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Thread #126347 Message #2850882
Posted By: John Minear
26-Feb-10 - 12:10 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Here is my list:
Hauling & Halyard Chanteys
"My Dollar And A Half A Day"/"Lowlands" c "Walk Me Along, Johnny" / "General Taylor" c "Mr. Stormalong" "Yankee John, Stormalong" "Stormy Along, John" "'Way Stormalong John" "Stormalong, Lads, Stormy" "A Long Time Ago" (a) / "In Frisco Bay" [h] "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" "Roll The Old Chariot" "Roll The Cotton Down" "Roll The Woodpile Down" "Sally Brown" (b) (c) (d) c "Rolling Home By The Silvery Moon" (later) "Knock A Man Down" "Huckleberry Picking" / "We'll Ranzo Ray" "Hilo, Johnny Brown" "Shallow Brown" "The Gal With the Blue Dress On" "John, Come Tell Us As We Haul Away"/ "Mobile Bay" c "Gimme My Banjo" [h] "Run, Let The Bullgine Run" "Walk Along My Rosie" "Coal Black Rosie" "Bunch O Roses" "Way, Me Susiana" [h] c "Round The Corner Sally" "Sister Susan"/"Shinbone Al" "Walkalong, Miss Susiana Brown" "Dixie Land" / "Sing A Song, Blow-Along O!" "Bully In The Alley" "Fire Maringo" c "Blow Boys, Blow" "One More Day" "Yankee Dollar" "Poor Old Man" / "Dead Horse" "John Cherokee" (Colcord) "Hilo Come Down Below" (Bullen) "The Bully Boat"/"Ranzo Ray" (a) (Sharp) "Little Sally Racket" (Laura Smith) "Cheerily, Men" "Tommy's Gone Away" (c Sharp) "Whisky Johnny" "Billy Riley" "Hello, Somebody" "High O, Come Roll Me Over" "Where Am I to Go, M'Johnnies" "Roll, Boys, Roll" "Ranzo Ray" (c) "Hello Somebody" "Can't Ye Hilo?" "John Kanaka" "Haul 'er Away" (a) [h] "Haul Away, Boys, Haul Away" "Walkalong, My Rosie" "Do Let Me Lone, Susan" "Sing Sally O" (b) "Essequibo River" "Dan Dan" "Hilonday" L. Smith "Pay Me the Money Down" [h] "Walkalong You Sally Brown" "Hilo Boys Hilo" "Tiddy High O" "Heave Away Boys, Heave Away" (b) c "Sister Susan (Shinbone Al)" [h] "Eki Dumah" [h] "Miss Lucy Loo" [h] "Heave Away Boys, Heave Away" (a) c "Tommy's on the Tops'l yard" "Haul 'er Away" (b)/ "Nancy Fanana" "Good Morning Ladies All" (b) c (Olmstead) "Won't Ye Go My Way?" [h] "Tom's Gone To Hilo" "Hanging Johnny" "So Early In The Morning" (a) / "Bottle O" "So Handy, Me Boys" "Golden Chariot" (Doerflinger) "Shanandore" (Bullen) & "Shanadar" (Sharp) "Leave Her, Johnny" "Seraphina" "Baltimore" "Across The Western Ocean" "Hurrah, Sing Fare Ye Well" [h] "Hoorah For The Blackball Line" "Lower The Boat Down" (Colcord) "A Hundred Years Ago" (a) (b)/ "'Tis Time For Us To Go"
"Hieland Laddie" c [stamp 'n go] "Rise Me Up from Down Below" [stamp 'n go] "Drunken Sailor" [stamp 'n go/hand over hand] "Johnny, Come Along" [stamp 'n go] "John Dameray" / "Johnny Come Down The Backstay" [stamp 'n go] "Boney" / "John Francois" [short haul & halyards] --- A number of these chanteys were used for multiple purposes. c = cotton stowing/screwing [h] = "hauling" (Hugill) (a) (b) (c) = different versions in Hugill '61