The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102326 Message #2072462
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
09-Jun-07 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: Sailors' Songs or Chanties- Songbook Index
Subject: RE: Sailors' Songs or Chanties- Index
My complete photocopy of Davis & Tozer's First Ed. (London: Boosey & Co., [1886]) contains only 24 songs.
1. Sally Brown 2. Away for Rio 3. We're All Bound to Go 4. The Wide Missouri 5. Leave Her, Johnnie 6. Can't You Dance a Polka? 7. The Black Ball Line 8. Hoodah Day 9. Homeward Bound 10. Whiskey for My Johnnie 11. Reuben Ranzo 12. Blow Boys, Blow 13. Blow the Man Down 14. Tom's Gone to Ilo 15. Hanging Johnnie 16. Haul Away Jo' 17. Haul the Bowlin' 18. Paddy Doyle's Boots 19. A-Roving 20. Storm Along 21. Mobile Bay 22. Salt Horse 23. The Dead Horse 24. Eight Bells
The songs are not grouped into categories as in Q's copy, which must be of the Third Edition (1906). Writers for some reason (possibly wishful thinking) have commonly misdated this very much expanded edition to "ca1888."