The New York Times, January 27, 1884, p. 10.
Article, "Minstrelsy On the Sea. Songs Which the Real Sailor Sings at His Work."
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"The following is one of the most popular of the shanties:

Shanadore is my native valley
Chorus- Hurrah, rolling river.
Shanadore, I love your daughters,
Chorus- Ah-ha, bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.
For seven long years I courted Sally,
Chorus- Hurrah, rolling river.
Seven more and I could not get her,
Chorus- Ah-ha, bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.
Seven long years, I was a 'Frisco trader,
Chorus- Hurrah, rolling river.
Seven more I was a Texas Ranger,
Ah-ha, bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.

"These unattractive lines were set by some dead-and-gone old salt, who must have been a genius in his way, to a wild air which is really beautiful."

Also mentioned- "Stormalong," "Lowlands Away," a transformed "Marching Through Georgia," the parlor song with the non-relevant chorus "I Was Bound for the Rio Grande," "Leave her, Johnnie, Leave Her," "Hanging Johnny," "Whiskey Is the Life of Man," "Paddy Doyle" (with variants), and one about the packet "Dreadnaught," a forecastle song.