I only wish "Frank" Marryat had said more about chanties. It seems he should have had the opportunity to hear them as he traveled to the U.S. However, the example he gives also happens to be the one chanty that his dad emphasized in his own writings. The senior Marryat was a British Navy officer in the 1830s, which is presumably why he didn't note any chanties until he heard "Oh, Sally Brown" off-duty in America.