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Thread #126347   Message #2871403
Posted By: John Minear
25-Mar-10 - 07:02 AM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
And here are the chanties from the above mentioned list of call/response worksongs that have more than four attested publications:

"Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her" (mock chorus) 2+: Bullen, Sharp,
"Tom's Gone To Hilo" Hugill (2+)

"Goodbye, Fare Ye Well" (mock chorus) 4+ Hugill (4),
"Hanging Johnny" 4+: Terry, Masefield, Doerflinger, Hugill

"So Handy, Me Boys" 5: L. Smith, Davis/Tozer, Sharp, Hugill (2)
"Fire Down Below" (a-b-c) 5+ Hugill (2), Sharp (2), Terry
"Hoorah For The Blackball Line" 5+: Sharp, Colcord, Hugill (3)
"Roll The Cotton Down" Hugill (5+), Adventure Magazine

"A Long Time Ago" 6+: Taylor Harris, Hugill (7 versions), Doerflinger/Tayluer, F.W. Wallace, Harding, Sharp,
"Clear the Track, Let the Bullgine Run" (mock chorus) 6+: Terry, Whall, Davis/Tozer, Sampson, Sharp, Hugill
"Run, Let The Bullgine Run" 6+: L.Smith, Terry, Bullen, Sharp, Colcord, Hugill

"Huckleberry Picking" / "We'll Ranzo Ray" 7+:Davis/Tozer, Bullen, Whall, Sharp, Doerflinger, Colcord, Hugill
["Mr. Stormalong"] cotton-stowing/capstan 7+: CF Smith, Terry, Sharp, Colcord, Doerflinger, Perry, Hugill
" Only One More Day" (mock chorus) 7+:Terry, Sharp, Bullen, Whall, Davis/Tozer, Colcord, Hugill
"South Australia" (mock chorus) 7: L. Smith, Colcord, Doerflinger,Georgia Sea Islanders, West Indies, Harlow, Hugill

["My Dollar And A Half A Day"/"Lowlands"] cotton-stowing/capstan 8+: Bullen, Whall, Sampson, Colcord, Doerflinger, Terry, Siegmeister, Hugill
"Heave Away My Johnnies" (cf. relation to "slave song" about Henry Clay) 8+: L. Smith, Terry, Doerflinger, Harlow, Colcord, Sharp, Davis/Tozer, Hugill

"Blow Boys, Blow" 10+: Doerflinger/Tayluer & Hathaway, Terry, Briggs, Sharp, Whall, L. Smith, Masefield, Hugill, Colcord

Chanties with numerous attestations:

"Hieland Laddie" (mock chorus)
"Knock A Man Down" 2: Sharp & Briggs, + "Blow the Man Down"
"Poor Old Man" / "Dead Horse"
"Rio Grande" (mock chorus)
"Sally Brown"
"Santiana" (mock chorus)
["Shallow Brown"] cotton-stowing/capstan
["Shenandoah" (and variations)] cotton-stowing/capstan
"Whisky Johnny"