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Thread #119776   Message #2606973
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
07-Apr-09 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Adding another to the list of less-heard chanteys....

"Tommy's On the Tops'l Yard"

Print: Hugill; Masefield (1906), "Roll and Go" - text only
Performers: ??

Hugill "picked it up in the West Indies." Though this halyard chantey has similarities to "Sally Brown," it's unique enough to be considered its own song.   

Who's performed it? Sources?

For reference, here's a sketchy example of it.