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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:
"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
["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