Also in 'The Paisley Magazine', 1828, is a series of articles 'Narrative of a Voyage Around Cape Horn and Along the Coasts of Chilim Peru, Columbia, and Mexico in the Years 1823 and 1824.' By Joseph Pinder, Master of the Brig Globe of Whitehaven. [MS attributions in my copy question whether this was't also by Robert Hay.] There is no mention here of music or weighing of the anchor.

The whole procedure of initiating of sailors and passengers for their first crossing of the equator is described in detail near the beginning. One older seaman, Neptune, dresses in a sheepskin, wool outside, and goes out onto the end of the jib, and hails the vessel three times, and so on. He even has a wife.