Time to add another to the bunch. Ideas are especially appreciated, as I'm now trying to work on an interpretation of this one, thanks!

Title: "Hilonday"

Print: Hugill; LA Smith; Terry; Alden
Performers: ??!!

Notes:
Hugill had his version from Harding, who said it was for t'gallant halyards. But before him, LA Smith (1888) and Terry (in his "Part II") had given it. Smith said it was a windlass chanteyBoth Hugill and Smith's notations, while similar, have a certain irregularity about them. Hugill's makes more sense to me (for whatever it's worth!), but I suspect there was something about the way of singing this, either an overlap of solo and chorus parts or a special rubato or something that may have made it tricky to easily notate. Unfortunately, it may not be possible to know what that was. (I've ordered the Terry book, will have it soon but can't speak about it yet.) Turns out, WJ Alden (1882) also mentioned it ("hi-lon-day") in Harper's Monthly -- a place where it looks like Smith lifted a lot of info from. And James Masicon Carpenter included it in his diss. (1929) , in some form?

Hugill seems to suggest that "hilonday" might be read as "Highland Day," based on Smith, but actually Smith is saying she thought that another chantey, which she chose to render as "Highland Day," might as well have contained the mysterious phrase "hilonday." Just brainstorming... I wonder if indeed the phrase "Hieland Laddie" could have become a nonsense-y sort of phrase, considering that the chantey by that name was evidently popular (i.e. Nordhoff) among the cotton-screwing "chanty-men." There is of course also that mysterious word "hilo," to which this bears a resemblance.   Finally, a real stretch, but Smith's version of "Handy Me Boys" has a little resemblance, but only in a very broad sense-- you have to squint your eyes to see it!

The texts (Hugill and Smith, at least) use verses of "Boney."

So who performs this? what de we know about it?

Gibb