _Shanties and Sailors' Songs_ (no "Sea" in it). The original U.S. publisher in 1969 was Frederick A. Praeger.

Seemingly missing from Joe's paperback are the forebitters, "Paddy West," "Ratcliffe Highway," "The Gals Around Cape Horn," "The Stately Southerner," "Rude Boreas," "The Flying Cloud," "The Banks of Newfoundland," and "The Sailor's Way."

The order of the remaining songs differs considerably in both books. This leads me to wonder whether the 1977 book is merely an abridgment, or a different book with slightly different texts.