Speaking of Harlow, I just finished reading "The Making of a Sailor," published in 1928, the story of his first few voyages when he was a young boy, on a coaster and on a longer voyage to Australia. It gives one a sense of deja vu if one has already read "Chanteying Aboard American Ships" because it covers two of the same voyages decribed more briefly in that book, in some cases using nearly the same descriptions for events that occured.

However, lest I get too off topic: "Making of a Sailor" doesn't include "Way Sing Sally," which is as Lighter notes in "Chanteying Aboart American Ships." That also implies that Harlow must have heard the song on his later voyage to the Caribbean.