Lyr. Add: HAUL, HAUL, HAUL, BOYS

Haul, haul, haul, boys, haul and be lively,
Haul, oh haul, boys, haul.
She will come, she must come; haul, boys, haul.
She will come, she must come; haul, boys, haul.
Well, it seems to me like the time ain't long;
Haul and be lively, haul, boys haul.

Fishermen, pulling in nets. After several pulls, the leader intersperses a phrase to break the rhythm, then the 'hauls' begin again.
Mention is made of the bowline chanty, "Haul away, Jo," but there is no real evidence that the two songs are related.

Brown MS, Pamlico Co., NC; no. 226, The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, ed. H. M. Belden and A. P. Hudson, vol. 3.